Each morning, the President of the United States receives a highly classified briefing on the most important issues facing the country -- The President's Daily Brief. Now you can hear your very own PDB, in the form of a podcast, every morning at 6am Eastern, and every afternoon at 4pm Eastern. You'll get 20 minutes of the most important topics of the day and why you should care, arming you with what you need to know to help solve America's most pressing challenges. Former CIA Operations Officer Mike Baker hosts new episodes daily.
1641 episodes transcribedIn this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First—Venezuela is making a major concession to the U.S., announcing the release of long detained...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—after days of heated rhetoric and even talk of military action, tensions between Preside...
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Violent clashes spread across Iran as nationwide protests enter their twelfth day, with demonstrat...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—the Trump administration’s endgame in Venezuela is coming into focus, as Washington move...
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: The U.S. military seizes two sanctioned oil tankers in the Atlantic, including a Russian vessel th...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—Russia lashes out over the fall of Nicolás Maduro, but the outrage may be masking a far...
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: New reporting sheds light on one of the biggest unanswered questions after Nicolás Maduro’s ouster...
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: Venezuela’s new leader Delcy Rodríguez abruptly softens her tone following the capture of Nicolás...
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First up— stunning new reporting suggests Ali Khamenei is already planning an escape route out of...
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: First up—remarkable new details are emerging about the operation that captured Nicolás Maduro. Co...
In this Special Edition of The President’s Daily Brief: The world wakes up to stunning news as the United States captures Venezuelan strongman Ni...
In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: Anger spills into the streets of Tehran as nationwide protests turn deadly, transforming economic de...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Protests in Iran turn deadly as security forces open fire on demonstrators, escalating an already...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—new reporting from The New York Times pulls back the curtain on Russia’s war machine, re...
In this special New Year’s Eve edition of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin Mike Baker looks back at the stories from 2025 that didn’t quite make it into the...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—new details emerge on a covert United States strike inside Venezuela, as reporting revea...
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Pressure is building inside Iran, where a collapsing economy has driven protesters into the street...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: China encircles Taiwan with the largest military exercises in its history, deploying warships and...
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: President Trump announces that U.S. forces carried out a strike inside Venezuela, targeting what h...
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: China and Russia appear closer than ever—but the relationship is far from equal. We’ll break down...
