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TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent — 128 episodes

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Series Finale: How did President Trump change the post-9/11 peace movement? (call-in special)

2

What does climate change means for the affordable housing crisis? (Teresa Wiltz)

3

Can 19 states stop the administration from detaining migrant children indefinitely? (Mica Rosenberg)

4

Are veterans more likely to be denied green cards than active service members? (Yeganeh Torbati)

5

What will reinterpreting the Endangered Species Act mean for animals under threat of extinction? (Ben Lefebvre)

6

Will Russia hack our election systems again in 2020? (Christopher R. Deluzio and Adam Piore)

7

Is the President's chief of staff building a right-wing empire in the White House? (Lisa Rein)

8

Is there a culture of racism and misogyny among Border Patrol agents? (Ted Hesson)

9

Who has the most influence with President Trump when it comes to foreign policy? (Adam Weinstein)

10

Is America's trade war with China achieving President Trump's goals? (Soumaya Keynes)

11

What does the conflict over over 2 oil tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman mean for relations between the U.S. and Iran? (Julian Borger)

12

Does President Trump want the Democrats in the House to impeach him? (Darren Samuelsohn)

13

Is President Trump pushing congressional Republicans to the right on tariffs on Mexico? (Amber Phillips)

14

What will a wave of new state laws restricting abortion mean for Roe v. Wade? (Staci Fox)

15

What would a citizenship question mean for the census? (Wennie Chin, Paul Westrick)

16

What does it mean that Fox News is becoming more critical of President Trump? (Daniel Lippman)

17

How will President Trump's actions affect the fight over the Keystone Pipeline? (Harold Frazier, Alleen Brown)

18

Why did the State Department classify an Iranian military unit as a terrorist group? (Carol Morello)

19

What will it mean for immigration activists if President Trump closes the southern border? (Fernando Garcia)

20

Is President Trump reversing sanctions on North Korea? (Jenny Town)

21

Is President Trump's support from congressional Republicans fading? (Sheryl Gay Stolberg)

22

Why are there fewer civil rights investigations by the Department of Justice than there have been in decades? (Rob Arthur)

23

What does President Trump's declaration of a national emergency mean for the country? (Amy B. Wang)

24

Did billionaire Republican donors buy support for the 2017 tax overhaul? (Peter Cary)

25

What does the tone of President Trump's 2nd State of the Union address tell us about his priorities? (Gabby Orr)

26

How are activists challenging President Trump's immigration policies in the courts? (Anu Joshi)

27

How will the new Democratic majority in the House affect the Trump presidency? (David Cay Johnston)

28

How has Donald Trump permanently changed the presidency two years into his term? (Robert Costa)

29

What was the message of the President's first Oval Office address? (Noah Lanard)

30

What is President Trump hoping to accomplish with the government shutdown? (Gabby Orr)

31

Who should be the voice of President Donald Trump's tweets? (Lenny Bruce)

32

What do Russians outside of the government think about President Trump? (Maxim Pozdorovkin)

33

How are new Trump administration rules affecting the White House press corps? (Anita Kumar)

34

What will President Trump’s climate change denial mean for the earth? (Umair Irfan)

35

Why is urban homelessness increasing under President Trump? (Esme Deprez)

36

What role has President Trump played in the rise of hate crimes in America? (Arjun Singh Sethi)

37

What will the midterm election results mean for President Trump? (Paul Kane)

38

How would the proposed Trump administration gender guidelines affect LGBTQ Americans? (Sarah McBride)

39

Is it President Trump's fault if the 2018 midterm elections are hacked? (Pema Levy)

40

What will Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS confirmation mean for the environment? (Jay Michaelson)

41

Why are extreme right-wing House candidates presenting themselves as moderate? (Rachael Bade)

42

What does President Trump's UN speech tell us about the future of US foreign policy? (David Nakamura)

43

Will sexual assault allegations derail Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS nomination? (Stef Kight)

44

What can Vice President Mike Pence's past tell us about what kind of president he would be? (Peter Eisner)

45

Will the EPA allow DuPont to engineer another ecological disaster? (Sharon Lerner)

46

How will Trump's 2nd pick for the Supreme Court change American life? (Stephanie Mencimer)

47

Does it matter that Stephen Miller is a fourth-generation immigrant? (Dr. David S. Glosser)

48

Does the death of labor unions explain the rise of Trump? (Peter Dreier)

49

How is Trump changing the global economy with his trade policies? (Soumaya Keynes)

50

What is Congress doing to the Endangered Species Act? (Jackie Flynn Mogensen)

51

What do Putin's comments in Helsinki mean? (Joshua Keating)

52

Which 1987 Supreme Court nominee is Brett Kavanaugh? (Mark Walsh)

53

Did Hunter S. Thompson predict the rise of Trumpism in 1966? (Susan McWilliams)

54

How is Mike Pompeo changing the State Department? (Nahal Toosi)

55

Did U.S. officials lose track of 6,000 children at the border? (Anita Kumar)

56

What happened at President Trump’s Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un? (Jenny Town)

57

When will unsafe drinking water become a voting issue? (Sharon Lerner)

58

Did thousands more Puerto Ricans die because of Hurricane Maria than the official number? (Arelis Hernandez)

59

What do we know about the Mueller investigation so far? (David Corn)

60

What is the role of a protest singer in the age of Donald Trump? (Gerry Spehar)

