Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
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Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening? This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them jo...
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The Militarization of American Cities Under Trump with Mary McCord
On October 8, 2025, President Trump deployed the Texas National Guard to the Chicago area – marking yet another instance of military force being used...
Introducing Season 2 of “The Blueprint”
Democrats are looking to regain power, and there is a whole lot of warranted debate about what a winning formula looks like. “The Blueprint with Jen P...
How Autism Became Political with Richard Grinker
In the Trump-era, and within the public health narrative shaped by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a debunked but persistent myth has taken hold: that infant v...
The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America with Trymaine Lee
A few years ago, MSNBC contributor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee, though healthy and only 38, nearly died of a heart attack. That...
The Electricity Crisis with Costa Samaras
The rise of AI and the development of more data centers continues to increase the need for more electricity. The electrical grid in the United States...
"Tomorrow Is Yesterday" with Robert Malley and Hussein Agha
On September 9, 2025, Israel Defense Forces struck inside Doha targeting members of the Hamas negotiating team. With the Israeli government appearing...
From Oyster Farming to Running for Senate with Graham Platner
Campaigns for the 2026 midterm elections are officially kicking off and candidates are starting to roll out their intro bios and platforms. One ad in...
Protests, Political Violence and Its Alternatives with Erica Chenoweth
We are resharing this episode, which originally published on May 6th, 2025. You’ve probably seen footage or photos of people protesting the Trump regi...
'Here Comes The Sun' with Bill McKibben
Amid all of the political turmoil and global crises, one source of hope stands out: our ability to power modern life with zero emissions. Scientists w...
Unpacking the US-China Trade War with Bill Bishop
When President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on all Chinese imports, China retaliated back with tariffs of its own. Since February 2025, the US and...
Baltimore's Violent Crime Perception vs. Reality with Mayor Scott
This week, President Trump called Baltimore “so far gone” amid the deployment of the National Guard in DC. In reality, Baltimore has seen record low r...
'Not My Type' with E. Jean Carroll
Author and journalist E. Jean Carroll successfully sued Donald Trump in two civil suits, one for sexual abuse and another for defamation. The two suit...
The United States' Standing in the Global Economy with Aya Ibrahim
The state of the U.S. economy will come into full view this week as a wave of crucial economic data is set for release, including the jobs report, inf...
The Resistance vs. Trump 2.0 with Omar Wasow
We’ve seen a good number of protests during Trump 2.0. What role does our ability to organize and protest play in this moment as we see the erosion of...
The Supreme Court’s Power Grab Under Trump
Well, it was another consequential Supreme Court term. So, we had to have Chris's wife Kate Shaw, along with the other co-hosts of the Strict Scrutiny...
Crypto in Trump 2.0 with Zeke Faux
Note: this episode originally published on 02/11/25. A lot of things are changing. And there’s a lot of things that the new White House administration...
Discussing the Context of the US Bombing Iran with Robert Malley
When news alerts went out that the US sent missiles to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, debates began about how deeply the US would continue to wade into t...
“My Brain Finally Broke” with Jia Tolentino
You’ve probably come across content online that seems real but is actually fake. And that experience is becoming more common with the proliferation of...
Strategies for the Resistance 2.0 with Leah Greenberg
Note: this episode originally published on 01/07/25.
Our guest this week co-founded one of the biggest groups that initially came about...
The Narrative vs. Real Effects of This Economy with Joe Weisenthal
It can be hard to follow and make sense of all of the volatility we’ve been seeing in the markets and economy recently. Lucky for us, Joe Weisenthal,...
“Empire of AI” with Karen Hao
There’s a good chance that before November of 2022, you hadn’t heard of tech nonprofit OpenAI or cofounder Sam Altman. But over the last few years, th...
Where Do We Go From Here? with Anna Galland (2024)
Note: this episode originally published on 11/12/24.
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Whew, the past few days have been a lot. Like you...
What’s Behind the Tax Revolt? with Arjun Singh
Tax policy has been a core part of the Republican party. A central feature within the GOP, particularly since Reagan, has been cutting taxes for corpo...
How Project 2025 is Reshaping America with David Graham
We got a pretty clear heads up about what Trump 2.0 could portend for so many facets of American life. The Mandate for Leadership, also known as Proje...
Protests, Political Violence and Its Alternatives with Erica Chenoweth
You’ve probably seen footage or photos of people protesting the Trump regime. Some data suggests that the volume of protestors is higher than in Trump...
“Trump Is Not a King” with NY Attorney General Letitia James
A good amount of institutions have capitulated and complied in recent months with many of the Trump administration’s actions that far overstep executi...
‘America, América' with Greg Grandin
The United States is pretty intertwined with Latin America. So why has it historically been seen as more of a European outpost as opposed to a nation...
‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ with Peter Beinart
We’re now a year and a half into the war in Gaza. Our guest this week has spent a lot of time thinking and writing about all that has unfolded. Peter...
How Process is Killing Progress with Ezra Klein
Why has America's 20th century vision of innovation and opportunity transformed into a stagnant and stunted dystopian reality? Our guest this week cla...
Why ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ with John Green
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease in the world. Why does something that’s curable still kill millions every year? And what does this il...
Weaponization of the FBI from Hoover to Trump 2.0 with Beverly Gage
J. Edgar Hoover is one of the most polarizing figures in U.S. history. And the seeds he planted as the decades long founding director of the FBI conti...
What’s the Deal with Congestion Pricing? with Janno Lieber
Public streets play a big role in our day-to-day lives. And if you’ve visited any large metropolitan city, you’ve seen just how much traffic can fill...
Resisting Threats to Democracy with Rep. Robert Garcia
The Democratic Party has its work cut out. Meanwhile, there’s a fundamental issue: the party doesn’t currently have formal power. It doesn't have a ma...
The Darkest Corners of the Internet with Elle Reeve
Trolls have basically taken possession of the U.S. government. How have trolls been able to go from being mostly cordoned off in dark parts of the int...
The Stalled Engine of American Opportunity with Yoni Appelbaum
A defining feature of America from its inception has been physical mobility. And that physical mobility has been the engine of social mobility. But we...
The Uncertain Future of USAID with Jeremy Konyndyk
So much has happened in the past few weeks. And we’ve seen a speed game of sorts being played by the Trump administration to try to act as rapidly as...
Crypto in Trump 2.0 with Zeke Faux
A lot of things are changing. And there’s a lot of things that the new White House administration wants to do differently. One of the areas where we’v...
Listen to “The Blueprint with Jen Psaki”
On a new podcast series, “The Blueprint with Jen Psaki,” host Jen Psaki dives into two crucial questions: where do Democrats stand in this moment? And...
The Reality at the Border with Jonathan Blitzer
It’s no surprise that immigration policy is an area that we’ve seen so much focus on recently. The Trump administration has moved with lightning speed...
WITHpod Special: Hear a Chapter of Chris’ New Book: ‘The Siren’s Call’
Hi, WITHpod listeners! It’s an exciting day and we have a special treat for you. Today, we’re sharing the first chapter of Chris’ new book, “The Siren...