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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SCOTUS v. Roe v. Wade

Episode Date: May 18, 2021

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that directly challenges Roe v. Wade, which deals with a 2018 Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15...

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Broken Link In The Cheney

Episode Date: May 13, 2021

Congresswoman Liz Cheney was ousted from the House GOP leadership, yesterday, over a failure to pretend that Donald Trump won the election he lost by...

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Israel's Attacks On Gaza

Episode Date: May 11, 2021

Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip, last night, leading to the deaths of at least 20 people. This was in response to rockets launched by...

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Vaccine But Not Herd Immunity

Episode Date: May 4, 2021

Four mothers who had been separated from their children at the border by the Trump administration will finally be reunited with them this week, accord...

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The Fall Of Menthol

Episode Date: April 30, 2021

The pandemic continues to spiral out of control in India, with the country recently topping 200,000 deaths by the official count. The initial flights...

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100 Days Of Biden

Episode Date: April 29, 2021

President Biden gave his first address to Congress last night, themed largely around moving America out of the most difficult stage of the pandemic an...

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CDC What Happens Next

Episode Date: April 28, 2021

The CDC issued new guidance yesterday that fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks outdoors unless they’re gathering in a large crowd, and th...

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Make It Make Census

Episode Date: April 27, 2021

The results of the 2020 Census were released yesterday, and they showed that over the past decade, the U.S. population grew by the slowest pace since...

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J&J It Again, Sam

Episode Date: April 26, 2021

The CDC and the FDA have lifted their recommended pause on the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine, and added a warning label about the very, very rare...

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Emission Critical

Episode Date: April 23, 2021

President Biden and 40 heads of state met for the first day of a virtual climate summit, yesterday, and he pledged to cut America’s greenhouse gases i...

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Chauvin Guilty On All Charges

Episode Date: April 21, 2021

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, yesterday, and now faces up to 40 years in prison. The ver...

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Amazon The Defensive

Episode Date: April 20, 2021

President Biden held bipartisan meetings yesterday to find some middle ground for his massive infrastructure bill. On the left, AOC and Bernie Sanders...