Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Hosted by Emily Jashinsky, Griffin Davis, Krystal Ball, Ryan Grim & Saagar Enjeti · 75 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
Breaking Points is a fearless anti-establishment multi-week Youtube and Podcast which holds the powerful to account hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti
Episodes 75
- Oct 7, 2026 · 48 minIsrael’s war politics meet a new Arctic power struggleThe episode connects Israel’s post-October 7 crisis and the Arctic’s strategic opening to wider questions about war, power, and global risk.
- Oct 7, 2026 · 1h 12mWar, AI ethics and grocery theater expose Republican vulnerabilitiesThe episode connects war-driven economic pressure and AI’s challenge to human dignity with signs of political fragility ahead of the midterms.
- Oct 6, 2026 · 57 minHosts challenge AI trade-offs and gambling’s social costThe episode asks whether private technology and sports businesses should define acceptable harm while communities absorb the consequences.
- Oct 6, 2026 · 1h 17mPlague fears and gas prices expose political vulnerabilitiesThe episode connects a possible Russian public-health crisis, escalating Middle East risks, and voter anxiety shaping the midterm battlefield.
- Oct 5, 2026 · 46 minAI testimony, lab leaks and the fight over daylight savingThe episode connects courtroom evidence, biological-threat preparedness and clock policy through a common question: how well institutions handle preventable risks.
- Oct 5, 2026 · 1h 22mHormuz disruption raises war costs as midterms turn volatileThe episode connects shipping and fuel risks from the Iran conflict to the war’s political costs and an unsettled 2026 election map.
- Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 28mJobs gloom collides with AI personhood and narco-politicsThe episode connects economic weakness, presidential corruption, AI consciousness, and foreign-policy ambitions into a broader argument about political legitimacy.
- Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 3mRising bond yields expose the costs of Middle East escalationThe episode links financial stress, oil-shipping risks, contested terror narratives, and Republican fractures to a broader test of U.S. power and political credibility.
- Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 11mAI safeguards meet America’s depleted missile defensesThe episode links two forms of national vulnerability: weak public oversight of transformative technology and a defense system strained by sustained conflict.
- Sep 30, 2026 · 47 minDemocratic momentum collides with Trump’s economic liabilitiesThe episode connects midterm polling, rising household costs, conservative voter frustration, and a contentious Senate hearing into a broader test of Republican durability.
- Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 31mAI leaders police themselves as war scrutiny intensifiesThe episode connects voluntary AI oversight and speculative finance to mounting questions about war, accountability, and US policy in the Middle East.
- Sep 29, 2026 · 1h 3mAI’s race to replace workers meets political and gambling accountabilityThe episode connects AI’s labor and social consequences with failures of political oversight and the exploitation of vulnerable gamblers.