Latest Representative Podcast Episodes
The Supreme Court's gun control ruling.
Tangle - June 24, 2024 18:22 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsUnited States v. Rahimi. On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law barring anyone subject to a restraining order for domestic violence from possessing firearms. The ruling reversed a judgment by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the law violated the Second Amendment’s guarantee ...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about SCOTUS cases, The Ten Commandments, and RFK Jr.
Tangle - June 23, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsOn today's episode, Isaac and Ari talk about recent Supreme Court rulings and the potential impact of upcoming cases, the controversial law in Louisiana that requires the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, Will Kaback's Friday piece on RFK Jr. and his potential impact i...
Biden's new immigration rule.
Tangle - June 21, 2024 06:56 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsBiden’s new immigration executive order. On Tuesday, President Biden announced a large-scale immigration program offering unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens legal status and an expedited pathway to citizenship for them and their children. The executive order will allow applican...
The Supreme Court's bump-stock ruling.
Tangle - June 18, 2024 18:28 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe bump-stock ban. On Friday, a divided Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the gun attachment used to make semi-automatic weapons fire at a rate similar to fully automatic firearms. The court broke 6-3 along ideological lines, with all three liberal justices in dissent. I...
The Supreme Court's abortion pill ruling.
Tangle - June 17, 2024 18:27 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe Supreme Court’s abortion pill ruling. On Thursday, the court unanimously rejected a lawsuit brought by pro-life medical groups and doctors that aimed to restrict access to mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions. The justices did not rule on the merits of the arguments, in...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about Project 2025, the latest inflation report, and Ari shares a ghost story.
Tangle - June 16, 2024 14:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsOn today's episode, Ari shares a ghost story, Isaac and Ari talk about Project 2025, the latest inflation report and the partisan views around it, and as always, the Airing of Grievances. You can catch our latest YouTube video, an interview with Alyssa Cass and Pat Rosenstiel, and their effort...
The latest economic signals.
Tangle - June 13, 2024 18:38 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe latest economic indicators. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for May, which showed an increase of 3.3% from a year earlier, slightly slower than April’s 3.4% rate. On a month-to-month basis, prices remained the same for the fir...
Israel's hostage rescue.
Tangle - June 13, 2024 14:54 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsIsrael's hostage rescue. On Saturday, Israel rescued four living hostages from inside the Nuseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza. The hostages were freed eight months after they were kidnapped by Hamas militants who had crossed the border into Israel. All four — Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andr...
New York's traffic congestion pricing plan.
Tangle - June 11, 2024 18:45 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsNew York’s congestion pricing pause. On Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) paused a plan to implement a “congestion” toll on motorists entering Manhattan below 60th Street. The toll, scheduled to go into effect on June 30, was intended to relieve gridlock, improve air quality, and provide...
The Hunter Biden trial.
Tangle - June 10, 2024 18:44 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsHunter Biden's trial. On Friday, federal prosecutors rested their case against Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, who is facing three felony charges related to a 2018 firearm purchase he allegedly made while using drugs. You can read today's podcast here, our “Under the Radar” story...
The Sunday Podcast: The First Tangle Congressional Draft
Tangle - June 09, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsOn today's episode, Isaac and Ari hold the inaugural Tangle Congressional Draft. Each of them take turns selecting sitting members of Congress to make their own dream team Congress. discussing their reasoning behind each pick. And as always, they finish strong with the Airing of Grievances. You...
Biden's new asylum rules.
Tangle - June 06, 2024 18:24 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsBiden’s new border policy. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order to temporarily shut down all asylum requests at the southern U.S. border when the seven-day average of daily encounters at official ports of entry tops 2,500 per day. The measure grants authorities the power to ...
Dr. Fauci's testimony before Congress.
Tangle - June 05, 2024 19:04 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsDr. Anthony Fauci’s congressional testimony. On Monday, Dr. Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and former chief White House medical advisor, sat for a three-and-a-half hour hearing before the special House subcommittee investigating the or...
Mexico's new president.
Tangle - June 04, 2024 18:13 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsMexico's new president. Over the weekend, Claudia Sheinbaum became Mexico's first female president in a landslide victory. Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and longtime activist for the political left, will take the helm from her mentor and outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (also know...
The new U.S. weapons policy in Ukraine.
Tangle - June 03, 2024 18:27 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsBiden’s new rules for Ukraine. On Thursday, Politico reported that the Biden administration had permitted Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to carry out strikes inside Russia, though only near the area of Kharkiv. The significant shift in U.S. policy on the Ukraine-Russia war comes after the start of ...
