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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti — 492 episodes
Brainwaves: Why is the brain such a mystery?
The Jackpod: Fixing the past to save the future
It wasn't just Lewis and Clark
Are we thinking about the Israel-Hamas conflict all wrong?
Should states decide what kids read in school?
How socialism shaped Wisconsin
Why ABC says the FCC is attempting censorship
The Jackpod: The politics of us against them
Can Congress stop Wall Street from buying up your neighborhood?
Ty Cobb once advised President Trump. Now he calls him 'evil'
Why women's clothing sizes are so confusing
Could 'predistribution' solve America's wealth gap?
Trump’s latest bid to rewrite the rules of federal funding
Your fitness resolution is 200 years old
When heartland rock ruled the airwaves
Does the U.S. need a $1.5 trillion defense budget?
Can AI really do our jobs?
Sen. Chris Murphy’s vision for America
What immigrants say it means to assimilate in the U.S.
'The Yahoo Boys' behind online romance scams
Is Trump undermining faith in American elections?
Are 'middle power' countries having a moment?
Why expiration dates in America are going bad
Can math equations solve inequality?
How El Paso shaped modern America
The real differences between communism and socialism
A master magician on how to avoid your blind spots
Why do we love an underdog?
Jackpod on hiatus
How AI is helping fight wildfires
Is the economy working for everyday Americans?
The pill bringing new hope to patients with pancreatic cancer
Why beef is more expensive than ever
The science behind GLP-1s
The 'why' behind how we talk
How AI tools are transforming the lives of people with disabilities
From birthright citizenship to trans rights: The SCOTUS rulings shaping American life
Writing Indigenous people back into America’s story
Get in, we're going on a road trip
The Jackpod: Apostle of the common good
The revolutionary history of Black comedy
Is the Freedom of Information Act delivering on its promise?
The big influence of big sugar
Should fans be able to alter the music they love using AI?
What makes baseball magic
The Jackpod: Yankee Doodle Caged
What does the Iran peace memo mean for the U.S.?
What Frederick Douglass warned us about America
Is there a right (or wrong) way to love America?
Will a historic sewage spill undo the Chesapeake Bay's restoration?
Meghna Chakrabarti in conversation with American historian Heather Cox Richardson
How prediction markets have found their way into American politics
The Jackpod: Mindless
Is ‘eldest daughter syndrome’ real?
Is it safe for Americans to go into the woods today?
The real story of birthright citizenship
How John Quincy Adams went from president to maverick
How New Mexico's governor got big things done
The Jackpod: Slamming the golden door
Inside a diminished CDC as it confronts Ebola
A road trip through American history
China's take on the Trump summit
Why the pope wants to 'disarm' AI
The Declaration of Independence: 250 years later
The Jackpod: Catastrophe-proofing AI
How China's superfast charging cars are leaving American EVs in the dust
Does Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund go too far?
Is Google's new AI search killing the internet?
How Katie Herzog drank her way to sobriety
The new science of 'dad brain'
The Jackpod: Bearing his pain silently
How women are breaking records in ultramarathons
Is an energy crisis coming for the global economy?
The small Utah county fighting a massive data center
What Yale saw when it looked in the mirror
Is Trump taking a chainsaw to the Forest Service?
The Jackpod: The times they are a-changin’
Introducing 'The Midnight Rebellion,' a new climate fiction podcast
Why American low-cost airlines fail
Inside Trump's self-dealing presidency
A Holocaust scholar asks: 'Israel, what went wrong?'
The hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way
What Democrats could learn from the GOP
The Jackpod: Blue money blues
When thinking ‘inside the box’ is better
Why authoritarians put their faces on everything
Roundup transformed farming in the U.S. Could it change regulation too?
The 'how' behind the sub-two hour marathon
Why you’re thinking about the Supreme Court in the wrong way
The Jackpod: Sock puppets
Inside the life of a 'degenerate' sports gambler
Who's a 'domestic terrorist' in Donald Trump's America?
Why California wants folic acid in its corn tortillas
Why the tech world is ‘tokenmaxxing’
Why America isn't ready for the AI revolution
A word about this week’s Jackpod
Why are American children such picky eaters?
