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Bettor living through Polymarket

03 Dec 2025

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Polymarket is making it easier than ever to bet billions on anything — including politics. But sho...

Can Rubio end the Ukraine war?

02 Dec 2025

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The Trump administration is trying to sell its latest peace plan to Russia — and it's enlisted the...

Data center backlash!

01 Dec 2025

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AI data centers are driving up the cost of energy — and it's starting to get political. This epis...

The DOJ's revenge agenda

26 Nov 2025

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A judge just threw out indictments against some of Trump's sworn enemies. It's part of a long year o...

MAGA’s other immigration battle

25 Nov 2025

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The debate over high-skill work visas is revealing cracks between President Trump and his base. Th...

Trump's new billionaire bestie

24 Nov 2025

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Nvidia is the most valuable company in the world. Major parts of the economy hinge on its success. C...

Talk turkey to me

23 Nov 2025

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How this big, lean bird became the staple of the most American of meals. This episode was produced ...

Attention deficit television

21 Nov 2025

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The screens are getting smaller, and so are our attention spans. This episode was produced by Kelli...

How antidepressants got political

20 Nov 2025

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More young people are taking antidepressants. And there's a brewing backlash to the meds on the righ...

Can Trump help Sudan?

19 Nov 2025

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Two military generals are responsible for Sudan's brutal civil war. The American president just pled...

Trump's Epstein flip

18 Nov 2025

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President Donald Trump told Congress to vote to release the Epstein files. That shows just how eager...

Trump can't bring prices down

17 Nov 2025

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The affordability crisis is not entirely the president's fault. But he promised lower prices, and no...

The case for renting forever

16 Nov 2025

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Housing prices aren't coming down, and that's challenging us to redefine the American dream. Maybe r...

The billionaire backlash

14 Nov 2025

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The number of billionaires is growing. So is the call to abolish them. This episode was produced by...

The bet that's ruining sports

13 Nov 2025

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Another week, another sports betting scandal. This time, it's the MLB. It's all happening because of...

Republicans have a Nazi problem

12 Nov 2025

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An antisemitic influencer went on Tucker Carlson's show. What happened next is fracturing the Americ...

The end of dieting

11 Nov 2025

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The Trump administration is making GLP-1s more affordable. This class of drugs seems to have forever...

Why Democrats caved

10 Nov 2025

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Enough Democrats joined the GOP to strike a deal that could end the government shutdown. And now the...

Why your health insurance is so expensive

09 Nov 2025

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It’s open enrollment season, and new health insurance premiums are causing sticker shock around th...

The art of the breakup album

07 Nov 2025

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Lily Allen's West End Girl is a scorched-earth tell-all about the end of her celebrity marriage. It'...

Your flights will be canceled

06 Nov 2025

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The government shutdown is making flying even worse. And maybe more dangerous. This episode was pro...

The Mamdani moment

05 Nov 2025

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Democrats had a very big night and now need to figure out how to make it last. This episode was pro...

Trump’s ICE shakeup

04 Nov 2025

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The president wants more arrests and faster deportations of unauthorized immigrants. Which means the...

AI and nuclear doomsday

03 Nov 2025

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AI is in everything these days. But should it be in our nuclear arsenal? This episode was produced ...

That text is a scam

02 Nov 2025

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You know those annoying scam texts offering an easy remote job? We find out how they work, why they'...

Everyone is on testosterone

31 Oct 2025

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Should they be? Let’s see. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fac...

Food stamp rage bait

30 Oct 2025

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Millions of Americans are about to lose their SNAP benefits. The fight over who deserves them has be...

Are we going to invade Venezuela?

29 Oct 2025

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President Trump is sending warships to Venezuela and bombing so-called drug boats off the coast. His...

The AI bubble

28 Oct 2025

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And what happens when it pops. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Kelli Wessinger, edit...

Extreme Makeover: White House Edition

27 Oct 2025

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President Trump demolished part of the White House to make room for a lavish new ballroom. The gold ...

Paging Dr. ChatBot

26 Oct 2025

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Patients and doctors both are turning to AI for help with diagnosing ailments and managing chronic i...

Capitalism (Taylor’s Version)

24 Oct 2025

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Taylor Swift reaches new heights with her latest album, which is both divisive and record-breaking. ...

Can you sue ICE?

23 Oct 2025

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You can. And ICE's aggressive tactics are inviting legal challenges from protesters. But some recent...

A test of Trump's coalition

22 Oct 2025

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We visit New Jersey, where there are cracks emerging in Trump's gains with Latinos. This episode wa...

