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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America, Online

Episode Date: April 2, 2021

As Biden works to sell his infrastructure plan, we take a look at the money he’s proposing for high-speed internet and what it could do to address equ...

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The State Of Voter Suppression

Episode Date: March 30, 2021

Florida is following Georgia’s lead by moving forward on a bill that makes it harder to vote. It’s part of a broader and coordinated effort to roll ba...

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OK Folks, Plateau's Over

Episode Date: March 29, 2021

The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is set to begin today with opening statements. We explain what to expect and highlight ne...

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Standing Up For Sex Workers

Episode Date: March 25, 2021

In light of the Georgia shooter's claim that his attack was intended to "eliminate" "temptations," activists have talked about the killings in the con...

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Colorado Mourns Again

Episode Date: March 24, 2021

Boulder police have identified a suspect in Monday’s deadly shooting in Colorado, which killed 10 people. President Biden addressed the nation and cal...

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Ad AstraZeneca

Episode Date: March 19, 2021

European countries including Germany, France, Italy, and Spain will resume using the AstraZeneca vaccine as early as today or next week. This comes th...

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Biden At The Border

Episode Date: March 18, 2021

A White gunman attacked three spas in the Atlanta area on Tuesday killing eight people including six women of Asian descent. The shootings happened in...

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Shots For Tots

Episode Date: March 17, 2021

Nearly 10,000 children seeking asylum have arrived to the United States southern border since February, and a lack of shelter space has led many of th...

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Vax on Pause

Episode Date: March 16, 2021

Italy, Germany, France and several other countries in Europe are halting use of Astrazeneca’s coronavirus vaccine amid concerns over side effects in h...

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Cuom Alone 2: Lost In New York

Episode Date: March 15, 2021

Covid cases continue to decline, though at a much slower rate than in January. That leveling off, plus the continued threat of variants has public hea...

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Giving Vax And Taking Names

Episode Date: March 11, 2021

Today marks one year since the World Health Organization officially called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The US vaccination effort offers a gli...

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Coming To The American Rescue

Episode Date: March 8, 2021

Senate Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion economic relief bill on Saturday, without any support from Republicans. The final bill pared back some eleme...