As Artificial Intelligence technology develops, and as nations vie for technical dominance, the UN has been considering its role. On Today's Show: Vilas Dhar , president of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Body on AI, talks about the two new institutions created by the United Nations to study and discuss the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence, and his goals for governing this emerging technology so that it serves the public good...
Sep 30, 2025•21 min•Ep. 366
Learning institutions, from public schools to universities, have been the site of several political fights in recent times. On Today's Show: Randi Weingarten , president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the author of Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy (Thesis, 2025), talks about her new book and explains why she says education protects democracy. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collectio...
Sep 26, 2025•21 min•Ep. 364
The prospect of a government shutdown is growing as Democrats are threatening to not help Republicans on the Hill pass a spending bill by the September 30 deadline. On Today's Show: Deirdre Walsh , congressional correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk, talks about the politics of the potential shutdown and related news from Congress. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Sep 25, 2025•21 min•Ep. 363
Jimmy Kimmel's brief suspension and, as of yesterday evening, illustrates some of the thornier challenges around the ideal of free speech. On Today's Show: Greg Lukianoff , attorney, president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the author of several books on free speech, offers his thoughts on how he says both the political left and right weaponize crackdowns on speech, and why he thinks that is a problem for everyone's rights. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...
Sep 24, 2025•22 min•Ep. 362
After President Trump and his public health chief raised concerns about the use of acetaminophen while pregnant, we look at what the science has to say. On Today's Show: Chelsea Cirruzzo , Washington correspondent for STAT News, talks about the results of last week's meeting of the federal advisory committee on vaccines and other public health news. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Sep 23, 2025•20 min•Ep. 361
On today's episode, Richard Gowan , Director of UN and Multilateral Diplomacy at the International Crisis Group, shares insights on what to expect at the UN General Assembly, including President Trump's Tuesday address, the war in Gaza and the role of the United Nations worldwide. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Sep 22, 2025•22 min•Ep. 360
Trump's administration has been using pressure to tamp down criticism by some major network late night hosts. On Today's Show: Elie Honig , senior legal analyst at CNN, New York Magazine columnist, former state and federal prosecutor and author of several books, including When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ’s Pursuit of the President, From Nixon to Trump (Harper, 2025), explores investigations by the Department of Justice of presidents and other high-ranking officials throughout the years, and...
Sep 19, 2025•23 min•Ep. 359
With the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's late night show, and the news that ABC has temporarily suspended Jimmy Kimmel, we explore the changing landscape and moving goalposts of 'free speech.' On Today's Show: Two Atlantic staff writers, Ashley Parker and Adam Serwer share highlights and discuss the latest from the world of politics, where President Trump's administration and its allies have taken aim at critics of Charlie Kirk in the wake of his assassination. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...
Sep 18, 2025•21 min•Ep. 358
The Trump administration's recent lethal strikes on purported drug boats in Venezuela drew widespread condemnation from experts in international law. On Today's Show: Brian Finucane , senior adviser at the International Crisis Group and a non-resident senior fellow at Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law, talks about the strikes and the legal issues around them. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for ...
Sep 17, 2025•20 min•Ep. 357
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has issued a report on the state of children's health. On Today's Show: Julie Rovner , chief Washington correspondent, KFF Health News and host of the What the Health? podcast, talks about the details of the report and where it fits into the Trump administration's MAHA initiative. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Sep 16, 2025•23 min•Ep. 356
Almost immediately after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, videos were circulating on social media, and many people saw the gruesome crime without meaning to just by logging on. On Today's Show: Adam Clark Estes , senior technology correspondent at Vox, talks about how little content moderation big tech companies are doing these days, how the algorithm fed off people pausing to watch the video, and how content like this may traumatize vast swaths of people. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...
Sep 15, 2025•19 min•Ep. 355
Democrats in the Senate are debating whether to allow the government to shut down when it runs out of funding later this month. On Today's Show: Zack Beauchamp , senior correspondent at Vox and the author of The Reactionary Spirit: How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World (PublicAffairs, 2024), talks about what's at stake in the debate over whether to go along with the Republican plan to fund the government or withhold their votes in protest. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsW...
Sep 12, 2025•25 min•Ep. 354
On today's show: Kelly Drane , research director at Giffords Law Center, Ned Parker , investigative reporter at Thomson Reuters, and McKay Coppins , staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Romney: A Reckoning (Simon & Schuster, 2023), talk about guns and the state of political violence in America, after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event on a Utah college campus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our col...
Sep 11, 2025•27 min•Ep. 353
On Today's Show: Ben Casselman , chief economics correspondent for The New York Times , talks about the adjustments to hiring numbers showing 911,000 fewer jobs were created in the 12 months before March 2025, as listeners share their real-world job search stories. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Sep 10, 2025•24 min•Ep. 352
After a string of losses in lower courts by the Trump administration, in an unsigned order on Monday, the Supreme Court lifted a restriction on ICE from conducting indiscriminate stops and raids in Los Angeles that have been decried as racial profiling. On Today's Show: Lindsay Nash , professor of law at Cardozo Law, co-director of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic and co-director of the Center for Immigration Innovation, offers legal analysis of the ruling, and its implication...
