Episodes
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Still Counting
Democrats draft their 2028 presidential field
The episode tests what Democratic momentum, candidate ideology, biography, and electability could mean for an open 2028 nomination.
Oct 8, 2026 · 1h 21m
All In with Chris Hayes
Texas Republicans confront backlash over Trump and voting restrictions
The episode connects electoral vulnerability in Texas, threats to California’s ballot system, and an opaque war deployment to a broader accountability problem.
Oct 8, 2026 · 42 min
Part Of The Problem
Dave Smith revisits October 7 amid political media backlash
The episode pairs commentary on October 7 and Zohran Mamdani’s controversial tweet with a broader critique of political narratives and media figures.
Oct 8, 2026 · 1h 3m
PBS News Hour - Full Show
Institutions face scrutiny from Cornell to October 7
The broadcast connects failures of accountability, public trust, and political leadership across campus protests, elections, addiction treatment, and the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Oct 8, 2026 · 53 min
Candace
UVU chief resigns as security warnings face renewed scrutiny
The episode centers on disputed communications, an independent review, and questions about who knew of security risks before Charlie Kirk’s killing.
Oct 8, 2026 · 53 min
TRIGGERnometry
Napoleon built modern France before overreaching into catastrophe
The episode weighs Napoleon’s reforms and meritocratic state-building against the authoritarian ambition, strategic errors, and human costs that destroyed his empire.
Oct 7, 2026 · 2h 1m
The Glenn Beck Program
Plague lab reports raise questions about biological preparedness
The episode connects the October 7 atrocities and domestic political disputes to a more immediate question about how governments handle a possible laboratory-linked biological incident.
Oct 7, 2026 · 49 min
Letters from an American
Trump shifts blame as gasoline prices rise
The episode connects volatile energy politics around the Strait of Hormuz to escalating rhetoric and questions about presidential judgment.
Oct 7, 2026 · 15 min
The Glenn Beck Program
Jacobsen examines reported Russian lab plague incident
The episode connects contested political narratives with a potentially serious biological threat and the broader question of how uncertainty should be handled.
Oct 7, 2026 · 2h 7m
PBS News Hour - Full Show
French education protests expose a wider funding crisis
The unrest links deteriorating schools to France’s debt, rising oil prices, political pressure and competing explanations about public services.
Oct 7, 2026 · 4 min
Breaking News from Pod Save America
Boulder asks the Supreme Court to confront Big Oil accountability
The case tests whether states can seek damages for climate harms while conservative justices narrow federal environmental authority.
Oct 7, 2026 · 25 min
WSJ What’s News
Bessent’s Treasury faces pressure as Israel stories widen the stakes
The episode connects questions about Treasury leadership and economic policy with investigations into an alleged Israel-related flight incident and rising migration to Israel.
Oct 7, 2026 · 12 min
What A Day
North Carolina Democrats bet on local trust to regain ground
The state’s Senate race and down-ballot contests test whether Democrats can overcome Republican advantages by rebuilding rural and community-level support.
Oct 7, 2026 · 21 min
Morning Wire
FBI thwarts alleged mall attack as Trump expands submarine production
The episode connects an alleged domestic terror plot with widening diplomatic, military, electoral, legal, and weather developments.
Oct 7, 2026 · 15 min
Deadline: White House
DOJ hiring changes put election integrity under pressure
The episode examines whether ideological appointments and election-fraud investigations are weakening the Justice Department before the midterms.
Oct 7, 2026 · 41 min
Reuters World News
Execution evidence, Gaza’s grim anniversary and mortgage rates surge
The episode connects a failed execution, unrest over public education, the continuing devastation in Gaza, and housing affordability pressures shaping U.S. politics.
Oct 7, 2026 · 12 min
Deadline: White House
Trump’s coalition strains under scandal, costs and political retaliation
The episode connects voter disillusionment, alleged presidential self-enrichment, corporate fear and threats to democratic institutions into one test of Republican independence.
Oct 7, 2026 · 43 min
The Megyn Kelly Show
Midterm economics sharpen a Republican fight over populism
The episode connects voter frustration over prices and Senate races to a broader Republican argument about leadership, speech, and political judgment.
Oct 7, 2026 · 2h 10m
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Trump’s midterm plans put election safeguards under scrutiny
The episode examines how election misinformation, administrative pressure, and a contested post-election transition could test democratic institutions.
Oct 7, 2026 · 32 min
Breaking News from Pod Save America
Teacher builds trust in a Trump-heavy Minnesota district
The race tests whether grassroots organizing and a focus on public benefits can make Democratic candidates competitive in a deeply Republican district.
Oct 7, 2026 · 17 min
Consider This from NPR
New York’s intoxication loophole raises the bar for rape prosecutions
The case shows how a legal requirement to prove physical helplessness can shape whether severe intoxication supports criminal charges.
Oct 7, 2026 · 8 min
The President's Daily Brief
Washington sets Iran war terms as Tehran’s authority remains unclear
The episode connects the prospects for ending the Iran war to an unresolved question over who in Tehran can negotiate, while France faces intensifying student unrest.
Oct 7, 2026 · 13 min
The Journal.
Chinese chemical suppliers move from fentanyl to peptides
The episode shows how weak oversight and strong U.S. demand are helping an unapproved peptide market expand across borders.
Oct 7, 2026 · 16 min
The NPR Politics Podcast
California tests whether voters will tax billionaire wealth
Proposition 40 could fund programs facing federal Medicaid cuts while exposing the legal, enforcement, and political limits of taxing wealth at the state level.
Oct 7, 2026 · 21 min