Why is the U.S. reluctant to adopt the Scandinavian prison model?
How can you be drunk without drinking?
Why conservative judges think Trump has gone too far
Trump vs. the Pope
The Jackpod: Death becomes them
The 'why' behind how we talk
Seattle mayor Katie Wilson: The full conversation
Seattle's new socialist mayor has big plans
New questions for the Epstein files investigation
The teachers pushing back on screens in schools
The real cost of the war with Iran
The Jackpod: Democracy by lottery
What happened to shame in politics?
How China's superfast charging cars are leaving American EVs in the dust
What are Israel's goals in Lebanon?
What happens when religious fundamentalists come to power? (Part Two)
What happens when religious fundamentalists come to power? (Part One)
The Jackpod: Dad Gummit!
From the archive: History-making astronaut Christina Koch
What will it take to save America's birds?
Trump's 'Homeland empire'
What veterans want you to know about the war with Iran
Could this finally be the year for Texas Democrats?
How to make AI work for us
The Jackpod: Naked to our enemy
Introducing ‘Question Everything’: Why did ICE Lock Up this Pro-Trump Reporter? (Part One)
Iran's complex revolutionary history
The might and magic of human muscles
Everything you need to know about the Strait of Hormuz
Inside the breakdown of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks
Are we witnessing the death of expertise?
The Jackpod: The ties that bind
The 'universal language' of rhythm
Why Trump wants to ‘take’ Cuba
The view of the Iran war from abroad
Iran's new leader: 'His father on steroids'
Israel’s endgame in Iran
How to find glory in the ordinary
The Jackpod: The power of example and the example of power
How big will the Iran war price shock be?
Why Iran wants a long war
Is the U.S. fighting a war without rules?
Who will profit off of ICE’s new detention warehouses?
Why 'KPop Demon Hunters' is everywhere
The Jackpod: The founders’ worst fears
The one thing driving U.S. job growth
Why regime change in Iran isn't so simple
The Trump administration's war against legal immigration
Why the Pentagon wants AI without guardrails
What really happened to Amelia Earhart?
The Jackpod: Hold the tiger
The Epstein class: What the files reveal about the global elite
Celebrating Ramadan while living in fear
Where are Ukraine's abducted children?
A stress test for the midterms
Why you can't get that jingle out of your head
The Jackpod: Two cheers for the filibuster
How to change a memory
Inside PragerU’s conservative push into American classrooms
The Epstein files' lingering questions
How America sees itself through film
Brainwaves: How does a brain stay healthy?
The Jackpod: Don’t exhaust your indignation
Brainwaves: What happens between life and death?
Brainwaves: Is AI actually thinking?
Brainwaves: Are you in there?
Brainwaves: Why is the brain such a mystery?
What if the polio vaccine becomes optional?
The Jackpod: America’s golden age
Lessons for the U.S. in 'China’s quest to engineer the future'
Does America's new national security strategy actually put 'America First'?
Inside the AI surveillance state
What happened to shame in politics?
The Jackpod: Gimme shelter!
A pattern of denial at the Department of Homeland Security
The promise and reality of the rural health fund
How Minneapolis is standing up to ICE
'Poorly trained, overwhelmed and inexperienced': Who are the newest ICE agents?
Is American architecture destined to be boring?
The Jackpod: America as a dual state
Lauren Southern was an alt-right influencer. Now she's finding her 'way back to reality'
Has Trump's erratic behavior gone too far?
Trump wants to cap credit card interest. Can he?
DOGE didn't save taxpayers $1 trillion, after all
America is polarized. Could this writer's new approach fix it?
Minnesota’s mining fight has global consequences
The Jackpod: Gouged
The history and science behind why we're all vulnerable to brainwashing
How the U.S. could 'lose the 21st century' over Greenland
Following the money on the Biden-era infrastructure bill
If Trump broke international law, so what?
A strange turn in the AI chip race with China
The Jackpod: We coulda been Denmark
Rep. James Clyburn on the Black politicians that shaped America
Venezuela's leader is out. Now what?
Your fitness resolution is 200 years old
How to prepare financially for 2026
Why are headlights brighter than they used to be?
Does using AI dumb you down?
