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Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history and the human condition. No topic is too complicated or off the table. It’s all On Point.

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Episodes (549)

Why American low-cost airlines fail

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May 15, 202638:04pending

Inside Trump's self-dealing presidency

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May 14, 202638:47pending

A Holocaust scholar asks: 'Israel, what went wrong?'

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May 13, 202646:28pending

The hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way

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May 12, 202642:18pending

What Democrats could learn from the GOP

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May 11, 202636:38pending

The Jackpod: Blue money blues

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May 11, 202641:41pending

When thinking ‘inside the box’ is better

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May 8, 202639:28pending

Why authoritarians put their faces on everything

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May 7, 202635:57pending

Roundup transformed farming in the U.S. Could it change regulation too?

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May 6, 202638:34pending

The 'how' behind the sub-two hour marathon

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May 5, 202638:58pending

Why you’re thinking about the Supreme Court in the wrong way

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May 4, 202648:15pending

The Jackpod: Sock puppets

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Inside the life of a 'degenerate' sports gambler

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Who's a 'domestic terrorist' in Donald Trump's America?

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Why California wants folic acid in its corn tortillas

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Why the tech world is ‘tokenmaxxing’

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Why America isn't ready for the AI revolution

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A word about this week’s Jackpod

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Why are American children such picky eaters?

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Why is the U.S. reluctant to adopt the Scandinavian prison model?

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How can you be drunk without drinking?

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Why conservative judges think Trump has gone too far

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Trump vs. the Pope

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Trump vs. the Pope

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The Jackpod: Death becomes them

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The 'why' behind how we talk

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Seattle mayor Katie Wilson: The full conversation

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Apr 16, 20261:30:19failed

Seattle's new socialist mayor has big plans

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Apr 16, 202647:27failed

New questions for the Epstein files investigation

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Apr 15, 202638:22failed

The teachers pushing back on screens in schools

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Apr 14, 202640:44failed

The real cost of the war with Iran

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Apr 13, 202636:21failed

The Jackpod: Democracy by lottery

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What happened to shame in politics?

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Apr 10, 202633:59failed

How China's superfast charging cars are leaving American EVs in the dust

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What are Israel's goals in Lebanon?

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Apr 8, 202637:33failed

What happens when religious fundamentalists come to power? (Part Two)

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Apr 7, 202636:18failed

What happens when religious fundamentalists come to power? (Part One)

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Apr 6, 202636:33failed

The Jackpod: Dad Gummit!

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From the archive: History-making astronaut Christina Koch

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Apr 4, 202646:51failed

What will it take to save America's birds?

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Apr 3, 202641:35failed

Trump's 'Homeland empire'

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Apr 2, 202637:21failed

What veterans want you to know about the war with Iran

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Apr 1, 202637:33failed

Could this finally be the year for Texas Democrats?

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Mar 31, 202637:29failed

How to make AI work for us

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Mar 30, 202637:57failed

The Jackpod: Naked to our enemy

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Mar 30, 202634:55failed

Introducing ‘Question Everything’: Why did ICE Lock Up this Pro-Trump Reporter?...

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Mar 28, 202642:55failed

Iran's complex revolutionary history

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Mar 27, 202634:39failed

Iran's complex revolutionary history

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Mar 27, 202634:39completed

The might and magic of human muscles

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Mar 26, 202636:11completed

Everything you need to know about the Strait of Hormuz

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Mar 25, 202637:28failed
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