What A Day

The Anti-Capitalist Legacy Of MLK Jr.

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In addition to fighting racial inequality, working to pass major civil rights laws, and more, Martin Luther ...

Vaccine Mandate, We Hardly Knew Ye

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court yesterday blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to enforce a vaccine or testing mandate for private employers. Meanwhile, Sen...

An Awards Season Unlike Any Other with Rebecca Keegan

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hollywood is going through some massive changes. The Golden Globes, usually the start of awards show season, was a non-event when it took place earlie...

Voting Rights Now, Not Later with LaTosha Brown

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Atlanta, Georgia yesterday to make a stand for voting rights. Absent from the audienc...

The Prognosis For Elizabeth Holmes And Silicon Valley

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud investors, last week. U.S. prosecutors declared the high-pr...

The Test Is In The Mail

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

President Biden announced last month that his administration purchased 500 million at-home Covid-19 tests that Americans will be able to order for fre...

Biden Looks For Mr. Voting Rights Now

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Voting rights have gone back to being the White House’s top priority, but Congress is struggling to pass protections because Senate Democrats must c...

365 Days Since Last Insurrection with Rep. Mondaire Jones

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today marks a year since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol where supporters of former President Donald Trump tried to violently overturn the 2020 e...

New Year, Same Omicron with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Omicron variant has absolutely exploded in the US in the last few weeks. On Monday alone, the U.S. reported an astonishing record 1.08 million cas...

I'm Feeling 2022

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

2021 is done, and we are excited to tell you all about what you need to know throughout 2022. In our first episode of the year, we talk about the big ...

WAD We Covered In 2021

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The year is coming to a close, so we look back at the stories we thought were the biggest and most memorable of 2021. We talk about the historic visi...

I'm Not Dreaming Of A COVID Christmas with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As we jump head first into the holiday season, COVID-19 news has been overwhelming. Britain logged its highest number of daily COVID cases ever, attri...

The Human Cost Of Military Pollution In Hawai'i with Kai Kahele

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tens of thousands of military families in O’ahu have been living without clean water for weeks after their water well was contaminated with petroleu...

A Settlement For Victims Of Larry Nassar

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve reached another grim benchmark since the pandemic began almost two years ago. According to the New York Times database, the U.S. has reached 5...

Venti Vidi Vici

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At least 100 people have died after tornadoes ripped through at least six states on Friday night. Search and rescue efforts continued throughout the w...

Last Call For Congress

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today is the last day that Congress is scheduled to be in session for 2021. Just yesterday, the Senate voted and paved the way for Democrats to raise ...

A New Surge In Labor Organizing with Marty Walsh

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, votes will be counted in the effort to unionize three Starbucks stores in Buffalo, New York, with the result expected this afternoon. If that v...

The Gerrymandering Went Down In Georgia with Bee Nguyen

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Redistricting efforts are underway across the country, but it's become a contentious process. The Department of Justice, for example, filed a lawsuit ...

Lock Me Out Of The Ballgame

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The US Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against Texas over the state's recently updated redistricting maps. The DOJ claims that Texas's m...

It Goes Omicron And On

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Omicron cases were found in at least 17 U.S. states and they aren’t all due to travel to southern Africa. Public health officials and experts say th...

"Remain In Mexico" Returns

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

More cases of the omicron variant have been identified in the U.S., and the Biden administration announced a new plan to make at-home rapid tests cove...

Supply Chain Reaction with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court heard a case yesterday that could ultimately reverse the constitutional right to an abortion. And it looks like the justices were le...

A SCOTUS Case That Could Overturn Roe

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, the Supreme Court hears what is likely the most consequential reproductive health case in decades. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health ...

A Variant: Age Of Omicron

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last 24 hours, world leaders and health officials had more to say about the Omicron variant, even as we wait for more scientific information ...

Omicron The Road Again with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists in South Africa announced on Thursday that they detected a new variant of the coronavirus: Omicron. Cases caused by the variant have been i...

