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Trump Slashed Healthcare. Is It Payback Time?

Tue, 27 Oct 2026

Even as anxiety rises over the price of gas, Americans still have the capacity to worry about their health care costs. This is one issue the Democrats have the public’s trust on—and it’s an area where they could make a big difference from Congress.


Guests:

Jonathan Cohn, senior national correspondent at The Bulwark

Julie Rovner, Chief Washington Correspondent for Kaiser Health News


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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.


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Can this Marine Flip a Border Seat?

Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Arizona’s 6th congressional district has been one of the most hotly contested races for several election cycles. JoAnna Mendoza, a former marine, is running as a Ddemocrat and could be part of the blue wave polls are predicting.


Guest: JoAnna Mendoza, Democrat running for congress in Arizona’s 6th district.


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Plus: How We Survive the News

Fri, 23 Oct 2026

Live from Virginia Public Media in Richmond, Mary Harris sat down with Reveal's Al Letson and On the Media's Micah Loewinger to discuss contentious interviews, Pentagon influencers, sifting through the Trump news cycle, and the journalism cliches they love to hate.


Guests: Al Letson, host of Reveal

Micah Loewinger, co-host of On the Media


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Podcast and live show production by Madeline Thames-Ducharme.


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When A.I. Regulates Itself

Fri, 23 Oct 2026

Everyone wants A.I. to be regulated—including the major A.I. companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. There’s just one problem… they want to have a say in what regulation looks like for their industry. Doesn’t that defeat the whole point?


Guests: Cal Newport, Full Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University


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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme, Patrick Fort and Micah Peters.


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Ban Frats

Thu, 22 Oct 2026

The sexual assault allegations against seven Cornell fraternity members has sparked a debate about the role of Greek life on college campuses. But maybe the solution is to get rid of it, full stop?


Guests: Susan Matthews, executive editor at Slate.


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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.


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