American Life is a Highway
America is caught in a vicious cycle of trying to alleviate traffic by expanding and building more highways, only for them to clog right up with more cars. How do you beat the traffic?Guest: David Zip...
29 Sep 202420min
Bonus: The Surge | Indicted for Swagger
A throwback week in politics finds New York’s Boss Tweed of Swagger in trouble, a Republican bucking the party line for his constituents and a name Democrats thought they were done with.Guest: Jim New...
27 Sep 20243min
Big Tech Fears Her
Over the last decade, the European Union has been the vanguard regulating Big Tech, and the push has been led by Margrethe Vestager. As she steps down, Vestager is looking both back at the battles she...
27 Sep 202428min
Will North Carolina Pick The President?
Winning North Carolina would make Kamala Harris’s path to the White House much easier. And to judge from the huge campaign push, Democrats think the state is in play. Can a strong ground game—and a ma...
26 Sep 202425min
Why More Democrats Are Buying Guns
Why are more liberals taking up arms? And how could the trend change the conversation about guns in America? Guest: Cameron McWhirter, national affairs reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering ma...
25 Sep 202424min
The New Rules of Campus Protest
How universities and colleges are trying to keep student protests under control—or embracing a raucously political campus.Guests: Sophie Hurwitz, politics and social movements reporter at Mother Jones...
24 Sep 202429min
What Was The Point of Israel’s Pager Attack?
What message was Israel sending to Hezbollah, its backers, and the population of Lebanon, by blowing up pagers and walkie-talkies last week? And does the international community view this act as a vio...
23 Sep 202426min
Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answered.
Given Laura Loomer’s history of saying outright offensive and often bewildering things, how did she get into the Trump campaign’s inner circle? Guest: Ken Bensinger, New York Times politics reporter....
22 Sep 202422min
