The New McCarthy Era, A.I. on the Rise, and G...

Kara and Scott unpack the backlash to Trump’s Iran deal, and the symbolism of the algae bloom in the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool. Plus, SpaceX passes Amazon in its first week as a public company, acquires Cursor, and kicks off an AI IPO frenzy. Then, Snap’s pricey new smar ...  Show more

Kara and Scott unpack the White House’s UFC spectacle, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery clearing a major merger hurdle, and SpaceX’s blockbuster public debut. Then, they discuss Fox buying Roku, the Trump administration’s latest clash with Anthropic, and state attorneys gener ...  Show more

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Adi Robertson discuss Montana being the first state to ban TikTok, the Supreme Court ruling against reexamining Section 230, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifying before the Senate. Then, David interviews vlogger Hank Green about the TikT ...  Show more

What happened with Google's AI chatbot 'Gemini' this week? Should incarcerated people have the right to vote? What is the point of dictators like Vladimir Putin or Ayatollah Ali Khamenei holding elections? Rory and Alastair answer all these questions and more in this week's Ques ...  Show more

Bank of America’s new rules take steps to sidestep the Constitution and Congress to implement the Green New Deal and Great Reset themselves. “The Mandalorian” star Gina Carano was fired over a Holocaust reference, but is there a double standard going on? Glenn says Disney is no l ...  Show more

Journalist Katie Couric called for Trump supporters to be “deprogrammed,” and Democrats are still trying to tie Trump to Russia. “Recall Gavin 2020” coalition founding member Mike Netter joins to discuss the growing movement to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom and rebuke claim ...  Show more