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  • 'If You Can Keep It': The Cracks In The GOP

    'If You Can Keep It': The Cracks In The GOP
    Nov 24 2025
    The Democratic party has been plagued by infighting over everything from its aging leadership to the war in Gaza. We talked about those divisions on the program earlier this month.

    Now, we’re turning our attention to the cracks in the GOP, which over the last few weeks, have only grown wider.

    Shortly after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the Republican party appeared to be in lockstep. Nearly a year later, a lot has changed.

    Internal divisions within the GOP include backlash over antisemitism and the release of the Epstein files. President Trump finally signed the order to release said files last week.

    In this installment of our weekly politics series, “If You Can Keep It,” we discuss what these divisions in the Republican party mean for the midterm elections and for its future.

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    43 minutos
  • The News Roundup For November 21, 2025

    The News Roundup For November 21, 2025
    Nov 21 2025
    Congress voted overwhelmingly to authorize the release of the Epstein files. President Donald Trump welcomed the decision, signing the bill on Wednesday.

    ICE activity in Charlotte, North Carolina, ramped up this week; authorities reportedly made some 250 arrests.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the economy added 119,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4%. It is the only jobs report the BLS will release until December. On Wednesday, the agency canceled the October jobs report for the first time in 77 years.

    And, in global news, US President Donald Trump said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing” about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in direct contradiction of U.S. intelligence. The president welcomed the kingdom’s de facto ruler to the Oval Office where they announced military and investment deals between the two nations.

    In Gaza this week, some of the deadliest Israeli airstrikes since the U.S. brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10. On Monday, the UN Security Council endorsed Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, including the deployment of an international stabilisation force.

    And the war of words between Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is heating up. However, both sides have indicated they’d be willing to meet face to face.

    We cover the most important stories from around the world in the News Roundup.

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    1 hora e 23 minutos
  • Fact And Fiction Surrounding The AI Bubble

    Fact And Fiction Surrounding The AI Bubble
    Nov 19 2025
    Groundbreaking. Transformative. A new way to unlock human creativity and productivity.

    Tech CEOs have promised artificial intelligence will do many things for us. They’ve used these promises to justify billions of dollars of investment in building the language models and data centers needed to power AI.

    Four of the world’s biggest tech companies – Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google – have promised to collectively spend $380 billion this year in the AI space.

    That spending has led to huge rallies in these companies’ stock prices. There are now hundreds of private AI companies with values – on paper – of over a billion dollars. And in October, the AI boom created the world’s first company worth $5 trillion – Nvidia.

    So, is this spending justified? Do these companies’ stock values hint at a financial bubble in AI? Or is this situation different?

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    37 minutos
  • ‘What to Eat Now’ And Navigating Healthy Foods

    ‘What to Eat Now’ And Navigating Healthy Foods
    Nov 18 2025
    The typical American supermarket carries more than 30,000 products.

    There are nearly as many opinions about what items you should buy to maintain a healthy diet.

    Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says changing how Americans eat is key to improving our public health — but some of his advice has nutritionists scratching their heads.

    Throw in the influence of a multi trillion-dollar food industry, and the grocery aisles can become a very confusing place.

    That’s where Marion Nestle comes in. She is one of our country’s foremost nutrition experts — not only on what we should eat, but about the invisible forces that shape our options.

    Her new book is titled “What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters." We discuss her new book.

    Why do we have so many choices when it comes to groceries? How can we cut through the noise of fad diets and get the nutrition we need each day?

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    36 minutos
  • 'If You Can Keep It': The Democrats After The Shutdown

    'If You Can Keep It': The Democrats After The Shutdown
    Nov 17 2025
    The last two weeks have highlighted fractures within both the Republican and Democratic parties.

    The fight over releasing the Epstein files has shaken the GOP, causing some of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies – like Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – to call him out. And recent incidents of antisemitism within the MAGA movement have prompted infighting about how (and whether) to root it out.

    Despite that, the party in the country’s crosshairs is on the left.

    The longest government shutdown in American history ended last week after 43 days. And it ended with eight senators breaking with the Democratic caucus to pass a spending bill – without securing the health insurance provisions they had demanded.

    Many Democrats across the country — from Washington strategists to local activists — called the move a surrender. They say the defectors gave up a winning hand right when public opinion was on their side. The loudest criticism came from younger Democrats who called for new party leadership.

    In this latest installment of “If You Can Keep It,” our weekly series on the state of democracy, we look at the fractures the shutdown exposed on the left and how a new generation of lawmakers thinks the party should govern in the years ahead.

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    44 minutos
  • The News Roundup For November 14, 2025

    The News Roundup For November 14, 2025
    Nov 14 2025
    The longest government shutdown in history is now over after a group of Senate Democrats broke with the party to vote for a bill that funds the federal government.

    Meanwhile, House Democrats facilitated the release of emails from the Epstein files that reference President Donald Trump and suggest that he knew about former financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes.

    Shots were fired at ICE agents in Chicago this week amid chaotic immigration enforcement operations.

    And, in global news, in the face of the growing U.S. presence around his country, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is mobilizing his army, ordering the deployment of some 200,000 soldiers.

    Donald Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to pardon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption charges the latter is facing in his country.

    Following explosions in Islamabad and New Delhi, both India and Pakistan and on edge. It remains unclear who is responsible for the attacks.

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    1 hora e 22 minutos
  • The State Of The Civil War In Sudan

    The State Of The Civil War In Sudan
    Nov 13 2025
    The civil war in Sudan has claimed the lives of some 150,000 people.

    From the outside looking in, the story of the war is one of two competing generals, foreign involvement complicating matters, and mass casualties among the innocent.

    Now, following a massacre in the city of El Fasher, the rebels have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire proposed by the Quad — a group of group of four countries including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. But for how long will it hold?

    We discuss the latest on the conflict in Sudan and the humanitarian crisis. What is the international community doing to help (or hurt) the situation?

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    43 minutos
  • The Financial Burden Of Caregiving

    The Financial Burden Of Caregiving
    Nov 13 2025
    In-home elder care costs are rising more than three times faster than inflation.

    AARP estimates that caregivers in the U.S. spend an average of $7,242 out of pocket each year.

    Cuts to federal spending have gutted programs that support them. And amidst the longest government shutdown in history, what little help was left is quickly drying up.

    Why is the cost of care going up? What can be done to combat those costs?

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    36 minutos