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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Trump Opens Utah For Mining

Episode Date: July 22, 2026

Last week, President Trump dramatically reduced the size of two national monuments that aren't only beloved by everyday Utahns but contain priceless...

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Iran: Trump's Forever War?

Episode Date: July 20, 2026

Over the weekend, the Pentagon announced that three US service members were killed as fighting intensified between the US and Iran. That brings the c...

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ICE’s Deadly Traffic Stops

Episode Date: July 14, 2026

Last week, ICE agents killed a Mexican man in Houston, Texas, who was driving to work and was not the target of an ICE operation – despite what the D...

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Trump Brings The Drama To NATO

Episode Date: July 7, 2026

NATO’s most important global summit has begun in Turkiye. It’s an event where the world’s leaders meet, mingle, and above all, try to keep President...

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The College Dropoff

Episode Date: July 1, 2026

July 1 is the start of big changes for colleges, universities and you – if you have student loans. Because of last year’s ugly Republican One Big Bea...

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Trump, GOP Shouting Match

Episode Date: June 24, 2026

President Trump has one clear talent: pissing off his purported allies, like when he was supposed to sign a big bipartisan housing bill. Republicans...