• Is hip-hop dying?
    Dec 5 2025

    Earlier this fall, there were no rap songs in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time since 1990. Is this just a blip in commercial popularity, or is it a sign that hip hop is losing its grip on mainstream America?

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    37 mins
  • The Jackpod: Rural ressentiment, or ‘the country strikes back’
    Dec 5 2025

    On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the modern history of the multi-faceted divide between rural and urban America and why it threatens democracy.

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    44 mins
  • Why a former federal judge calls Trump ‘uniquely dangerous’
    Dec 4 2025

    Mark Wolf spent four decades as a judge on the federal bench after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan. But Wolf recently resigned, citing the Trump administration’s “deeply disturbing assault" on the rule of law.

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    35 mins
  • A family secret like no other
    Dec 3 2025

    Christine Kuehn knew hardly anything about her father’s family. But when a mysterious letter reaches her doorstep in 1994, it kicks off a 30-year journey uncovering her family's Nazi history, and their role in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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    37 mins
  • How the cybersecurity industry is responding to growing foreign threats
    Dec 2 2025

    American companies are being targeted by foreign spies, ransomware groups and even fake job applicants from North Korea. One cybersecurity firm speaks out about the threats they're seeing and how they're combating them.

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    33 mins
  • What the next generation of doctors needs to know about AI
    Dec 1 2025

    AI is helping doctors treat patients in American hospitals. But many new doctors say they haven’t been trained in how to use it. Now, Stanford University is mandating AI training for all its medical students.

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    36 mins
  • Meghna Faking the Nation!
    Nov 29 2025

    Meghna recently appeared on this episode of Fake the Nation, joining comedian and host Negin Farsad and comedian/writer Benari Lee Poulton to share their unvarnished takes on topics ranging from why billionaires love owning sports teams, to just what are the best years of your life? Meghna had fun. We hope you enjoy it too.

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    55 mins
  • How AI is changing the music business
    Nov 28 2025

    The world’s largest music streaming service now lets users to monetize music in which they don’t play or sing a single note. How is AI shaping how we make and profit from music?

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    36 mins