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October 28, 2026

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Mamdani on Trump, Floods, and the Fight Over Data Centers

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Meet the Trump-Backed Candidates Drowning in Scandal

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Panic Attack: Inside Musk's Midterm Disinformation Blitz

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Whose Jesus? The Left and Right Fight Over Faith in the Midterms

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The Midterm Spending Bonanza Is Threatening Democracy Like Never Before

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"The Single Most Toxic Issue in the Midterms": How America Turned on Data Centers

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"Cheat Like Hell": Can Trump Actually Rig the 2026 Midterms?

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Introducing “Stress Test”: The Midterms Will Test Democracy. We'll Help You Through It.

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A Special Announcement

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Today It’s Critical Race Theory. 200 Years Ago It Was Abolitionist Literature.

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Are These Black Leaders on the Cusp of a New National Movement?

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The Nightmare of Getting an Abortion in the South

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Ammon Bundy Is Running to Be Idaho’s Next Governor

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How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID

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The Afghan Refugee Crisis Has Only Just Begun

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The Metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema

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CNN’s Jake Tapper Says the Media Must Confront Republicans’ Big Lie

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Escape From the Billionaire Meme Mogul

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Everything You're Getting Wrong About the Culture Wars

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Garry Trudeau on Lampooning Trump and Other Lessons from 5 Decades of Doonesbury

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Can America’s Problems Be Fixed By a President Who Loves Jon Meacham?

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A Special Summer Announcement from the Podcast Team

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The Insurrection Was a Giant Recruitment Exercise for Extremists

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Doctor, Lawyer, Insurrectionist: The Radicalization of Simone Gold

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Leaked Video: How a Dark Money Group Is Trying to Rig Our Elections

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“We’re Torn Apart”: Inside India’s Worsening COVID Nightmare

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“Queen Sugar” Author Natalie Baszile: Black Farmers Can Help Save the Planet

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The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land

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The Oscar-Nominated Writers of Judas and the Black Messiah Make History

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Derek Chauvin Is Guilty. The Fight for Real Justice Is Far From Over.

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How America's Super-Rich Tax Evaders Are Hurting Everyone

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The Hidden Influence of Lady Bird Johnson

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Hope and Fear: The Dangerous New COVID Phase, Explained

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Stop the COVID Shaming!

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A Post-Trump Guide to Stopping the Lies and Healing Our Politics

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What Happened in Jackson, Mississippi, Was a Catastrophe—and a Warning Sign

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All Hail Pop Queen Selena, Who Showed Us How to Belong

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Stacey Abrams Is Hellbent on Stopping the GOP's "Jim Crow 2.0"

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Roxane Gay Says Cancel Culture Does Not Exist

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The Vaccine Rollout Is Racist. We Can Do Something About That.

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Biden Can't Make Trump's Immigration Cruelty Vanish Overnight

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What the Hell Is “Truth and Reconciliation”, Anyway?

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Impeachment Trial Day One: The Damning Case Against Donald Trump

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Biden Confronts Our Climate Crisis Head On

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Dr. Seema Yasmin Grew Up Believing Conspiracies. Now She Fights Them.

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The Post-Trump Era Is Here: Inside Joe Biden's Historic Inauguration

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Twice Impeached: Trump’s Name Will Live Forever in Shame and Infamy

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Trump's Terror Tactics and America's History of Racist Violence

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I Watched the Capitol Siege Begin. I Was Threatened For Being a Reporter.

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BREAKING: Goodbye, Mitch. Democrats Win the Senate.

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Trump Won't Stop Lying, Extorting, and Cheating, Even If It Kills the GOP

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2020 Needs Its Own History Book. Here’s Our First Draft.

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“He Won’t Get Played:” Biden’s Biographer on Lessons from the Obama White House

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Prayer and Politics: On the Campaign Trail in Georgia with Raphael Warnock

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Georgia’s Runoff Races Are Usually Disasters for Dems. This Time Is Different.

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Will Biden Finally Fix America's Crippling Student Debt Crisis?

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The Safest Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving, According to Science

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Surge Shock: Top Coronavirus Experts Share Fixes for Our Broken System

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Biden Won. Now He Needs to Save the Planet.

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Live Podcast Special: How Biden Banished Trump

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No Clear Outcome. No Clear Rejection of Trump. Now We Wait.

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Staying Sane During America's Coming Constitutional Firestorm

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Live Special: How to Survive Election Night (and Beyond)

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How Biden Can Pull Off the Once-Unthinkable: Win Arizona

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Trump, Guns, and 2020: One Hunting Family Tackles America's Biggest Debates

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Trump’s Biggest Florida Influencer: A Cuban YouTuber with a Pet Monkey

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Trump's Trashy Debate Performance Proved Biden's Point: This Choice Is Stark

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After RBG: Our Fight for Democracy Just Got More Desperate

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CNN's Brian Stelter: Inside the Toxic Trump-Fox Feedback Loop

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Young. Black. Gay. Heading to Congress. Meet the Ascendant Mondaire Jones.

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QAnon Is Infecting Congress. How the Wild Conspiracy Theory Went Mainstream.

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Progressive Prosecutors Are Frontline Fighters in the New Culture War

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The Biggest Night of Kamala Harris's Life

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"We Know How to Lead." Rep. Barbara Lee on Kamala Harris and the Unifying Power of Black Women

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I'm a New Dad Freaking Out About Pandemic Day Care. So I Called the Expert.

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An Unhinged President Declares War on Protesters. (No, Not Trump.)

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Samantha Bee: What Using the C-Word Taught Me About Trump-Era Comedy

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Debbie Harry on Blondie, Bowie, and Bees

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John Leguizamo on Trump, Dirty Jokes, and Whitewashing Latinx History

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Screaming and Christmas Trees: A Beloved Rehab's Dark Side

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"Our Job Is to Unlearn All That Shit": Actor Diane Guerrero Reckons With Whiteness in Hollywood and Beyond

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Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. How Much More Can America Take, Mr. President?

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Defunding the Police Is Only the Beginning

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"Bigotry Is a Lethal Weapon": Ibram X. Kendi's Guide to Fighting Racism

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This Summer Will Be Long, Violent, and Necessary

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The Unprecedented Challenge of Grieving 100,000 Americans

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Celebrate Pandemic Workers. Then Fight Like Hell for Their Rights.

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Exclusive: Stacey Abrams on Trump's Existential Threat to Voting

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Fight Trump with Science. Fight Trump with Data. Fight Trump with Facts.

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Trump's 100 Days of Deadly Coronavirus Denial

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ICE Detainees Got Pepper-Sprayed After Demanding Coronavirus Help

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Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiffs' Urgent Plans to Investigate Trump’s Coronavirus Disaster

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Online Learning During the Pandemic Is Extra Tough Where Wifi Is Illegal

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I Beat COVID-19. But I Can’t Donate My Blood for Research Because I’m Gay.

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Doctors on the Pandemic Frontlines Speak Out

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Many Restaurants May Never Re-Open After Coronavirus

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Surviving Trump’s Border Crossing is Just the Beginning. Here’s What Happens Next.

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I’m Self-Quarantined for Coronavirus After Attending Trump's Big GOP Love-in

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Sci-Fi Genius William Gibson's Trump-Free Alternate Reality

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