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The hit list: hot summer podcasts

We’re running through the best new podcasts you can play during your next road trip or while you’re lounging on the beach.

07-09
46:34

Aspen Ideas Festival: the power of local news

There is a new momentum to populate news deserts with small publishers who carry big impact.

07-08
35:13

In Good Company: Beating loneliness, building better public spaces

How can reimagining public spaces and neighborhood connect and inspire communities?

07-08
46:28

Rescue and recovery efforts continue in flood ravaged Texas

Officials face scrutiny over flash flood warnings in the area.

07-07
12:00

The megabill, Medicaid and rural Americans

Congressional Republicans in favor of the law say it targets waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid system.

07-07
12:00

President Trump signs tax and spending bill into law, what does it mean for you?

Megabill fulfills key campaign pledges made by Trump and GOP hardliners.

07-07
12:00

If You Can Keep It: American values

Who are we as a nation? What's important to us?

07-07
34:24

The 2025 Sounds of America on the Fourth of July

Whether you're stuck in traffic, by the water, or grilling, these conversations are sure to hit close to home.

07-01
47:17

Gloria Gaynor's new project is an EP called 'Happy Tears' (Rebroadcast)

It's her first new release since 2019's Grammy-winning gospel album "Testimony."

07-01
33:57

Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender'

Pentagon sends naval forces, tankers, missile defense systems, and aircraft carriers to beef up the U.S. presence in the Middle East

06-18
06:47

Summer 2025 Hitlist: movies, book and more

What to watch, read and listen to as the summer heat scorches.

06-18
34:08

President Trump orders ICE to prioritize deportations in Democratic cities

A budget document released by the Trump administration says ICE is aiming to deport one million immigrants each year.

06-18
12:00

How could climate policy changes affect your life?

The President is implementing his environmental agenda through a series of executive orders and the help of Congress.

06-18
34:21

Israel strikes Iranian state TV during live broadcast

Donald Trump says Iranian leaders "have to make a deal"

06-16
12:00

Why are we seeing a dramatic drop in overdose deaths?

Drop in drug overdose deaths comes as the Trump Administration cancels more than $11 billion dollars in grants funding mental health and addiction programs.

06-16
35:14

The Sounds of America: Blondie's 'Parallel Lines' (Rebroadcast)

"Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out had a heart of glass."

04-17
17:19

What we get wrong about our midlives (Rebroadcast)

What does our common depiction of a midlife crisis get wrong and who gets left behind by this narrative?

03-25
46:16

The 1A Record Club listens to Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' (Rebroadcast)

We break down the sounds the musical powerhouse explores in her latest project and how Black artists have long been excluded from the genre.

03-24
46:26

The political power of theater (Rebroadcast)

Between 1935 and 1939, thirty million Americans had the chance to see a play thanks to Federal Theater Project. Nearly a century later, the theater's place in American life is shrinking.

02-24
47:15

Inside Out 2 and how we think about our feelings (Rebroadcast)

Anxiety, envy, embarrassment and ennui get added to the mix.

02-16
46:26

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