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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Pickets Down

Episode Date: September 26, 2023

The Writers Guild of America late Sunday evening announced a tentative agreement with the major studios. The Guild has said that it got most of what i...

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Bob's Discount Bribery Scandal

Episode Date: September 25, 2023

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is facing calls from fellow Democrats to resign, as he faces federal bribery charges – the second time he’s been prose...

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Make Way For A New Murdoch

Episode Date: September 22, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington D.C. on Thursday to meet with President Biden and Senate leaders. Zelensky is trying to secu...

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Going After Garland

Episode Date: September 21, 2023

Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. During the nearly six-hour hearing, pushe...

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Some Assembly Required

Episode Date: September 20, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, framing Russia’s aggression in Ukraine as a “genocide.” He’s als...

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Bye Bye, Bail

Episode Date: September 19, 2023

Five Americans detained in Iran for years are on their way back home as part of a rare agreement between the United States and Iran. In exchange, the...

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Autoworkers, Roll Out!

Episode Date: September 18, 2023

The United Auto Workers Union is on strike at all three of Detroit’s major automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. This is the first time i...

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UAW Races To The Deadline

Episode Date: September 14, 2023

Members of the United Auto Workers union are in the final countdown to reach a labor agreement with Detroit automakers. If agreements aren’t reached b...

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This Ken Is On Trial

Episode Date: September 12, 2023

The 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack was yesterday, and officials around the country memorialized the nearly 3,000 people who were killed...

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Kill Drill

Episode Date: September 7, 2023

It's only been five weeks since Justice Janet Protasiewicz was sworn in to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but state Republicans are hell-bent on getting...

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You Are Not A Loan

Episode Date: September 6, 2023

Interest on federal student loans has officially resumed, and payments are set to restart on October 1st. On Tuesday, however, a group of Senate Repub...

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COVID Surge Protection

Episode Date: September 5, 2023

COVID cases and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., and experts are closely monitoring a new variant nicknamed “Pirola.” Plus, there might b...

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Why You Gotta Be So Rudy?

Episode Date: August 31, 2023

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast yesterday morning and wreaked havoc in its wake. So far, it has left at least two people dead a...

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Trump's March To Trial

Episode Date: August 29, 2023

March 4, 2024 will be the first day for Donald Trump’s federal criminal trial in which he is charged with attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential...