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Start your morning with news that matters in just 10 minutes. Our host Niala Boodhoo and a team of award-winning journalists will bring you the latest scoops from the White House and Congres...

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Phil Cousineau: Turning travel into pilgrimage

Niala Boodhoo walked nearly 80 miles along the Camino de Santiago this summer, an ancient Christian pilgrimage that's been meaningful for mi...

30:29Sep 12, 2024

Barak Ravid: Israel and Hamas closer to perpetual war than a ceasefire

Hundreds of thousands have been taking to the streets in Israel, ever since the bodies of six murdered Israeli hostages were found last week...

23:12Sep 5, 2024

Karthick Ramakrishnan: AAPI voters could tip the scales

Before Vice President Harris became the Democratic nominee, Asian American voters were unenthusiastic about then-candidate Biden. But Harris...

22:42Aug 29, 2024

Shawn Fain: The fight against corporate greed

UAW President Shawn Fain got a coveted spot speaking opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to share his message of...

26:08Aug 22, 2024

Viet Thanh Nguyen: Defiant storytellers and scholars of memory

Growing up an immigrant in the U.S., writer Viet Thanh Nguyen tried to make sense of the Vietnamese story. "There were these two very differ...

21:42Aug 15, 2024

Tim Heaphy and Sen. Eric Schmitt: Balancing safety and free speech in the public square

The last school year saw the First Amendment tested across college campuses. Protests over Israel's treatment of Gaza dominated headlines an...

21:45Aug 8, 2024

Kaitlyn Schiess: America's Bible-haunted history and the way ahead

Americans have long used the Bible to justify their politics. That's in part why today, younger Christians are rethinking their relationship...

21:45Aug 1, 2024

Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei: A brand new presidential race

"Nothing, nothing, can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition." President Biden explained his move to the...

20:42Jul 25, 2024

Alex Thompson: A newly unified GOP

Based on this week's Republican National Convention, the assassination attempt on former President Trump seems to have unified the GOP. Alex...

20:03Jul 18, 2024

Noah Feldman: What it means to be a Jew today

The October 7th Hamas terrorist attack and Israel's ensuing war in Gaza have made Jews around the world look closer at the core of their fai...

21:13Jul 11, 2024

Jeff Rosen: SCOTUS's dramatic vision of judicial supremacy

As we celebrate 248 years of being a democracy, has the U.S. Supreme Court become the most powerful branch of government? We put that to Jef...

21:15Jul 4, 2024

Maha Jweied: Businesses must lead on second chance hiring

One in every three adults in the U.S. has some kind of criminal record. That makes finding a job much harder, and has consequences not just...

21:45Jun 27, 2024

Alloysius Attah: Helping small-scale farmers thrive

Climate change, inflation, and unreliable supply chains are just some of the challenges small-scale farmers globally are facing today. Alloy...

19:55Jun 20, 2024

Reshma Saujani: Using AI to put moms first

Reshma Saujani, founder of Girl Who Code, saw the pandemic push women out of the workforce and make existing workplace inequalities worse. "...

19:16Jun 13, 2024

Rich Buery: Fighting poverty with AI

Some 38 million people live in poverty in this country – nearly 12 percent of the population. The problem remains especially bad in New York...

19:22Jun 6, 2024

Sec. Jena Griswold: Protecting elections officials from violent threats

Elections officials have faced violent threats since the 2020 presidential election, and five months out from the next vote, Secretaries of...

21:08May 30, 2024

Ed Yong: Birding for a fulfilled life

Interest in birdwatching has been booming, and Ed Yong is one of the millions who have fallen hard. Yong is a Pulitzer-prize winning science...

21:45May 23, 2024

Steve Young: What private equity could do for the NFL

In his more than 15 years in pro football, NFL quarterback Steve Young made his name on the field as one of the most efficient passers of al...

20:52May 16, 2024

Fei-Fei Li: AI's new possibilities for robots

Fei-Fei Li is widely known as the godmother of AI, thanks to her groundbreaking research in the field. You can draw a straight line from her...

20:44May 9, 2024

Rep. Miller-Meeks: The GOP can lead on climate change

Republican lawmakers have come a long way on climate change since the days of tossing snowballs in the U.S. Senate a decade ago. Today, an 8...

21:23May 2, 2024