The Assignment with Audie Cornish
Every Thursday on The Assignment, host Audie Cornish explores the animating forces of this extraordinary American political moment. It’s not about the horse race, it’s about the larger cultural ideas driving the conversation: the role of online influencers on the electorate, the intersection of pop culture and politics, and discussions with primary voices and thinkers who are shaping the political conversation.
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How Algorithms Are Rewiring the Way We Talk
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Why Are Shows Like ‘Hunting Wives' and ‘Yellowstone’ So Popular Now?
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The Generation That Inherited Hurricane Katrina
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Dating Apps and the Demise of American Romance
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The Offline Rebellion of the Most Online Generation
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Are Respectability Politics Over?
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What the Recent Obsession with Yachts Says About Class in America
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How Early 2000s Pop Culture Pitted Women Against Each Other
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What ICE’s Rapid Expansion Could Mean for Your Community
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Will Tariffs Bring Trouble to Toyland?
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George Takei’s Journey Through Fear, Silence, and Activism
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Alaska’s Senator: 'You’re Roadkill in the Middle’
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Can Weight Loss Drugs and Body Positivity Coexist?
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Can Protestors Manufacture a Tipping Point?
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Is OpenAI Building an Empire or a Religion?
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Klarna's CEO On Why You Should Buy Now, Pay Later
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Explaining Diddy’s Domination and Downfall
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Why We Believe Crazy S**t —And What We Can Do About It
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Catholicism Is So Hot Right Now. Why?
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Why Does Dating Feel So Hard Right Now?
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Who’s Laughing in Trump’s Second Term?
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A Wonk-Free Conversation About Tariffs
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Can We Trust AI, or the People Building It?
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College Arrests: “A Kind of Policy That Ends Democracies”
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Is the Windy City Charting a Course for the Left?
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Are College Athletes Cashing In and Killing the Game?
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How DOGE Cuts May Affect Your Summer Vacation
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Where Did #MeToo Go?
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Why Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Kids
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And the Oscar Goes to… the Best Campaign?
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Why Crunchy Conservatives Love RFK Jr.
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The United States of Elon
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A Pastor's Stand on Trump's ICE Raids
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The ‘Sober Curious’ Revolution
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Meet the Man Who Saw the LA Fires Coming
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How Political Divides Are Destroying Families
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Samantha Bee Is Done with Democrats (For Now)
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Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean Costlier Clothes
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What a CEO's Murder Tells Us About America
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How to Build a Politics of Humility
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Scaramucci on Being in Trump’s Orbit
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Should You Post About Your Kids Online?
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Are Progressive Groups Hurting Democrats?
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Trump Owns the GOP. What’s Next for the Party?
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Latino Men Wanted Trump. Why?
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The Pennsylvania Voters Who May Decide the Race
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What To Expect on Election Night
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Why the Race Is So Close In the Rust Belt
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Election Workers Under Siege
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The Grieving Father Who Took Down Alex Jones
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