Giving Thanks For Antibodies with Dr. Ashish Jha

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thanksgiving is almost here in the U.S., where COVID cases are up by more than 20 percent compared to last month. Dr. Ashish Jha, the Dean of Brown’...

Tragedy At A Wisconsin Christmas Parade

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Attorneys presented closing arguments in the trial of the three Georgia men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, yesterday. Now, we wait for the jury...

Reckoning With The Rittenhouse Verdict

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After four days of deliberation, a Wisconsin jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts on Friday. As a defendant, Rittenhouse had a strong ...

Legislating Environmental Justice with EPA's Michael Regan

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

House Democrats are on the verge of passing President Biden's Build Back Better bill, and once they do, it will head to the Senate. The $1.9 trillion ...

Trans Rights, Representation, and Remembrance With Kate Sosin

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week is Trans Awareness Week, leading up to the Trans Day of Remembrance on Saturday. This year is particularly important because 2021 is the dea...

The Promised Cleveland with Mayor-Elect Justin Bibb

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mayor-elect of Cleveland, Justin Bibb, comes on the show to discuss his win and what he hopes to achieve in his first 100 days. The 34-year-old had ne...

Minding The Map In Georgia

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees voted to ratify new film and TV contracts after months of negotiations. The results were anno...

Freed Britney with Ashley Fetters Maloy

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Britney Spears is finally free. Last Friday, a Los Angeles judge ended her 13 year conservatorship where her father, Jamie, oversaw many aspects of he...

The Read On Redistricting

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The 2020 Census data and the redistricting that comes after will have big implications for who gets represented and who gets to stay in power for the ...

Inflation Nation

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A new report by the Labor Department shows that inflation continued to spike last month. Consumer prices jumped 6.2 percent between October of this ye...

COP26 Rock with Ben Rhodes

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, aka COP26, brought together leaders from all over the world to combat climate change, and it wraps up in a few days....

With A Court This Right, What Could Go Wrong?

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. ended a year and a half-long pandemic travel ban, reopening borders to vaccinated travelers from 33 countries. Yesterday was an emotional day...

Vaccines, Family Style with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden administration set a January 4th deadline for companies with 100 or more employees to have their workforce fully vaccinated, or start weekly...

Voters Reject Police Overhaul In Minneapolis

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss more election results and analyze where Democrats and progressives stand now. Some highlights include Michelle Wu becoming the first woman ...

Local Elections That Impact Criminal Justice

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Election day has come and gone with several important contests on the line. In New York, Eric Adams triumphed to become the city’s next mayor. And i...

The Stakes Of Election Day 2021

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s election day, again! We are following major gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, mayoral contests in Cleveland, Buffalo, Atlanta and...

Hasta Barista Baby

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Biden and other leaders formally endorsed a new global corporate minimum tax at the G20 Summit in Rome. Under this agreement, corporations t...

Let's Make A Democratic Spending Deal

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After weeks of negotiations, President Biden announced his revamped Build Back Better plan, which includes approximately $1.85 trillion of investments...

Understanding The Coup In Sudan with Nima Elbagir

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sudan is in the grips of a coup after the military seized control of the country, and in the past several days, thousands of protesters have taken to ...

Facing The Facebook Papers with Mike Isaac

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook is in the crosshairs after a drumbeat of stories over the last few weeks all stemming from a set of documents called the Facebook Papers. Som...

The Future Of Policing In Minneapolis

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Minneapolis residents are voting on a ballot measure, Question 2. If it passes, the city’s police department would be replaced with a Department of ...

A Tragic Shooting On The Set Of 'Rust'

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in an incident last week involving a prop gun fired on the set of the film, “Rust.” It is unclear at th...

What A Day (trailer)

23 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly ma...

Your Booster Questions Answered with Dr. Abdul el-Sayed

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The CDC recommended boosters for certain people who got the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. That means as soon as today, almost 100 millions o...