The "I love Hitler" group chat

21 Oct 2025

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When the private messages of Young Republican leaders leaked, it exposed an antisemitism problem tha...

The Americans with their bags packed

20 Oct 2025

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The Trump administration is making an effort to systematically exclude trans people from public life...

Why (some) food tastes better abroad

19 Oct 2025

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We tell the stories of three ingredients that can shine outside the US: beef, bread, and tomatoes. ...

Victoria’s Secret wants you back

17 Oct 2025

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The lingerie brand was tarnished by its connection to Jeffrey Epstein, and by fading cultural appeal...

Marjorie Taylor Greene gone rogue

16 Oct 2025

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Over two weeks in, the government shutdown is exposing fault lines on both sides of the aisle. Perha...

Is voting doomed?

15 Oct 2025

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The 1965 Voting Rights Act enfranchised millions of Black voters in the Jim Crow era. The Supreme Co...

What the Gaza ceasefire really means

14 Oct 2025

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What happens next in Gaza now that a ceasefire has been reached and how the last two years might hav...

When young adults get cancer

13 Oct 2025

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Getting a cancer diagnosis at any age is life changing. But when you’re in your 20s or 30s, it can...

Should we give toddlers phones?

12 Oct 2025

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What we know about early childhood and screens, including a surprising argument for introducing tech...

The campus resistance

10 Oct 2025

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In this special feed drop of On with Kara Swisher, Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber talks a...

Saudi Arabia is no joke

09 Oct 2025

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The Riyadh Comedy Festival was billed as “two weeks of laughs in the desert” but has comics aski...

Trump deploys the National Guard

08 Oct 2025

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The president is attempting to send the National Guard into two American cities for two (seemingly) ...

We're in our AI slop era

07 Oct 2025

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Meta just dropped Vibes and OpenAI just dropped Sora 2. Both social media platforms are filled with ...

TrumpRx

06 Oct 2025

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President Trump wants to put his stamp on health care. But TrumpRx is no Obamacare. This episode wa...

Is empathy toxic?

05 Oct 2025

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Society teaches us empathy is a good thing. But some are now saying the opposite, and science is com...

KPop Demon Hunters keeps slaying

03 Oct 2025

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The Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters is a mega cultural phenomenon. And the studio that used...

Hegseth’s hectic military

02 Oct 2025

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered top military officials to DC for a surprise lecture on the "w...

Shutdown for what?

01 Oct 2025

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We ask Sen Elizabeth Warren why. President Donald Trump is reportedly mostly worried about the midte...

Rupert Murdoch presents: Succession

30 Sep 2025

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Murdoch has built a media empire that leads all the way to the White House. But nothing lasts foreve...

How Rupert Murdoch remade the world

29 Sep 2025

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Murdoch started his media empire in Australia, sharpened his playbook in the UK, and became one of t...

Who is the modern American dad?

28 Sep 2025

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Young men are more interested in becoming parents than young women are, and there's a growing number...

labubu matcha dubai chocolate

26 Sep 2025

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How TikTok reshaped the trend cycle. This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina ...

$100,000 for a visa

25 Sep 2025

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With its announcement that an H-1B visa will now cost $100,000, the Trump administration is proving ...

A Palestinian state

24 Sep 2025

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As Israel continues pushing into Gaza, a growing number of world leaders are saying they now recogni...

TikTok’s new owners

23 Sep 2025

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The US and China have a plan for American TikTok. It involves a Trump-aligned billionaire whose fami...

RFK Jr.'s vaccine dream team

22 Sep 2025

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Noted vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced a key board of vaccine advisers at the CDC. Aft...

A nation of jerks

21 Sep 2025

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Americans seem to be getting ruder. Are our attempts at making ourselves better actually making us w...

Silencing Kimmel

19 Sep 2025

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ABC’s “indefinite” suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show has people worried about the...

Kash Patel is posting through it

18 Sep 2025

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The FBI director's handling of the Kirk assassination proves knowing the ropes isn't as important as...

The Charlie Kirk revenge plot

17 Sep 2025

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The motives behind Charlie Kirk’s killing are still unclear, but the Trump administration is mount...

Debate or rage-bait?

16 Sep 2025

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Jubilee Media has figured out a way to make the issues that divide Americans go viral - for better o...

Should Democrats shut it down?

15 Sep 2025

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Democrats are debating whether a government shutdown is a way to push back on Trump’s authoritaria...

Why horror kills at the box office

14 Sep 2025

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Hollywood has always made money from vampires and brain-eating zombies. But this year's a record-bre...

