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The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about Rafah, Kristi Noem, Lab grown meat and more.
Tangle - May 12, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsOn today's Sunday podcast, Isaac shares some arguments about why Israel might be wise to pursue this invasion in Rafah. Then Isaac and Ari talk about lab grown meat, Kristi Noem shooting her dog, a little bit of a wealth tax convo, and and how much Philadelphia sports fans suck. You can watch o...
The Undecideds EPISODE 3 - The Age of Biden
Tangle - May 10, 2024 13:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsFor episode 3, our focus shifts from Donald Trump toward President Joe Biden. Much has been made in the media about his age and memory and whether he’s cognitively capable of handling another term. But an unanticipated performance at the State of the Union reignited his base and left many questi...
Israel begins Rafah invasion.
Tangle - May 09, 2024 18:57 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe Rafah invasion. On Monday, Israeli forces began striking targets in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. During the course of the war, over a million Gazan refugees fled to the Rafah region to shelter from Israel's incursion in the north. Several Hamas battalions have also fled south to Rafah and...
Trump weighs his choices for vice president.
Tangle - May 08, 2024 18:53 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsTrump’s pick for vice president. Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump headlined the Republican National Committee’s spring donor retreat in Florida, an event that doubled as a showcase of Trump’s potential running mates. These attendees — dubbed “special guests” — included Republicans...
The global wealth tax debate.
Tangle - May 07, 2024 18:22 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsA global wealth tax. Late last month, G20 ministers from Brazil, Germany, Spain, and South Africa signed a motion and published an opinion piece in The Guardian calling for a global tax of 2% on the world's 3,000 billionaires. The proposal is to raise roughly €250 billion (or $270 billion) a yea...
Florida bans lab-grown meat.
Tangle - May 06, 2024 17:46 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsFlorida’s ban on lab-grown meat. On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill that bans lab-grown meat in the state, describing the bill as an effort to "save our beef" and protect cattle ranchers. The bill, S.B. 1084, made it unlawful to "manufacture for sale, sell, hold or offer f...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about campus protests, the electoral college, and Donald Trump's flip-flop on mail-in voting.
Tangle - May 05, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsIsaac and Ari talk about the ongoing protest on college campuses, the value of the electoral college, and Donald Trump's flip-flop on mail-in voting. Plus, in this week's Airing of Grievances, Ari wants more work and the saga of Isaac's W key on his computer comes to an end. You can watch our l...
The government moves to reclassify cannabis.
Tangle - May 02, 2024 19:06 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsReclassifying marijuana. On Tuesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland submitted a proposal for a White House review to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous controlled substance, moving it from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III. You can read today's podcast here, our “Under the Radar” ...
Biden's new Title IX rules.
Tangle - May 01, 2024 17:44 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsBiden's Title IX changes. Earlier this month, the Biden administration released new Title IX rules designed to protect LGBTQ students and reversed a number of Trump-era policies related to how schools can respond to allegations of sexual assault on college campuses or in K-12 schools. You can r...
The NPR controversy.
Tangle - April 30, 2024 18:41 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe NPR controversy. On April 9, National Public Radio's longtime business editor Uri Berliner published an essay in The Free Press titled "I've Been at NPR for Over 25 Years. Here's How We Lost America's Trust." Berliner detailed his experience at the network, castigating it for a leftward lurc...
SCOTUS hears Trump's immunity case.
Tangle - April 29, 2024 17:54 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsTrump's immunity case. On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. United States. During arguments, the court appeared ready to side at least partially with former President Donald Trump's lawyers, who argued he has absolute immunity from criminal charges for acts taken in hi...
The Sunday Podcast + TANGLE LIVE at City Winery April 2024
Tangle - April 28, 2024 09:24 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsIsaac and Ari talk about Isaac’s experience at TED 2024, some advice on how to interact with Ari if you meet him in person, and an introduction to the Tangle Live event at City Winery on April 17th, followed by the recording of the event, in full and uncut. You can watch our latest video, Isaa...
INTERVIEW: Isaac talks with former Congressman Ken Buck
Tangle - April 26, 2024 15:09 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsA couple of weeks ago, we sent Tangle News YouTube and podcast editor Jon Lall to the home of former Representative Ken Buck (R-CO). Buck, who recently retired from the House of Representatives, was enjoying his first few days of free time since leaving Congress. Long known as one of the most o...
Criminalizing homelessness before the Supreme Court.
Tangle - April 25, 2024 18:48 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe homelessness case before the Supreme Court. During oral arguments on Monday, the Supreme Court seemed divided on City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case about local and state restrictions on people camping and sleeping in public places. You can read today's podcast here, our “Under the...
The college campus protests.
Tangle - April 24, 2024 17:56 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsCampus protests. Over the last week, protests on elite college campuses over Israel’s war in Gaza have boiled over, with hundreds of students arrested or suspended, and clashes between protestors and counter-protestors hitting a fever pitch. You can read today's podcast here, our “Under t...
Congress reauthorizes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Tangle - April 23, 2024 17:14 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsFISA reauthorization. On Saturday night, President Biden signed legislation reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the controversial warrantless surveillance program whose renewal had been held up by bipartisan concerns. Minutes after it lapsed at midnight...
