Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss Australia’s plan to ban under-16s from social media, the interests driving it, and whether it’s the right approach to tackle the harms of those platforms.
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During his first administration, Donald Trump tried naming Kash Patel as deputy director of the FBI, but members of the administration pushed back. Now with the second administration filled with loyalists, Trump has named Patel as his pick for FBI director. What does Trump see in this guy?
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Is Biden on tilt? Nate and Maria analyze the Hunter Biden pardon and try to find the line between false equivalence and equivalence. Then, inspired by the president’s present, they offer some thoughts on game-theory optimal gift giving for the holiday season.
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Mia and Gare discuss why South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's recent half-baked coup attempt failed in less than 4 hours and how South Koreans defeated it.
The search is on for a suspect who gunned down the CEO of United Health Care outside a New York City hotel. Supreme Court hears arguments on Tennessee's transgender health care ban. Defense Secretary designee Pete Hegseth continues making rounds on Capitol Hill as sources tell CBS News that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a potential Secretary of Defense pick as "very real." CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
If you ask us, the Chicago theater scene doesn’t play enough Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. Enter: Chicagoans Ruth Guerra and Ricardo Gamboa.
They are the co-creators of “Ruth on the Rocks,” a one-woman play starring Guerra that’s not your typical show. Each show, the audience picks a track from a list of songs that Ruth uses as inspiration in real time to tell a story from her life. Together, they create a “mixtape,” making the show a different experience every time.
Reset sits down with the co-creators Ricard Gamboa and Ruth Guerra to understand the unique artistry behind the show.
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels have gained ground in Syria, but they aren't the nice, unproblematic, good-for the environment, nice-to-old-people rebels of our dreams. What now? Plus, part two of our interview with Ben Rhodes, former Obama Administration speechwriter and current co-host of Pod Save The World. And how coverage of the many vulnerabilities of Pete Hegseth suggests that the media might just have a few moves left.
