Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
by MS NOW, Chris Hayes · 476 episodes
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Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening? This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them join Chris to break it all down and help him get a better night’s rest.
Latest episodes
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50 min
Conflict Is Not Sin, with Priya Parker
Conflict is part of life. Whether with family, at a wedding, or at these midterm elections on November 3, it's unavoidable. Chris invites author and conflict resolution expert Priy…
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50 min
Is Donald Trump the Right’s Pinnacle of Manhood? with Adam Serwer
Ken Paxton’s list of scandals keeps growing – from his wife’s tweet last summer (”Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds”) to “Wall Street Journ…
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55 min
Dissecting Our Culture of Dehumanization, with Anand Giridharadas
In 2023, a former Marine strangled a homeless Michael Jackson impersonator to death on a New York City subway. The story became national news, as Americans chose sides, either dema…
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53 min
We Have the Climate Solutions with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Americans are stressed about a lot. As a result, climate change is often left out of the national conversation. Marine biologist and co-author of the Blue New Deal Dr. Ayana Elizab…
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49 min
The Truth about Black Single Motherhood with Jamilah Lemieux
Writer and cultural critic Jamilah Lemieux published a collection of personal essays and testimonies called “Black. Single. Mother.” in March. When she joined Chris to talk about h…
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59 min
'They Are Scheming' with Alex Bores
Alex Bores, elected assembly member for the 73rd District of New York, a computer scientist, and co-founder of Who Decides, an effort to align the Democratic message on AI, joins C…
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53 min
‘End Times Fascism’ with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
Is the apocalyptic mood in our culture today just in our imagination, or are we witnessing the rise of a dangerous new political reality? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor co-authored ‘…
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50 min
Will The Sports Bubble Pop? With Pablo Torre
The valuations for sports teams have increased exponentially in recent years. It’s almost an understatement to say that sports is big business. What does this mean for the mechanic…
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53 min
’The Nerd Reich’ with Gil Durán
Silicon Valley was once viewed as a center-left stronghold where tech founders partnered with Democrats to push clean energy and digital innovation. But today, the world’s most pow…
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55 min
The AI End Game: Boom to Bust? with Ed Zitron
There’s a lot to unpack about the economic effects of artificial intelligence. It’s clear that artificial intelligence is having a moment (to say the least) and that it has a profo…
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How to Stop Dictators with Zack Beauchamp
We’re now in the second year of Donald Trump’s second term. And there’s a lot to be concerned about as it relates to the future of American democracy. How can everyday people push…
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54 min
Fossil Fuels: A ‘Weapon of War’ with Antonia Juhasz
There’s a lot to unpack about the risk of a historic global oil supply shock amid the U.S. war with Iran. Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and other regions continues to drive f…
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54 min
Where Do EVs Go From Here? with Patrick George
This was the first summer that Chris and his family took their annual road trip in an electric vehicle through the Midwest. It was doable, but not without some challenges. Where ar…
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47 min
The 'Broken' U.S. Border with Ken Salazar
There’s no question that Trump’s 2024 win was in large part driven by chaos at the border. He still polls best in this area even as approval rates fall in other areas like inflatio…
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54 min
The Betting Craze with Bobby Allyn
It seems like you can bet on anything nowadays and like you can make a wager on practically everything. Examples of the proliferation of this can be seen everywhere from service me…
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58 min
Soccer as a ‘Universal Language’ with Ayman Mohyeldin
The World Cup is captivating to watch not just for the sports element, but also for the profound global tensions that it highlights. From intense matches between former colonial po…
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58 min
Strict Scrutiny x WITHpod SCOTUS Review Crossover
Well, it’s that time of the year again when the ladies of Strict Scrutiny join Chris to break down the latest ways in which SCOTUS has taken a sledgehammer to constitutional princi…
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44 min
Andrew Tate’s “Empire of Abuse” with Heidi Blake
There’s so many scandals in this era. And one of the biggest ones has to do with highly controversial brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate who have built massive followings online as r…
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48 min
The ‘Hellish Cauldron’ of American Politics with Alex Wagner
Well, we just wrapped our special 8-part miniseries “The AI End Game,” and we’re back to regular new episodes of WITHpod. There’s a lot to discuss since the start of the miniseries…
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50 min
The AI End Game: Is AI Alive? with Michael Pollan
Scientists, philosophers, and artists all agree: consciousness is a unique feeling. And at the same time, one of the world’s most confounding and complex questions remains: what ex…