• The Jackpod: The right to be left alone
    Nov 22 2024

    On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the most effective and insidious attack ad ever.

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    38 mins
  • Historian Heather Cox Richardson makes sense of politics today by looking to the past
    Nov 22 2024

    The political rehabilitation of William McKinley. A cabinet of TV stars. Heather Cox Richardson says she didn't have those things on her 2024 bingo card. The famed historian joins us to draw from the past to make sense of the future.

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    47 mins
  • From vaccines to fluoride: How could RFK Jr. reshape American public health?
    Nov 21 2024

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been picked by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has been critical of processed food, vaccines, and fluoride in water. What impact could he have on the nation’s health?

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    47 mins
  • Surviving in the ruins of northern Gaza
    Nov 20 2024

    Humanitarian aid for Palestinians in northern Gaza is the lowest it's been in more than a year. People on the ground in Gaza share what, and who, could change the scale of civilian suffering.

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    47 mins
  • Who is Pete Hegseth? What to know about Donald Trump's Pentagon pick
    Nov 19 2024

    President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth as his nominee for Secretary of Defense. Who he is -- and what this pick could mean for the direction of America’s national security.

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    47 mins
  • What can we learn from North Carolina's elections?
    Nov 18 2024

    Donald Trump won North Carolina. But Democrats in the state swept every major executive branch race, including governor, and broke the Republican supermajority in the statehouse. What explains this split?

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    47 mins
  • How to get Americans excited about voting again
    Nov 15 2024

    Millions of voters who turned out in 2020 didn't show up this year. Why they stayed home or left the top of the ticket blank -- and how we might reinvigorate Americans' belief in voting.

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    47 mins
  • The Jackpod: Intellectual disgrace stares from every [Biden] face
    Nov 14 2024

    On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on why he thinks the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is an intellectual disgrace for the Biden administration.

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    40 mins