House passes foreign aid, TikTok bills.
Tangle - April 22, 2024 17:19 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe House foreign aid and TikTok bills. On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed three separate foreign aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, totaling $95 billion. The House also passed a bill that will ban TikTok from app stores if ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns it, does n...
Separate bills for aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan.
Tangle - April 21, 2024 01:59 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsHouse Speaker Mike Johnson. In a closed-door meeting of Republican legislators on Monday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced a new plan for voting on foreign aid that will split the $95 billion foreign aid package passed by the Senate into four different bills. The House would th...
Answering our reader and listener mailbag.
Tangle - April 19, 2024 14:38 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsEvery now and again, we have so many reader questions in the backlog that we decide to devote a full edition to address them. Today is one of those days. I love reader mailbag editions because they give us a chance to cover a variety of topics in one newsletter. It can also be fun to answer que...
The Undecideds EPISODE 2 - Trump in question.
Tangle - April 18, 2024 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsIn episode 2, The Undecideds primarily talk about Trump’s legal troubles. How do they feel about his alleged crimes? How would him being convicted - or exonerated - change the way they vote? What about his claims he should have immunity as president? You’ll hear how they consider these major th...
Trump's criminal trial begins.
Tangle - April 16, 2024 16:25 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsDonald Trump's trial. On Monday, jury selection began in Manhattan for former President Donald Trump's trial for allegedly falsifying business records, commonly referred to as the "hush money" case. The allegations brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are that Trump orchestrated a ...
Iran's attack on Israel.
Tangle - April 15, 2024 17:17 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsIran's attack on Israel. On Saturday, Iran launched 170 drones, 120 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles toward Israel. Iran had been promising the attack for two weeks since Israel’s bombing of an Iranian consulate building in Syria that killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary G...
The Sunday Podcast: Isaac and Ari talk about Bali, Berkeley, and Biden's new loan forgiveness plan.
Tangle - April 14, 2024 14:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsIsaac and Ari talk about Isaac’s recent trip to Bali, Biden’s new student debt forgiveness plan, a pro-Palestine protest at dinner event for UC Berkeley students, and whether Justice Sotomayor should retire. Plus, Ari finally has a grievance that Isaac agrees with. Watch our latest YouTube vide...
Rep. Chris Stearns makes his first appearance on Capitol Ideas today, and you need to know him. He started out fast in his first two terms: vice chair of two key committees, sponsor of several successful bills, and an outspoken advocate of bipartisanship and civic health.
Capitol Ideas: The Washington State House Democratic Caucus Podcast - April 12, 2024 21:45 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBefore he was sent to be their voice in Olympia by the good people of the 47th district, Rep. Chris Stearns already had a full resume. He's an accomplished attorney working with tribes throughout the nation. He's done a stint with the federal Energy Department. He was a Democratic committee couns...
The latest mixed signals on the economy.
Tangle - April 11, 2024 17:44 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe economy. In the last week, the government made two big announcements on the economy. First, on Friday, the Department of Labor reported that the economy added 303,000 jobs in March, though full-time unemployment decreased slightly. The total jobs added far surpassed economists' predictions t...
Rep. Debra Entenman just wrapped up her sixth session in the House, working for her friends and neighbors in the 47th legislative district. That's a south King County district that contains parts of Kent and Auburn, all of Covington, Shadow Lake, and a handful of other fine communities, not to mention Emerald Downs. This is her first visit to the Capitol Ideas microphone, and it's a good one.
Capitol Ideas: The Washington State House Democratic Caucus Podcast - April 11, 2024 01:25 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis is a good one. We say that every time, but seriously, you want to hear what Rep. Debra Entenman has to say about higher ed, civil rights, equity, school lunches, being a legislator, and lots more. Stick around.
Biden's new student debt cancellation plan.
Tangle - April 10, 2024 18:15 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsPresident Biden's new student loan cancellation plan. On Monday, President Biden unveiled a new plan that could erase some or all of the college loans for up to 30 million borrowers. The plan comes less than a year after the Supreme Court blocked a broader effort that would have forgiven an aver...
Trump announces abortion position.
Tangle - April 09, 2024 17:22 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsTrump's abortion position. On Monday, former President Donald Trump released a four-minute video announcing his position on abortion. Trump, who teased the announcement over the weekend, appeared to endorse the current state of abortion law, implying it will continue to be left up to the states ...
Six months of war in Gaza.
Tangle - April 08, 2024 19:53 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsThe latest on the war in Gaza. This Sunday marked six months since Hamas's attack in Israel on October 7, and the semi-anniversary comes at a major inflection point in the resulting war. In late March, the Biden administration had signed off on billions of dollars of bombs and jet transfers to I...
INTERVIEW: Isaac talks with US Senate Candidate Zach Shrewsbury
Tangle - April 05, 2024 16:52 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 375 ratingsZach Shrewsbury is a Marine Corps veteran, the grandson of a coal miner, a working-class Democrat, a father, and a proud West Virginian progressive candidate running for US Senate. He talked with Isaac about his background, community organizing efforts, "people first" policy priorities, and his ...
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