Sep 09, 2025•22 min•Ep. 351
Cristian Farias , legal journalist who writes for Vanity Fair , The New Yorker , and other publications, and the host of The Bully’s Pulpit, a podcast of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, talks about the many legal issues the Trump administration is running into, related to sending the National Guard in to LA and DC, deportations and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adv...
Sep 08, 2025•25 min•Ep. 350
Recent developments on the world stage may be shifting the geopolitical calculations of the Israel-Hamas war. On Today's Show: Jane Arraf , international correspondent covering the Middle East for NPR, talks about the latest developments in Gaza as Israel clamps down on volunteer doctors and threatens more restrictions on humanitarian aid amid reports of famine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adverti...
Sep 05, 2025•23 min•Ep. 349
With the Epstein case and the possibility of other powerful abusers still at large, we look at the latest. On Today's Show: Jacob Shamsian , legal correspondent at Business Insider, talks about the latest developments in the Epstein saga as several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein urge Congress to act. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Sep 04, 2025•21 min•Ep. 348
We look at how the media, including social media, is part of President Trump's approach to politics. On Today's Show: Ben Smith, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (Penguin Press, 2023), shares his analysis for how the president has come for civil servants, and what it might mean for the government bureaucracy in the future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inf...
Sep 03, 2025•22 min•Ep. 347
Congress is returning from its summer recess to a host of issues of national and international importance. On Today's Show: U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey as congress returns to work, including his recent trip to Asia, deportations and immigrant detention, further rescission demands, and why he's supporting Zohran Mamdani. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of per...
Sep 02, 2025•22 min•Ep. 346
On Today's Show: Nick Miroff , staff writer for The Atlantic who covers immigration and the Department of Homeland Security, talks about the changes at the immigration enforcement agency and how the $75 billion budget bump will be spent. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Aug 28, 2025•21 min•Ep. 345
In an executive order on Monday, President Donald Trump directed each state’s National Guard to be prepared to respond to civil disturbances On Today's Show: Dan Lamothe , U.S. military and Pentagon reporter at The Washington Post , breaks down the latest news and what this might mean for cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York City. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Aug 27, 2025•24 min•Ep. 344
Between a meeting with South Korean leaders, further tariffs, and foreign investments, this week has seen several headlines regarding Trump's economic agenda. On Today's Show: Lydia DePillis , New York Times reporter covering the American economy and Shawn Donnan , Bloomberg News senior writer, talk about the latest economic and tariff news, including U.S. investment in Intel, other deals involving foreign investment in U.S. businesses, and the Federal Reserve. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz c...
Aug 26, 2025•21 min•Ep. 343
The left is taking a variety of different, somewhat disjointed approaches to counter-messaging the Trump administration. On Today's Show: Tom Nichols , staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter, talks about national politics, including Democratic messaging strategies, like California Gov. Newsom's efforts to 'troll' Trump on social media. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data f...
Aug 25, 2025•25 min•Ep. 342
In July, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced it had issued subpoenas to medical providers that had provided gender-affirming care to minors. On today's show: Washington Post reporter Casey Parks discusses one of those subpoenas, which was newly made public, and what it means for transgender healthcare. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Aug 22, 2025•26 min•Ep. 341
As the Trump administration conducts a review of the content in the Smithsonian museums, the president wrote on social media earlier this week that the Smithsonian Institution was too focused on the horrors of slavery. On Today's Show: Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University, a CNN Presidential Historian, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair , talks about what could be lost if the administration is able to censor what is presented to museumgoers. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...
Aug 21, 2025•28 min•Ep. 340
In a leaked recording, NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo suggests that Trump will urge his supporters to vote for him, rather, rather than GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa. On Today's Show: Elizabeth Kim , Gothamist and WNYC reporter, and Jeff Coltin , Politico reporter and co-author of the New York Playbook, talk about the latest news in the mayoral campaign, including Andrew Cuomo's comments regarding President Trump at a Hamptons fundraiser. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...
Aug 20, 2025•22 min•Ep. 339
Wall Street is reportedly worried that President Trump will come after big banks the way he did big law firms and elite universities. On Today's Show: William Cohan , co-founder of Puck News and author of many books, including Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon (Penguin Random House, 2022), talks about the many ways President Trump is interfering in big U.S. businesses Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of ...
Aug 19, 2025•21 min•Ep. 338
The Presidents of Russia and the U.S. will meet in Alaska to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine. On Today's Show: Jonathan Lemire, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC; writer for MSNBC and contributing writer to The Atlantic , talks about the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Aug 14, 2025•22 min•Ep. 337
President Trump is reportedly using federal agencies to beef up law enforcement presence in Washington DC. On Today's Show: David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2025), talks about the context and implications of Pres. Trump's takeover of policing in Washington, DC, plus other national news. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and us...
Aug 13, 2025•22 min•Ep. 336
