Donald Trump Dreams of Empire
In case you missed it, President Donald Trump announced a deal that would give the United States a stake in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves on Friday. And over the weekend, the United States and Iran ex...
31 Aug 28min
Trump’s Obsession With Trump
In the last year and a half, President Donald Trump has put his name, image, or both, on a whole host of things — federal buildings, passports, the resident National Park pass, the administration’s ch...
28 Aug 23min
Some Aid Workers Turn To Sex Work Amid USAID Cuts
Yesterday, we heard from former USAID administrator Dr. Atul Gawande about the lives lost because of the gutting of the United States Agency for International Development. On today's show, we focus on...
27 Aug 18min
The Deadly Dismantling Of USAID
It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk and the DOGE boys fed the United States Agency for International Development – or USAID, into a QUOTE “woodchipper.” And since then, according to reporting f...
26 Aug 24min
Why Is CBP Detaining American Citizens?
We’ve all seen how Customs and Border Protection has run roughshod over the civil rights of immigrants both legal and undocumented alike across the country. But if you’re an American citizen, you migh...
25 Aug 21min
Trump's Tariff Tirade Targets Our Friends Up North
President Donald Trump is back at it with his nonsensical trade wars, and this time he’s targeting one of our closest allies: Canada. After trade negotiations crumbled at the eleventh hour, Trump’s 50...
24 Aug 24min
How Trump Increasing The National Debt Impacts You
The United States national debt reached a record-breaking $40 trillion dollars this week. If you spread out that debt to every resident of the U.S., we would each owe more than $115,000 dollars. So ho...
21 Aug 22min
The Age Of Self-Optimization
Americans spend nearly $30 billion a year on plastic surgery procedures, including fillers and Botox. And there's probably no better example than the White House, where the "Mar-A-Lago face" – a very ...
20 Aug 23min