The Sunday Podcast: Trump verdict predictions (spoiler: he's guilty). Plus, 2024 election predictions, and Ari returns!
Tangle - June 02, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsOn today's episode, Ari returns from his travels and Isaac couldn't be more thrilled, especially with Ari's mic choice. They talk about their predictions on the Trump verdict (this was recorded about 2 hours before the verdict and aged really well...), 2024 election predictions, a listener quest...
SPECIAL EDITION: The Trump guilty verdict.
Tangle - May 31, 2024 16:16 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe Trump verdict. On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a “hush money” payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The jury deliberated for two days to find Trump guilty, making him the first former president in U.S. ...
Louisiana's abortion pill law.
Tangle - May 30, 2024 18:37 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsLouisiana’s abortion pill law. Last Friday, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) signed a bill classifying two abortion-inducing medications as controlled substances whose possession without a prescription will be punishable by 1-5 years in prison. The measure applies to mifepristone and misoprost...
The Supreme Court's ruling on racial gerrymandering.
Tangle - May 29, 2024 19:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsSouth Carolina's congressional map. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that South Carolina could use a congressional map that a lower court had deemed unconstitutional. The court’s conservative majority found that the federal district court had erred when it determined the ma...
Israel's strike in Rafah, and an update on the war.
Tangle - May 28, 2024 18:34 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe latest in the Israel-Hamas war. On Monday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged a "tragic mistake" after a strike in Rafah killed at least 45 Palestinians sheltering in a tent camp, according to local officials. Israel initially claimed the strike hit a Hamas installation ...
INTERVIEW: Isaac talks with Haviv Gur
Tangle - May 26, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsI spoke with Haviv Gur, an Israeli analyst who — in my humble opinion — is one of the deepest thinkers covering Israel, Palestine, and the conflict between the two. Gur disagrees strongly with my call for a ceasefire, and his arguments are the best I’ve heard. He spoke at length about how a cea...
Texas Governor pardons man who killed BLM protester.
Tangle - May 23, 2024 19:10 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe Daniel Perry pardon. Last Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pardoned Daniel Perry, a former U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in Austin, Texas, in 2020. Abbott’s decision came shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles ...
The death of Iran's president.
Tangle - May 22, 2024 19:02 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe helicopter crash in Iran. On Sunday, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and six others crashed near Jolfa, Iran. After an extensive search and rescue effort, the crash site was located on Monday morning and Raisi, Abdollahian, an...
The Supreme Court's CFPB ruling.
Tangle - May 21, 2024 18:55 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe CFPB ruling. On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected a conservative-led challenge to the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In a 7-2 ruling, the justices concluded that the CFPB's funding did not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court decision. J...
The Samuel Alito controversy.
Tangle - May 20, 2024 18:48 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe Samuel Alito controversy. On Thursday, The New York Times reported that an American flag was hanging upside-down outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for several days shortly after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. You can read today's podcast here...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac opens up a 10 pack
Tangle - May 19, 2024 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsAri is on the road coaching the University of Vermont’s frisbee team in college nationals (Go Ari!). So this week, Isaac is going to do some mini coverage on ten topics that have been on his mind. Buckle up. You can watch our latest video, Isaac's interview with former Congressman Ken Buck (CO-...
Biden imposes new tariffs on China.
Tangle - May 16, 2024 20:03 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsBiden's China tariffs. On Tuesday, President Biden announced major new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment, covering $18 billion worth of Chinese imports. The largest tariffs are on imports of electric vehicles, quadrupling...
An update on Trump's hush money trial.
Tangle - May 15, 2024 19:06 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe latest in Donald Trump’s New York trial. This week, Trump's one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified in the former president’s trial for allegedly falsifying business records, commonly referred to as the "hush money" case. Cohen’s testimony comes a week after adult film star Stephani...
The bird flu.
Tangle - May 14, 2024 19:01 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe bird flu. On Friday, the federal government unveiled a package of financial incentives to dairy farm owners that encourages broader testing of cattle for bird flu (also known as the avian flu or H5N1) and expands security measures to control a potential outbreak of the virus in cows. The pac...
Trump's classified documents case delayed indefinitely.
Tangle - May 13, 2024 18:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsTrump's trial delay in Florida. Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump's classified documents case, indefinitely postponed his trial last week. The announcement all but assures the trial — once set to begin this month — will not be completed before election day ...
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