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Why Is This Happening?
Every week on the podcast Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history?
Jia Tolentino, a staff writer at The New Yorker, joins WITHpod to discuss how AI is changing our perception of the world, how online content can make us more likely to detach from reality and more.
Joe Weisenthal, host of Bloomberg’s “Odd Lots” podcast, joins to discuss the economic volatility we’ve seen recently and what it means for financial markets vs. the real economy, the impact of tariffs and more.
Karen Hao, journalist and the author of “Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI,” joins to discuss the trajectory AI has been on, economic effects, whether or not she thinks the AI bubble will pop and more.
Arjun Singh, co-host and senior producer of the "Lever Time" podcast, joins WITHpod to discuss historical and contemporary fights over taxes, coalitions effects of MAGA, what the latest intraparty disagreements could mean and more.
David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of “The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America,” joins to discuss some of the things that have already been done that were outlined in Project 2025, what’s been most surprising, how he sees the plans within the playbook playing out and more.
Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard, joins to discuss historical and contemporary strategies for protesting, democratic backsliding, global comparisons and more.
New York attorney general Letitia James joins WITHpod to discuss why she says Trump is on a “revenge tour,” whether or not she feels the rule of law will prevail as we move forward from the first 100 days and more.
Professor and author Greg Grandin joins WITHpod to discuss rethinking our conceptions of the “New World,” democratic backsliding in the U.S., why he says we should rethink hemispheric history and more.
Journalist and author Ezra Klein joins WITHpod to discuss ways liberalism has gone wrong, what has contributed to the feeling of so much scarcity in America, why it’s so tough to build in this era, how we might reimagine abundance for everyone and more.
Author and historian Beverly Gage joins WITHpod to discuss J. Edgar Hoover’s influence, the politicization of the FBI, the abuse of its power, the FBI in Trump 2.0 and more.
