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Today · 47 min
Trump’s Handpicked Fed Chair Defies Him by Hiking Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate as expected on Wednesday, marking a sharp policy turnaround for an economy increasingly shaped by the war in the Middle East. Plus, a new report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s long-standing fixation on what the troops at his speeches look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Yesterday · 47 min
Bannon, Sanders Shed Differences in Call for AI Action
A new chapter in the debate over how to make AI safe played out today between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose chips power just about everything to do with artificial intelligence. Plus, all we're learning about the shadowy Russian billionaire who bankrolled part of Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tuesday · 48 min
Interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Could artificial intelligence kill us all by the end of the decade? That was the question raised last week by former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who said many at the company believe that it's possible. Then this weekend, the company's CEO Dario Amodei posted an essay in which he acknowledged that people may lose control of AI and called on industry leaders to “slow the pace” at improving the technology to avoid the wrong paths and the possibility of AI harming humanity. Tonight, we have Anderson’s interview with Dario Amodei, and reaction from his former employee Jacob Coxon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Saturday · 49 min
Remembering 9/11
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Anderson reports from ground zero and speaks with those who were on the scene, including Thomas von Essen, the New York City fire commissioner, and first responder John Feal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Friday · 48 min
Anthropic Says it Blocked Possible Attempts to Use AI to Develop Bioweapons
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, says in a new paper that it blocked multiple attempts to use its AI models in ways that could potentially lead to the development of biological weapons. This comes as some industry insiders are loudly warning the technology could wipe out humanity within the decade. NYU professor and podcast host Scott Galloway joins Anderson to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
September 10 · 47 min
GOP Pins Convention Hopes on Trump Magic, Some Candidates Stay Away
For the first time ever, the Republican Party is holding a national convention outside of a presidential election year. It's a gamble that President Trump, who will take the stage tonight, can rally otherwise unenthusiastic Republicans for the midterms. Plus, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial are speaking out about the one holdout who caused the deadlock, and Anderson's conversation with the now nationally famous defense attorney Kevin Reddington, about the strategy ahead and what sort of deal he might agree to with state prosecutors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
September 9 · 47 min
Keeping Them Honest: Rewriting History
Keeping Them Honest with what appears to be another instance of the Trump administration promoting its own sanitized version of American history instead of the real thing. It centers on new reporting in The Washington Post, that the administration has removed language, on signage and a web page, criticizing a memorial to the Confederacy formerly located in Arlington National Cemetery. A memorial they intend to restore and put back. Plus, nearly 25 years after the day, new documents confirming what many suspected, the air near Ground Zero was less safe to breathe than officials let on; vital information the public simply was not told. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
September 5 · 47 min
Judge Declares Mistrial in Clancy Case After Jury Deadlocks
A look at what comes next after a murder trial that drew national attention, divided public opinion and left 12 men and women unable to reach a verdict. A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial today in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the former nurse accused of murdering her three children. Plus, after being trapped nine days underground by the flooding in Nepal, two survivors were found alive, with thousands more still unaccounted for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
September 4 · 47 min
Courtroom Tension on Day 6 of Deliberations in Clancy Trial
Stunning new developments in what began as a profound human tragedy, and has become a riveting courtroom drama that could come down to one single juror. A deadlocked jury has been sent home after a sixth day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, the Massachusetts mother accused of murder after strangling her three young children in 2023. Plus, Vice President Vance tells reporters “I wouldn’t call Iran a war right now.” Anderson talks about that with Republican Rep. Pat Harrigan, a retired Army special forces officer who served in Afghanistan and earned two bronze stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
September 3 · 47 min
Trump Vows to Hit Iran "Much Harder" if it Retaliates
The president says he's prepared to strike Iran again, in his words, "anytime we want." Even as he makes that threat, there is growing controversy surrounding the man in charge of prosecuting the war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and a new call for President Trump to fire him. Plus, after five days of deliberation, jurors are deadlocked over Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of strangling her three children. What the judge said today, and whether one more day could bring a verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