61

How much credit does President Trump deserve for North Korea's recent diplomacy? (David Smith)

62

Will anything change at the EPA if Scott Pruitt is fired? (Amy Harder)

63

Did the images on social media justify airstrikes in Syria? (Colum Lynch, Elias Groll)

64

How common is sexual assault at immigration detention facilities? (Alice Speri)

65

What is the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King in the era of Trump? (Larry Hamm)

66

Did President Trump favor Texas over Puerto Rico in disaster relief efforts? (Danny Vinik)

67

How are the Parkland students changing the gun control debate? (Josh Horwitz)

68

Why can't we solve the water crisis in Puerto Rico? (Sarah Laskow)

69

Is DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen a White House pawn? (Jonathan Blitzer)

70

How has President Trump changed the political culture in the nation's capital? (Robert Costa)

71

What can we learn from President Trump's 1st State of the Union address? (Ayesha Rascoe)

72

Does the Women’s March marginalize women of color? (Taylyn Washington-Harmon)

73

What will become of the dreamers enrolled in DACA? (Camille Mackler)

74

Which of the President's decisions will have the most significant long-term effect? (Michael Grunwald)

75

How did President Trump structurally change the U.S. government in 2017? (Nick Tabor)

76

How do you parody a president you consider a self-parody? (Kurt Andersen)

77

What happens now that the FCC killed net neutrality rules? (Brian Fung)

78

How is Trump's immigration policy affecting the justice system? (Lauren Herman)

79

What will the Republican tax bill mean for the rest of us? (David Cay Johnston)

80

What would the end of net neutrality mean for America? (Tiffany Hsu)

81

What happens when the President has a problem with silent protest? (Dr. Harry Edwards)

82

Does parodying Trump help you to understand him? (Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen)

83

What do Mueller's indictments mean for Trump? (Josh Meyer, Marcy Wheeler)

84

What is motivating Steve Bannon in his post-White House life? (Anita Kumar)

85

What is happening with the federal relief effort in Puerto Rico? (Scott Paul)

86

What is the state of the resistance to President Trump's agenda? (Mark Bray, Barbara Radnofsky)

87

Will President Donald Trump jettison the Iran nuclear deal? (Parisa Hafezi)

88

What does President Trump want to do about the opioid crisis? (Jonah Walters)

89

What will President Donald Trump's plans mean for public lands? (Brian Calvert)

90

Can the President's ban on trans troops be blocked in court? (Bobby Hodgson)

91

What's new about President Trump's Afghanistan strategy? (Rod Nordland)

92

How does a Charlottesville witness hear the President's response to the protests?

93

Why does President Trump want a transgender troop ban? (Nathaniel Frank, Alexander Downes)

94

What is happening in the Senate debate over health care? (Russell Berman)

95

How does Donald Trump conduct business? (David Cay Johnston - part two)

96

What are reporters missing on the Russian collusion issue? (David Cay Johnston)

97

What does John Kelly's past tell us about his worldview? (Jonah Walters)

98

What does the SCOTUS travel ban decision tell us about the limitations of lawyers? Guest: Diala Shamas

99

What is President Trump doing to limit travel and trade with Cuba? (Mimi Whitefield)

100

What changes in U.S. environmental policy have the media missed? (Amy Harder)

101

What would impeaching President Trump mean for the US? (Norman Solomon)

102

What do millennials think of President Donald Trump? (1-hour special)

103

What is in the health care bill that passed in the House? (Adam Cancryn)

104

Is peaceful protest becoming more dangerous during the Trump administration? (Elif Genç)

105

Are critical progressive causes getting overshadowed by Russiagate? (John Tarleton)

106

Why did President Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey? (1-hour call-in special)

107

What will Donald Trump mean for public education? (Basir Mchawi)

108

What has President Trump done in his first 100 Days? (Michael Grunwald)

109

How is Attorney General Jeff Sessions running the Justice Dept? (Sari Horwitz)

110

What will the President's policy be toward North Korea? (Oriana Skylar Mastro)

111

What will President Trump mean for net neutrality? (Olivia Solon)

112

Are the Trump administration's ties to Russia legal? (Karoun Demirjian)

113

What is in the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare? (Adam Cancryn)

114

How is President Trump's new travel ban different from the first one? (Trina Realmuto)

115

What did President Trump say in his 1st address to the U.S. Congress? (Jennifer Steinhauer)

116

Is there any truth to President Trump's election fraud claims? (Greg Palast)

117

What do we know about Trump's proposed immigration policy? (Rajib Miah, Armondo Gudino)

118

How is The Resistance challenging President Trump? (Ashley Graham, Jason Roer, Tracy Clark)

119

What will be the effects of the President's immigration ban? (Arun Kundnani)

120

call-in special: What you would tell the President if you had 30 seconds of his time?

121

What is behind President Trump's unique speaking style? (George Lakoff)

122

Is the Women's March on Washington Anti-Trump? (Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs)

123

What will Rex Tillerson's Senate confirmation look like? (Jennifer Steinhauer)

124

What could Jeff Sessions mean for the Justice Dept? (R.B Bernstein & Frank Deale)

125

What will Indiana governor Mike Pence's role be as VP? (Jeet Heer)

126

What can undocumented immigrants expect from Mr. Trump? (Jonathan Blitzer)

127

What will Trump's pick for EPA head mean for the environment? (Amy Harder)

128

What will the new President mean for Muslims? (Arun Kundnani)