The transformation of Austin, Texas
How should American colleges measure merit?
The ‘Godfather of AI’ says we can’t afford to get it wrong
How YouTube transformed our world
The music of Christmas in 16th-century Spain
Why Gen Z says 'hotties need hobbies'
Have we taken therapy culture too far?
What's lost when churches close
Why giving can feel so good
The Jackpod: It can happen here. It is happening.
Why seeing red can give you the blues
What's driving the rise in grandparent childcare
Siddhartha Mukherjee on understanding cancer now
Can we even trust videos anymore?
The Atlantic and 'The unfinished revolution'
The once and future dictionary
The Jackpod: Over there
Wasted money, effort and opportunity in Afghanistan
When can the U.S. government actually revoke citizenship?
The Trump administration’s real goal in Venezuela
Is education research actually helping teachers?
Is hip-hop dying?
The Jackpod: Rural ressentiment, or ‘the country strikes back’
Why a former federal judge calls Trump ‘uniquely dangerous’
A family secret like no other
How the cybersecurity industry is responding to growing foreign threats
What the next generation of doctors needs to know about AI
Meghna Faking the Nation!
How AI is changing the music business
The big impact of small interactions
The power of gratitude
Can democracy survive without reading?
How ACA subsidies became a lifeline for millions of Americans
What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence
The Jackpod: The revolutionary mind
Can math equations solve inequality?
How JPMorgan's embrace of AI could change banking for us all
Why are scam ads everywhere online?
The Iranian women defying their country’s strict laws
What the NBA betting scandal reveals about the mafia today
The Jackpod: Tired of winning yet?
Welcome to the casino economy
The real reason for the U.S.-Argentina bailout
No one wants their MTV
Down payments: Now paid by your employer
Why insomnia is an American health crisis
The Jackpod: Across the panhandle
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer tells her story
Is Trumpism what you think it is?
Why the Supreme Court tariffs case is about so much more
Lessons from America’s peanut allergy flip-flop
What can 'Frankenstein' teach us about AI?
The Jackpod: A day that will live in ….
How Katie Herzog drank her way to sobriety
What happens when private equity becomes video gaming's 'final boss'
Why are suicide rates among young Americans going up?
Should states cut their property taxes?
The might and magic of human muscles
The Jackpod: The other Washington
The world has its first AI government official
From unthinkable to politics as usual: The government shutdown story
Unpacking the details of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
America is polarized. Could this writer's new approach fix it?
Could the Maine Senate race determine the future of the Democratic party?
The Jackpod: How health care can save Democrats and democracy
Will TrumpRx actually lower drug prices?
What can Americans learn from Stalinism?
Is education technology actually helping students learn?
Why Gen Z says 'hotties need hobbies'
The Jackpod: Shake the superflux
The big impact of small interactions
Trump's plan for the military to serve his political agenda
What happens when you can bet on anything?
How Trump's tariffs are squeezing small businesses
‘It affects your wiring’: Jake Sullivan on the weight of his work as national security adviser
The Supreme Court case that could upend the Voting Rights Act
The Jackpod: Homeland insecurity
Are robo-referees making sports more fair or less fun?
Lessons for the U.S. in 'China’s quest to engineer the future'
Is there really a rise in left-wing political violence in America?
Princeton's president on how the university is taking a stand
Meghna's old house
Behind the scenes of On Point
The real story behind the slump in Las Vegas tourism
The Jackpod: Plutonomy
How private companies are influencing the new space race
Is Elon Musk’s supercomputer polluting Memphis?
The legacy of the 5th Circuit: Past and present
Why the flag burning debate is still not settled
The strange psychology behind fawning
The Jackpod: The two-state mirage
The right wing is coming for Wikipedia
What to know as the student loan industry becomes more privatized
How presidents use the U.S. military in the war on drugs
What Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals about political violence in America
Have we taken therapy culture too far?
The Jackpod: We want to hear from you
The long-term effects of nuclear waste in St. Louis
The great freight recession
The 'hotshot' life
What 25 years of CDC data on autism tells us
Why it's the end of the road for the Humvee
The Jackpod: The autocrat of the cabinet table
How Trump is transforming the way corporations do business in the U.S.
