What A Day

If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysis on the big stories shaping today and the creeping trends shaping tomorrow—and when she doesn’t know the answers, she asks someone even smarter to fill us all in. Radical, right? New episodes at 5:00 a.m. EST, Monday–Saturday in your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. Being informed was never this easy.

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Political Violence In America

Episode Date: September 12, 2025

The search for a suspect in Charlie Kirk's death continues. The FBI released some grainy photos of a person of interest wearing sunglasses and a baseb...

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Laura Loomer's Rise To The Top

Episode Date: September 9, 2025

Say what you will about President Donald Trump’s first administration, but at least some of the people given top jobs had a morsel of experience doing...

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Georgia To Vote On Energy Costs

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

A crucial race for Georgia's Public Service Commission is coming up in November. And though the name sounds boring, it's a race that really matters. T...

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Putin Cozies Up To Modi And Xi

Episode Date: September 3, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and held hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Beijing this weekend. T...

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Cash Bail Keeps People In Jail

Episode Date: August 29, 2025

This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending cash bail in Washington D.C. and other jurisdictions around the country. H...