September 2 · 48 min
Nepal Death Toll Reaches Over 1,000; Nearly 4,00 Still Missing
At least 1,050 people are dead and nearly 4,000 remain missing after Nepal's floods. A good deal of the search effort is focused on hydropower projects along the river, where authorities believe at least 900 workers are unaccounted for in tunnels in the mountainsides. Anderson speaks to a school bus driver who managed to save dozens of children, by speeding to higher ground as the flood was bearing down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
September 1 · 49 min
950+ Dead, 4,400+ Missing After Catastrophic Nepal-China Floods
According to Nepali authorities, at least 900 workers at hydropower projects all along the river are unaccounted for, and there is a belief some number of them might be trapped inside tunnels connected to the facilities. Anderson visits two different sites where those rescue operations are underway, and he speaks to Nepal's first female helicopter captain, Priya Adhikari, who has already flown around 100 rescue missions in the last few days since the flood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 29 · 48 min
579+ Killed, 2,500 Missing After Flood Wave Hits Nepal-China Border
Rescues, reunions, remarkable survival stories, but also the sad reality they might be the exceptions not the rule in the wake of Nepal’s increasingly deadly flood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 28 · 48 min
Nearly 400 Killed in Nepal Flooding, 1,300+ Missing
A frantic search is underway for more than 1,300 people missing after catastrophic flooding swamped a China-Nepal border region Wednesday, dozens of Americans are among the at least 700 foreigners unaccounted for. Anderson talks with an American doctor, whose parents had traveled to the region for a Hindu pilgrimage and are now unaccounted for, along with their entire tour group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 27 · 48 min
Crushing Floods Devastate Villages on Nepal-China Border
Catastrophic flash flooding hit China and Nepal on Wednesday, with more than 150 people confirmed killed and the toll is likely to rise as hundreds remain missing. They are missing after a landslide sent a wall of water and mud several stories high, sweeping through towns. Plus, Anderson's exclusive conversation with Bill Gates, who is sounding the alarm on AI, warning about its potentially dire consequences and saying it should be "the world's top priority" to address them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 26 · 47 min
Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music and Humanitarian Hero, Dead at 80
Tonight, we remember the remarkable life of Dolly Parton, who died at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer after seven remarkable decades on stage, on screens, and in recording studios. Parton captured the American experience, penning more than 3,000 songs, and her bubbly, quick-witted personality and signature Tennessee twang captured the hearts of millions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 25 · 46 min
SCOTUS Backs Trump's Order to Curb Mail Ballots
A Supreme Court ruling that could inject turmoil into the midterm elections, just over two months from now. Today's emergency ruling says President Trump can go forward with his recent executive order directing the Postal Service and Department of Homeland Security to take part in deciding who can or cannot vote by mail. Plus, the president's latest argument that he needs the ballroom for the new bunker that will go beneath it, and some new reporting from The Washington Post about a bunker that already exists under the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 22 · 47 min
Trump Campaigns for Darline Graham in SC After Debate Fumble
Tonight, the latest test of the president's political clout. He is in Myrtle Beach, SC campaigning for Darline Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who is trying to turn her caretaker role in his former seat into a full-time job. Senator Graham faces a primary runoff next Tuesday. Plus, the is Navy considering taking the name of a decorated black WWII hero off one of upcoming new supercarriers, and possibly replacing it with the President's name. Is this another case of the administration whitewashing history? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 21 · 48 min
Cohen: I Believe There's "Forgiveness" Between Trump & Myself
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's onetime lawyer and fixer, whose testimony helped make his old boss a convicted felon, is now doing all he can to win back the President. This evening, Cohen released a portion of a radio interview he did with the President, the man Cohen not too long ago called a racist and a con man. Plus, what awaits the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, when they return to the U.K., from the press and public alike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
August 20 · 47 min
Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Move Back to Britain
Tonight, a complete change of course for Britain's most famous royal exiles. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex-- Prince Harry and Meghan-- and their two young children, are ending six years of self-imposed exile from the U.K. and their royal duties, announcing they are planning to move back to Britain. Plus, what appears to be some of the most promising news in a long time in the war on cancer. A new vaccine that can be tailor-made to fight an especially aggressive, and deadly form of skin cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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