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The Assignment with Audie Cornish — 229 episodes

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TMZ is Turning Heads on Capitol Hill

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Ramy Youssef Wants Everyone to Laugh

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Tell Me How to Feel About Space

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Is the Manosphere Finally Collapsing?

5

Astrology Isn’t Just a Vibe, It’s a Booming Industry

6

When the Bookie Is in Your Pocket

7

From JFK to RFK Jr.: How the Kennedys Track American Culture

8

Oscars 2026: Chalamet, Sinners ... and Our Predictions

9

Why Work Spouses Can Be a Secret Weapon | Engagement Party

10

Ken Leung on Playing One of TV’s Most Toxic Bosses

11

Behind the Sex Scenes...with an Intimacy Coordinator

12

Did Bad Bunny Win the Culture War?

13

It’s Super Bowl Season... for Fashion

14

The Millennial Internet, from Buzzfeed Quizzes to Filming ICE

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Is the U.S. the Villain of the Winter Olympics?

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Breaking Down the ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fame Machine, and More | Engagement Party

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The Real Pain Behind That “Toxic Moms” Essay

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All the Things We’re Saying About Heated Rivalry

19

The Year in News: Deepfakes, MAHA & AI

20

How Politics are Driving Families Apart

21

The Year in Pop Culture: AI, Gay Hockey, and Rage Bait

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Spirituality in America, from AI Jesus to Wicca

23

Putting the 'Giving' Back in Thanksgiving

24

Is the Economy OK? Why It Might Not Feel Like It to You

25

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Next Act

26

“Love is Blind” Is About More Than Dating

27

Horror Used to Be Escapism. Now It’s a Mirror

28

What Zohran Mamdani’s Rise Says About the Future of the Left

29

Why Everyone Started Paying Attention to the WNBA

30

Why Orwell's '1984' is having a moment in 2025

31

Uncovering the Story of Police Torture in Chicago

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How MAGA and Billionaires Are Reshaping What Media You Consume

33

How to Break the Cycle of Political Violence

34

How Algorithms Are Rewiring the Way We Talk

35

Why Are Shows Like ‘Hunting Wives' and ‘Yellowstone’ So Popular Now?

36

The Generation That Inherited Hurricane Katrina

37

Dating Apps and the Demise of American Romance

38

The Offline Rebellion of the Most Online Generation

39

Are Respectability Politics Over?

40

What the Recent Obsession with Yachts Says About Class in America

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How Early 2000s Pop Culture Pitted Women Against Each Other

42

What ICE’s Rapid Expansion Could Mean for Your Community

43

Will Tariffs Bring Trouble to Toyland?

44

George Takei’s Journey Through Fear, Silence, and Activism

45

Alaska’s Senator: 'You’re Roadkill in the Middle’

46

Can Weight Loss Drugs and Body Positivity Coexist?

47

Can Protestors Manufacture a Tipping Point?

48

Is OpenAI Building an Empire or a Religion?

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Klarna's CEO On Why You Should Buy Now, Pay Later

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Explaining Diddy’s Domination and Downfall

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Why We Believe Crazy S**t —And What We Can Do About It

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Catholicism Is So Hot Right Now. Why?

53

Why Does Dating Feel So Hard Right Now?

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Who’s Laughing in Trump’s Second Term?

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A Wonk-Free Conversation About Tariffs

56

Can We Trust AI, or the People Building It?

57

College Arrests: “A Kind of Policy That Ends Democracies”

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Is the Windy City Charting a Course for the Left?

59

Are College Athletes Cashing In and Killing the Game?

60

How DOGE Cuts May Affect Your Summer Vacation

61

Where Did #MeToo Go?

62

Why Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Kids

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And the Oscar Goes to… the Best Campaign?

64

Why Crunchy Conservatives Love RFK Jr.

