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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In Purple Georgia, The Election Math Is Not So Simple
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Can We Build Our Way Out of the Housing Crisis?
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The UFC is Trump's Not-So-Secret Weapon
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Why Nevada’s Economic Woes Make It an Election Wildcard
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The Gen Z Group Making Politics Fun
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Why Black Sororities Matter in Georgia’s Close Race
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Desert Demographics: Arizona in Play
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What Did Colleges Learn from Campus Protests?
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LeVar Burton on Optimism During Hard Times
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How Campaigns Use (And Misuse) Music
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The DNC and the Passing of the Torch
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Trump, Elon, and Silicon Valley’s Political Sway
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Nazis, Nihilism, and the Evolution of the Fringe Right
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Can Donald Trump Pivot?
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Coconuts, brat, and Kamala Harris: What Does it Mean?
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Inside Biden's Decision
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Why JD Vance is Trump’s VP Pick
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Trump’s Close Call Re-Shapes the Race
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Why We Can’t Look Away From Reality TV
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The Cracks in the Blue Wall
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What It Means to Be Patriotic
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Georgia’s Swing-State Spotlight
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What It’s Like to Be a Diplomat
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The Key to Pennsylvania? Nikki Haley Voters
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A New Generation of Storytellers
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How Popular Is Election Betting?
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Documenting the Golden Age of Hip-Hop
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Steve Bannon is Heading to Prison
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Preparing for a Water Crisis
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What Polls Do (And Don’t) Tell Us
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The Economy’s Bad Vibes
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Where Trump’s Trials Go Now
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Should Schools Ban Phones?
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Corruption or “Just Politics”: Sen Menendez on Trial
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How Social Media Amplified the Drake-Kendrick Rap Beef
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How Kamala Harris is Finding Her Voice
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The Power and Promise of Psychedelics in Therapy
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How Speaker Mike Johnson Has Survived So Far
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How Do We Talk About Campus Protests?
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Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett of Pod Save America
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Does Beyoncé Need Country?
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Why Trump Would Rather Be at The Supreme Court
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Pediatricians on the Frontlines of Gender-Affirming Care
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Why Arizona Matters So Much
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What Would a Second U.S. Civil War Look Like?
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Why Don’t Third Parties Work?
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Is Online Gambling a Public Health Threat?
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“Preachy Females” of the Democratic Party
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The Assignment Presents: All There Is with Ashley Judd
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Why Republicans Stick with Trump
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