What the right gets wrong about Tolkien

12 Sep 2025

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Many far-right conservatives think The Lord of the Rings is about them. They may love Tolkien, but i...

Charlie Kirk's America

11 Sep 2025

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The fatal shooting of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk has reignited a debate about political vio...

Trump's chief culture warrior

10 Sep 2025

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Christopher Rufo is leading a ruthless — and successful — counterrevolution against American eli...

The report RFK Jr. buried

09 Sep 2025

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A new report that links increased alcohol consumption to cancer was supposed to help inform the gove...

Trump’s new war on drugs

08 Sep 2025

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President Donald Trump promised to crack down on illicit drugs. Then, he blew up a Venezuelan vessel...

The United States is Southern now

07 Sep 2025

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From #rushtok to country music, American culture is getting more and more southern. This episode wa...

Hamilton and Obamacore cringe

05 Sep 2025

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The smash hit musical Hamilton is now in a movie theater near you. But in the decade since it came o...

Trump and Modi’s broken bromance

04 Sep 2025

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India’s prime minister was so tight with Donald Trump that they held hands during public appearanc...

Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia (to Uganda)

03 Sep 2025

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The US government is trying to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia again. It's part of a larger war on immig...

Trump's "tough on crime" spree

02 Sep 2025

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President Donald Trump thinks he solved crime in the nation's capital. Let’s take a look at the da...

The Made in the USA myth

01 Sep 2025

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This special feed drop of NPR's Planet Money examines the United States' dwindling domestic garment ...

$250 million to work for Meta

28 Aug 2025

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Meta Mark is going all-out to put his superintelligence lab on superdrive. What is superintelligence...

Fed up

27 Aug 2025

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President Donald Trump wants to control interest rates. To do that, he needs to control the Federal ...

The future of vaccines

26 Aug 2025

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Trump 1.0 got us safe COVID vaccines in record time. Trump 2.0 is trying to take the vaccines away. ...

AI took your job

25 Aug 2025

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Hundreds of job applications, but not one call. Young workers are frustrated, scared, and wondering ...

The golden age of exercise

24 Aug 2025

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Americans are flocking to gyms and fitness classes. It wasn't always that way. This episode was pro...

Good Bunny

22 Aug 2025

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Bad Bunny is having a very good summer making Puerto Rico feel like the center of the universe. Thi...

Trump evicts homeless people

21 Aug 2025

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One of his strategies is throwing people into treatment programs without their consent. Blue states ...

South Park is not your friend

20 Aug 2025

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The latest season of South Park has been vicious in its critique of Trump 2.0. But the creators aren...

Is America still capitalist?

19 Aug 2025

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President Trump is threatening CEOs, nationalizing the steel industry, and demanding a cut of Nvidia...

Trump meets with Europe

18 Aug 2025

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Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Russia's Vladimir Putin last week. Now, Ukrainian Preside...

Hacking our health

17 Aug 2025

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We track our steps and our sleep, guzzle supplements and protein shakes, and even inject hormones –...

Living on Mars

15 Aug 2025

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The most powerful people in the world want to send humans to Mars. Getting there will be extremely d...

A soccer mom takes on ICE

14 Aug 2025

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Angie Vargas witnessed an ICE raid near her hometown. Now, she's the one chasing ICE agents around S...

"Roving mobs of wild youth"

13 Aug 2025

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Trump says he is taking over DC’s police to save the city from crime — it's really just another ...

What Trump really wants from colleges

12 Aug 2025

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It’s not just about the money. This episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey, edited by Amina Al-...

Drilling for clean energy

11 Aug 2025

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An unlimited source of energy lurks below the earth. On this special episode of the Unexplainable po...

What wellness costs us

10 Aug 2025

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Americans are investing billions in their health and wellness. What good do all these green powders ...

Going to Mars

08 Aug 2025

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The president and Elon Musk still agree on Mars. Our close neighbor has captured the imagination of ...

TEXAS HOLD DEMS

07 Aug 2025

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Texas Republicans want to remake voting maps to their advantage. Democrats say they’re ready to pl...

Can China save our climate?

06 Aug 2025

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While the Trump administration rolls back decades of climate regulation, the world’s biggest pollu...

The deal with Trump's deals

05 Aug 2025

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Trump's been cutting trade deals left and right, saying they're the key to unlocking an era of econo...

Schooling kids at PragerU

04 Aug 2025

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PragerU’s AI slop is the Trump administration’s new favorite educational resource for a revision...

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