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: Bigly Unpopular

Episode Date: January 22, 2026

After meeting with NATO allies in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce “the framework of a future deal with res...

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A Brief History of ICE

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn't some storied government agency from the 19th century. ICE was invented back in 2003 — but now it has a multi...

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Can Minnesota Deport ICE?

Episode Date: January 15, 2026

The great city of Minneapolis is under siege by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and we have all seen the videos to prove it… which may be why the...

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Trump’s War On The Fed

Episode Date: January 13, 2026

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck back on Sunday night after the Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into his handling of r...

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And Then The Majority Was 2

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

There are 435 members of the House of Representatives — and after the resignation of Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and the passing of...

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A Quack In Trump’s Presidency

Episode Date: January 7, 2026

It’s been a strange 12 months for Trump. He won the 2024 election on a wave of economic discontent, and responded by blowing up a wing of the White Ho...

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Did The J6ers Win?

Episode Date: January 6, 2026

Five years ago today, supporters of President Trump, emboldened by his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, stormed the Capitol. Now, with...

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Donald Trump’s Pot Shot

Episode Date: December 19, 2025

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I substance...

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Quantifying Happiness In 2026

Episode Date: December 17, 2025

Unemployment is up. Two-thirds of Americans have recently struggled with the rising cost of groceries. And the President of the United States has occu...

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Trump Can't Stop Saying Biden

Episode Date: December 16, 2025

Trump has been president for 11 months, and during that time, former President Joe Biden has basically left the public eye. Yet as Trump's own preside...