How to redesign schools for the AI age
The fight against Trump's 'war on history'
How AI is changing the job marketplace
Falling Behind: How to talk with boys
Falling Behind: 'We're in jail with our emotions'
Falling Behind: Where have all the men gone?
Falling Behind: The opportunity gap
Falling Behind: Troublemakers
Falling Behind: Do we treat boys like malfunctioning girls?
An African history of Africa with Zeinab Badawi
Swipe left: Why dating today stinks
Our mental health in the hands of AI
The fall of Florida citrus
How 'Blessings and Disasters' shape Alabama
How AI is changing the music business
The Jackpod: What’s wrong with the White House press corps?
Should SNAP pay for junk food?
Can public media survive?
How should American colleges measure merit?
Does using AI dumb you down?
Is there a better way to manage grizzly bears?
The Jackpod: A bold idea to help Gen Z. And maybe save the Dems
What the U.S.-EU trade deal means for you
What are 'cool roofs,' and how do they work?
The state of America's judiciary with Judge J. Michael Luttig
Famine in Gaza
The healing power of sunlight
The Jackpod: Strong and wrong
How the Left lost the working class
Did Apple empower China?
A former CDC vaccine adviser has words for RFK Jr.
How the Scopes ‘monkey’ trial echoes today
Are we thinking about AI the wrong way?
The Jackpod: Action completed this day
The new crisis in American kids' health
What we know about the Epstein files
How Trump cuts are causing a ‘brain drain’ in American science
How did being a sports fan get so expensive?
Week of Wonder: Can we save the quietest places in the world?
Week of Wonder: Volcanologist Tamsin Mather on her 'adventures in volcanoland'
Week of Wonder: The truth about your period
Week of Wonder: 'Vivaldi smells like breakfast sausage'
Week of Wonder: The marvelous and misunderstood world of sharks
The GENIUS Act and the Wild West of crypto
The Jackpod: It's going to be everywhere
The Democrats divided over populism
How AI tools are transforming the lives of people with disabilities
Why American farmers rely on unauthorized workers
The power of the golden share
A daughter, a father and a family's struggle with 'American Bulk'
The power of intuition
The secrets of super agers
The legacy of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Who are the Zizians?
'The biomedical research enterprise is under attack'
The Jackpod: Taking a break
The new science of 'dad brain'
The push for an American baby boom
Who is Sam Altman?
Netanyahu’s endgame in Iran
How William F. Buckley, Jr. created modern conservatism
From Endless Thread: When the government wants your socials
Trump's budget bill and ballooning deficits
The Jackpod: A TV-run state
The $1 trillion defense budget
Looming cuts to food assistance in Trump's budget bill
What Trump's tax bill means for your wallet
How the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ impacts health care
Falling Behind: How to talk with boys
Hong Kong, 5 years after mass protests
The Jackpod: Culture warrior
How the cybersecurity industry is trying to keep up with foreign threat actors
What the loss of international students could mean for the U.S.
Who are the new deportation police?
The history and science behind why we're all vulnerable to brainwashing
President Trump’s proposed 'Golden Dome' vs. the laws of physics
The Jackpod: The basic disturbance of the 21st century
The Israeli government’s true goal in Gaza
Is animal testing even needed anymore?
The federal takeover of Rikers Island
The long-term effects of nuclear waste in St. Louis
How YouTube transformed our world
The Jackpod: Making America safe for cancer
Steph Curry, 'Moreyball' and the NBA's 3-point revolution
The push to eliminate honors programs in schools
The struggle to update America's aging air traffic control system
The power of solitude
How AI is changing the job marketplace
The Jackpod: Chainsaw
What life is really like in El Salvador under Bukele’s 'iron fist'
Trump and trickle-down corruption
Inside the wrongful conviction of Ben Spencer
What happens when you train your AI on AI-generated data?
Protecting from harm or censorship? Policing educational material in Texas
The Jackpod: Stephen Miller and the wages of ostracism
India and Pakistan on the brink of war. Again.
The challenges facing the first-ever American pope
What is Tren de Aragua? The criminal organization's origins, activities and reach within the U.S.
How the Trump administration's defense policies are affecting women in service
How closely is Trump following the Project 2025 blueprint?
