On The Record (4-21-26).

This week's On the Record covers how Donald Trump is killing our collective brain cells. We're giving flowers to Brittany Page of the Page Perspective, talking about an aspect of the looming private credit crisis that financial pundits aren't talking about, Kash Patel, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Super Troopers 3, headlines from The American Prospect, The Lever and Current Affairs. Who's excited? Chapters Intro: 00:00:00 Quick Hits: 00:00:34 Max Notes: 00:03:00 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:11:09 Chart of the Week: 00:13:00 Headlines: 00:16:55 Pod Love + Book Love: 00:18:25 Outro: 00:19:18 Resources New York Times: What Trump Is Doing to the English Language Bolch Judicial Institute: The U.S. Presidency: Looking Forward NPR: Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflects on FAFSA rollout, debt forgiveness USA Today: Education Secretary Linda McMahon confuses AI with A1, sauce brand capitalizes on blunder New York Times: Maduro Is Gone, and the Purge Has Begun KFF: Deaths and Health Care Issues in ICE Detention Centers Under the Second Trump Administration The Ink: After Epsteingate, the ball is in our court KFF: Key Facts about the Uninsured Population Obama Archive: Let's Move USA Today: Kid Rock drinks milk in a hot tub with RFK Jr. in wild workout video Brittany Page: Jeff & Lauren Bezos Make 'Gratitude Lists' as AMAZON WORKERS DIE AT WORK Bloomberg: Direct Lending Fundraising Hits Three-Year Low in First Quarter American Prospect: The Deal That Could Destroy Hollywood The Lever: The Helium Crisis That Won't Go Away Current Affairs: Steven Pinker Doesn't Know Anything About Marxism Book Love Nancy MacLean: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America Anderson M Bean: Venezuela in Crisis: Socialist Perspectives Pod Love Outrage + Optimism: It's In Our Blood: Communities vs Forever Chemicals UNFTR Resources Video: Trump Is Rotting Our Brains and Nobody's Talking About the Real Credit Crisis Essay: How Trump Is Making Us Dumber. -- If you like , please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and

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This episode was published on Apr 23, 2026.

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