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The United States of Elon

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A Pastor's Stand on Trump's ICE Raids

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The ‘Sober Curious’ Revolution

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Meet the Man Who Saw the LA Fires Coming

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How Political Divides Are Destroying Families

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Samantha Bee Is Done with Democrats (For Now)

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Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean Costlier Clothes

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What a CEO's Murder Tells Us About America

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How to Build a Politics of Humility

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Scaramucci on Being in Trump’s Orbit

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Should You Post About Your Kids Online?

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Are Progressive Groups Hurting Democrats?

77

Trump Owns the GOP. What’s Next for the Party?

78

Latino Men Wanted Trump. Why?

79

The Pennsylvania Voters Who May Decide the Race

80

What To Expect on Election Night

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Why the Race Is So Close In the Rust Belt

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Election Workers Under Siege

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The Grieving Father Who Took Down Alex Jones

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In Purple Georgia, The Election Math Is Not So Simple

85

Can We Build Our Way Out of the Housing Crisis?

86

The UFC is Trump's Not-So-Secret Weapon

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Why Nevada’s Economic Woes Make It an Election Wildcard

88

The Gen Z Group Making Politics Fun

89

Why Black Sororities Matter in Georgia’s Close Race

90

Desert Demographics: Arizona in Play

91

What Did Colleges Learn from Campus Protests?

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LeVar Burton on Optimism During Hard Times

93

How Campaigns Use (And Misuse) Music

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The DNC and the Passing of the Torch

95

Trump, Elon, and Silicon Valley’s Political Sway

96

Nazis, Nihilism, and the Evolution of the Fringe Right

97

Can Donald Trump Pivot?

98

Coconuts, brat, and Kamala Harris: What Does it Mean?

99

Inside Biden's Decision

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Why JD Vance is Trump’s VP Pick

101

Trump’s Close Call Re-Shapes the Race

102

Why We Can’t Look Away From Reality TV

103

The Cracks in the Blue Wall

104

What It Means to Be Patriotic

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Georgia’s Swing-State Spotlight

106

What It’s Like to Be a Diplomat

107

The Key to Pennsylvania? Nikki Haley Voters

108

A New Generation of Storytellers

109

How Popular Is Election Betting?

110

Documenting the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

111

Steve Bannon is Heading to Prison

112

Preparing for a Water Crisis

113

What Polls Do (And Don’t) Tell Us

114

The Economy’s Bad Vibes

115

Where Trump’s Trials Go Now

116

Should Schools Ban Phones?

117

Corruption or “Just Politics”: Sen Menendez on Trial

118

How Social Media Amplified the Drake-Kendrick Rap Beef

119

How Kamala Harris is Finding Her Voice

120

The Power and Promise of Psychedelics in Therapy

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How Speaker Mike Johnson Has Survived So Far

122

How Do We Talk About Campus Protests?

123

Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett of Pod Save America

124

Does Beyoncé Need Country?

125

Why Trump Would Rather Be at The Supreme Court

126

Pediatricians on the Frontlines of Gender-Affirming Care

127

Why Arizona Matters So Much

128

What Would a Second U.S. Civil War Look Like?

129

Why Don’t Third Parties Work?

130

Is Online Gambling a Public Health Threat?

131

“Preachy Females” of the Democratic Party

132

The Assignment Presents: All There Is with Ashley Judd

133

Why Republicans Stick with Trump

134

The Assignment Presents: Chasing Life on IVF

135

What It's Like to Cover a Presidential Candidate Up-Close

136

Kara Swisher’s Big Tech Burn Book

137

Katie Britt, IVF, and the Fight for Women's Votes

138

Counting Votes, Facing Threats: What It's Like to Run an Election

139

A Week of Political High Drama, with Kasie Hunt

140

Polyamory Is Having a Moment

141

Biden, Trump, and the Border Crisis

142

Jake Tapper on American Political Scandal

143

Where Does Fani Willis Go From Here?