The Jackpod: The past is a foreign country
Feeding America's insatiable appetite for lumber
Trump's push to shrink FEMA
The real story of REAL ID
Did 'An Abundance of Caution' during COVID do more harm than good for America's students?
The real story of birthright citizenship
The Jackpod: All Americans
The transformation of Austin, Texas
Will the FDA's proposed food dye ban make kids healthier?
Why some are calling Tesla vandalism 'domestic terrorism'
The 'money ladies' take stock of our current economy
Ask the ethicist: How to create guardrails for the AI age
'U.S. let go of my hand that it had extended to help': Afghan refugees on promises broken under Trump
Trump v. higher education
How Trump administration cuts threaten Native Americans
A doctor's fix for America's ailing medication market
Falling Behind: 'We're in jail with our emotions'
Falling Behind: Where have all the men gone?
Falling Behind: The opportunity gap
Falling Behind: Troublemakers
Falling Behind: Do we treat boys like malfunctioning girls?
How Spotify shapes how we listen to music
Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian
The Jackpod: The demons
Trailer: 'Falling behind: The miseducation of America's boys'
The new war on words
How groceries are priced
How Trump administration job cuts could affect the future of weather forecasting
JD Vance and the rise of the 'New Right'
Trump v. big law
The Jackpod: Follow the frogs
How the mariner shortage could impact maritime security
'I thought I was doing something good': The scam that took Judith Boivin's life savings
'The federal workforce feels tormented': Federal employees on the consequences of losing their jobs
What does China make of the chaos in the U.S.?
Banned from speaking in public, Afghan women tell us their stories
How to move from languishing to flourishing
The Jackpod: April Fool
America's gold fever
How Trump plans to get government out of the mortgage business
The dirty truth about the global waste trade
The most powerful tech mogul you’ve never heard of
The Jackpod: Outside the beltway
Rethinking how dyslexia is diagnosed
What a polarized U.S. might learn from other countries in 'Another World is Possible'
What big changes inside the Pentagon could mean for U.S. national security
A daughter, a father and a family's struggle with 'American Bulk'
What the detention of Mahmoud Khalil reveals about free speech in the Trump era
America's new Gilded Age
The Jackpod: Strategic empathy
What happened when AI went after welfare fraud
The wonder of Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park
Trump's 2017 tax cuts: Who's better off, who's not?
Federal judge Frederic Block on second chances -- and 'who deserves it'
Is NASCAR a monopoly?
The Jackpod: Where the roads lead
Is Kash Patel a modern-day J. Edgar Hoover?
Is education technology actually helping students learn?
How the bond market could check Trump's power
A meltdown in the White House over Ukraine
Weight loss drugs may become harder to get. What does that mean for patients?
Lauren Ober was a juror on a Jan. 6 case. Then, she learned her new neighbors supported Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
'A clear attempt to intimidate the press'
The GOP's plan for the future of Medicaid
Where peace talks stand in Ukraine, 3 years into war
Tumult inside Trump's DOJ: What it means for rule of law in the U.S.
The Jackpod: Off the mat
Inside the effort to dismantle the Department of Education
The truth about testosterone therapy
What it's like to live in fear of being deported
The consequences of declining vaccination rates
The Jackpod: The child is father of the man
Are Chinese commercial drones a threat to national security?
How will we power the AI boom?
How Russell Vought's 'radical constitutionalism' could spark a constitutional crisis
How the richest person in the world is reshaping Washington
This doctor says he can make AI in health care safer
Why are headlights brighter than they used to be?
The Jackpod: Calamity howler
Do estranged parents have the legal right to be loved by their kids?
How ending foreign aid could damage U.S. national security
Should we farm octopuses for food?
Big banks are suing the Fed over stress tests
The Jackpod: Everything a president does, teaches
Black women's deep roots in country music
How Democrats squandered their 'emerging majority'
Can peace in Gaza last?
Do Trump's Jan. 6 pardons undermine rule of law in America?
'He wanted to destroy me financially': The economic abuse of domestic violence survivors
The Jackpod: Get out
The broken home insurance market -- in California and beyond
Volcanologist Tamsin Mather on her 'adventures in volcanoland'