How Chappelle Fueled A Netflix Walkout

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

People gathered in solidarity with trans Netflix employees and their allies who held a walkout, yesterday, in protest of the streaming service’s end...

Striketober Fest

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thousands of John Deere workers are on strike after the company and the United Automobile Workers union failed to negotiate a new contract. Jonah Furm...

SCOTUS Stands Up For Qualified Immunity

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of police officers in two cases dealing with qualified immunity. Both decisions were unsigned, and none of the justic...

Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial Begins

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The leadership of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees announced a tentative agreement for a new contract between the TV and film ...

What The Virginia Governor's Race Means For Democrats

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The January 6th commission plans to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the committee. Meanwhile, Trump’s lawyers are...

The Ol' Ball And Supply Chain

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Biden addressed the ongoing supply chain problems that are jacking up prices for consumers and slowing economic recovery, and said that the ...

A Judge Illegally Jailed Black Children In Tennessee

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For more than a decade, officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee, were arresting kids en masse and placing them in juvenile detention. In this county...

544 Days In An Iranian Prison with Jason Rezaian

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In July of 2014, Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian and his wife were accused of being spies by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and were arrested....

Votes Against Gun Violence with Shannon Watts

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Guns were involved in three out of every four homicides in 2020, and 2021 is shaping up to be deadly, too. According to the Gun Violence Archive, from...

Women Soccer Players Fight Against Abuse

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Players across the National Women’s Soccer League have recently gone public with stories of verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse and harassment. Foll...

Small Step For Big Student Loans

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden administration announced it will overhaul the student loan forgiveness program for public service employees. It was supposed to forgive cert...

Ernest Johnson And The State Of The Death Penalty

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ernest Johnson was executed in Missouri, yesterday. Johnson had been on death row for over 25 years after being convicted of the 1994 murder of three ...

Facebook's Status: It's Complicated

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were offline for six hours yesterday in what’s been called the most sustained and the largest outage for the compan...

Mandela Barnes Wants To Be Wisconsin's Next Senator

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wisconsin's 34-year-old Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes is one of the many Democrats running to beat Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson. Johnson's...

Did IATSE That Coming

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Congress approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government open until early December, but Democrats are still scrambling to strike deals on s...

Britney Spears Wins In Court

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Britney Spears' father has been suspended as conservator of her estate. Her lawyer requested that a separate hearing be set in 30 to 45 days, and #Fre...

Dancing On The Debt Ceiling

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have funded the government and raised the debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congre...

R. Kelly Convicted

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After decades of allegations and investigations, a jury convicted R. Kelly, marking the end of a six-week federal trial. He was found guilty of all n...

The Long And Short Of Long COVID with Dr. Ashish Jha

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As many as one in five people who became ill with COVID-19 have reportedly developed long-term symptoms that last well after they’ve recovered from ...

What Have You Got To Boost? with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A CDC advisory board unanimously said that people 65 and older should be allowed to receive a booster shot of the Pfizer-BiONTech COVID vaccine. It al...

Missing Women In America

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In addition to Gabrielle Petito’s tragic murder, we discuss the horrific rates of people of color who’ve gone missing in America. For example in W...

A Historic Strike Ends At Nabisco

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In defiance of Texas’ new abortion law, one doctor in the state claimed he performed an abortion. On Monday, two men, neither of whom are in Texas, ...

Immigration Reform Can't Wait with Denea Joseph

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Senate’s parliamentarian said that Democrats could not use the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill to create a pathway to citizenship for the mill...

Deteriorating Conditions At Rikers Island

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An FDA panel, last week, unanimously approved a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine for people 65 and older, and anyone at risk of sever...

Police Reform And Accountability In Minneapolis

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former Minneapolis police officer and convicted murderer Derek Chauvin pleaded not guilty to not one but TWO federal indictments this week in two sepa...