144

Gen Z In the Workplace: Rethinking Business Etiquette

145

Mitch McConnell’s Critics Grow Louder

146

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce: Cultural Supernova

147

Clyburn on Power and Compromise

148

Roy Wood Jr. on The Daily Show and the Future of Comedy

149

What is Nikki Haley Doing in South Carolina? With Eva McKend

150

Healing Political Divisions in the Pews

151

The “Dangerous Undercurrent” in American Politics

152

"Am I Doing This Right?" How To Be a Parent Today

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If Trump's the Nominee, Who's his Veep?

154

The Backlash Against DEI

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Biden's Re-Election Argument, with Phil Mattingly

156

Gen Z Is Challenging How We Think About Work

157

The Year Ahead in Politics with David Chalian

158

The Assignment Presents: All There Is

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The Assignment Presents: The Axe Files

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We’re Taking Your Assignments: Drug Shortages and Ageism

161

CNN Political Briefing: Are Young Voters Tuning Out 2024?

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Why More Black Moms Are Choosing Home Births

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How to Cover Politics with Tara Palmeri

164

Ken Burns on History, Truth, and Storytelling

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Can the Biden/Harris Coalition Hold?

166

The Creative Path to Climate Solutions

167

Trump’s Second Term Plans

168

What Does It Mean to Be Patriotic?

169

Can Anyone Beat Trump?

170

Meet The Students Challenging Book Bans

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China’s Disinformation Campaign Against Americans

172

The Army's Recruitment Challenge

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Should Biden Bow Out? Axelrod Weighs In

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How Ordinary People Exposed January 6th

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Why Trump’s Ex-Lawyers are Flipping

176

The Serious Business of Romance Novels

177

How The Young Guns Lost the GOP

178

What It's Like to Evacuate in Gaza

179

How Americans Feel About Israel

180

Roxane Gay Reflects on 10 Years of Opinions

181

Does Fact-Checking Work?

182

A New Assignment: Diving into Politics

183

An Epic Translation for a Modern Audience

184

The Free Speech Wars on Campus

185

Greek Life Gone Viral

186

We’re Taking Your Assignments: Money, Marijuana, and Montana

187

Hollywood’s Hot Strike Summer

188

The Fight Against Digital Hate

189

Fighting Fires on the Frontlines of Climate Change

190

Sex and Sensibilities: Let’s Talk About Puriteens

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The Assignment presents The Axe Files with David Axelrod

192

The Assignment presents Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta

193

TikTok Is Changing Music, One Song at a Time

194

Courting Controversy: Inside the Supreme Court

195

Larry Wilmore: A Candid Conversation on Television, Culture, and Creativity

196

Meet the New Homeschoolers

197

After Roe: Navigating the Legal Landscape of New Abortion Laws

198

Gratuitous Gratuity? The Truth About Tipping

199

Wired for Trouble: Kara Swisher on Big Tech

200

Flying This Summer? Pack Your Patience

201

What’s Your Sign? Astrology's Modern Renaissance

202

Navigating Misinformation at the Border

203

The Rise and Fall of “Woke” with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

204

AI in the time of Loneliness

205

Yes, We're All Being Spied On

206

Clickbait Fashion Is Taking Over Your Feed

207

Louder Than Guns

208

Holding Space for Therapy Speak

209

Run, Hide, Fight

210

Yes, This Economy Is Confusing

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The Assignment Returns March 23rd

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The Assignment presents Story of the Week

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The Assignment presents Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta

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Politics, But Make It Puppets

215

The New State of Unions

216

Kicking the Football Habit

217

Life After the Traffic Stop

218

‘I’m kind of lazy.’ Why We Aren’t Going Back to the Movies

219

The Prince and the Press

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The Long Arc of Long Covid

221

New Year, New Assignments

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The Assignment presents All There Is with Anderson Cooper

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Journalism on the Ropes

224

When the Chanting Stops

225

Pediatricians Caught in a Political Crossfire

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My Bread and Butter: The OnlyFans Economy

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Trauma, Trauma Everywhere

228

Meet The Parents Taking Over School Boards

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