Amanda Holmes reads Jack Gilbert’s “The White Heart of God.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
President Trump is pleased with how mass deportations are going. More than a dozen Justice Department employees involved in prosecuting Trump are fired. Tech stocks sink over Chinese tech startup DeepSeek.
Trade war averted with a deal on deportations to Colombia. Heading home to northern Gaza. Chiefs and Eagles head to Super Bowl. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
Palestinians are returning to their homes in northern Gaza, a proposal by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would give local law enforcement officials the power of immigration agents, and rebels backed by Rwanda have captured a key city in the Congo.
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Since its creation, the Central Intelligence Agency has been tasked with gathering intelligence on foreign adversarial governments.
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Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility planned for Atlanta. She decides to join the activists trying to stop construction. When Vienna arrives in the South River Forest, she quickly finds a community, a cause and a love unlike any other. But the events of one morning shatters everything. Vienna and everyone connected to the forest begin to question what are you willing to die for? Wondery, Campside and Tenderfoot TV present: We Came to the Forest.
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We're talking about newly confirmed members of President Trump's cabinet who are getting right to work.
We'll also tell you about mass immigration raids, new bids for TikTok, and cuts President Trump is making within the federal government and worldwide.
Plus, we'll explain the new challenges complicating California's wildfire recovery, what's different about this year's tax season, and which two teams are headed to the Super Bowl.
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With the LA wildfires still burning, we were left with a lot of questions. Today, we answer two of them: whether GoFundMe campaigns could interfere with receiving federal assistance and how much of those "proceeds" from special product sales actually go to wildfire victims.
Related episodes: After the fires (Apple / Spotify) Why is insurance so expensive right now? And more listener questions (Apple / Spotify)
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