This Is Your Brain On Instagram

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Voters in California appeared to send the message to Governor Gavin Newsom that his coronavirus policies were the right way to go after saving him fro...

India Walton On The Race To Lead Buffalo

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

India Walton, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Buffalo, New York, is poised to win this November. Walton would be the first woman to ever lead the ...

Last Call For California's Recall

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The California recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom wraps up today. Newsom campaigned with President Biden, yesterday, and if he is booted from th...

America's Forever Wars With Spencer Ackerman

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and beyond the typical yearly commemoration, the FBI released a newly declassified document det...

Anti-Muslim Bias After 9/11 with Shahana Hanif

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tomorrow marks 20 years since 9/11. The terrorist attack caused a ripple effect that has influenced many parts of American history and culture, but it...

Bring It On Holmes

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday marked the beginning of the federal criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing startup Theranos. She and her forme...

The Lone Star State Of Emergency

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A law that effectively banned abortions in Texas after the sixth week of pregnancy with no exceptions for rape or incest took effect last Wednesday af...

Fight Or Flight Attendant with Sara Nelson

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The FAA had to investigate more than 600 incidents involving unruly passengers in the first half of 2021, which is already double the number from the ...

America's Last Days In Afghanistan with Rep Barbara Lee

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After 20 years, the U.S. has pulled out the last of its troops from Afghanistan. We spoke with Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee, who was the only member of...

Labor And The Pandemic with Mary Kay Henry

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A U.S. military drone blew up a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday that was filled with explosives and was believed to be a threat to the intern...

Welcome To The Recall California

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

California Governor Gavin Newsom is facing a recall election, which could result in getting replaced by a right-wing candidate even if he defeats them...

The Timeline For Evacuating Afghanistan

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The first U.S. troops started leaving Afghanistan, yesterday, as President Biden decided not to extend the timeline for U.S. withdrawal past the origi...

Eyes On The Pfizer

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The FDA granted full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, making it the first vaccine in the country to move beyond the "emergency use authorizat...

Uncovering The Foes Of The Indian Child Welfare Act with Rebecca Nagle

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the new season of “This Land,” journalist Rebecca Nagle investigates who is attempting to take down a federal law that aims to keep Native Amer...

You're Just Going To Have To Antitrust Us

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On the same day Facebook announced the launch of “Horizon Workrooms,” a virtual reality app for remote work meetings, the Federal Trade Commission...

The Trial of R. Kelly

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced that a vaccine booster plan can begin September 20, but only if the FDA determines that a third shot for ...

Hit Me with Your Third Shot

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden Administration is expected to announce as soon as today that boosters should be in order for most fully vaccinated people who got either the...

What Haiti Needs

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After Taliban fighters took control over Afghanistan this weekend, UN Secretary General António Guterres urged all countries to open their doors to A...

The Taliban Takes Kabul

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Taliban seized Afghanistan with a takeover of its capital Kabul this past weekend, leading the country’s President Ashraf Ghani and U.S. personn...

What's The Census In That?

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Taliban has taken over twelve provincial cities in Afghanistan, and U.S. intelligence officials estimate the country's capital Kabul could also fa...

Two Bills With One Vote with Representative Pramila Jayapal

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Senators Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema say they might not support a budget bill with a $3.5 trillion price tag, but Democrats in the House won't supp...

New York State Of Resign

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation yesterday, one week after New York Attorney General Leticia James’ office released a damnin...

The Dog Days Of Pandemic Summer with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. is currently seeing over 100,000 new COVID cases each day on average. It’s the highest number since this February, with hospitalizations an...

The Long View Of The Midterms

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Next year's midterm elections will dictate the future of voter rights, reproductive rights, climate change, pandemic recovery, and more. They may seem...

Biden Goes Electric

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Biden announced his goal to make new vehicles greener in his administration’s first major use of federal regulatory power to cut carbon em...

WHO's Calling The Shots

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The World Health Organization called for a moratorium on booster shots until the end of September, right as a number of countries have started or are ...