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Time To Say Goodbye - Starvation in Gaza with Jeremy Konyndyk

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Today, we have on Jeremy Konyndyk, the president of Refugees international and a longtime humanitarian and emergency operator. He has served in senior appointments in two U.S. administrations. He was the director of USAID’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the Obama administration and also worked in the Biden administration.

Jeremy has been sounding the alarm about the famine in Gaza for a number of months, and has done a series of really helpful explainer threads on Twitter that have gone viral. We’ve invited him on the show today to help us understand the starvation crisis that is now in full swing.

Tyler and I both learned a ton in this episode about how famines happen, the infrastructure for aid, and the political obstructions in the way. In the end, we both came away somehow feeling both appropriately horrified but also not as nihilistic as we did before we talked to Jeremy. A really important episode of the show.



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The Daily - Close Calls and Skipped Lines: The Fraught State of Organ Donation

A major investigation from The Times has found that government pressure to perform more organ transplants is creating greater risk for donors and threatening the overall fairness of the system.

Brian M. Rosenthal, an investigative reporter at The Times, explains what he’s uncovered.

Guest: Brian M. Rosenthal, an investigative reporter at The New York Times covering America’s organ transplant system.

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What Could Go Right? - Does the Deficit Even Matter? with Stephanie Kelton

Is everything you know about government spending upside down? Zachary and Emma welcome trailblazing economist and author Stephanie Kelton, champion of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), to challenge the way we think about deficits, inflation, and what really matters for America’s financial future. Stephanie warns about the real dangers behind rising wealth inequality, explores the impact of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, and highlights countries that have rewritten their economic playbooks.


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The Source - Watered down: FEMA’s response to the Texas flood

When the flooding hit the upper Guadalupe River, FEMA arrived and is providing essential financial assistance and recovery support. However, the agency ‘s response is facing serious criticism for delays in rescue deployment, a dysfunctional call center, and the fact that only a fraction of the FEMA staff was deployed—compared with responses under previous administrations.  All this while the Trump administration is calling for the dismantling of FEMA. Has FEMA been watered down?array(3) { [0]=> string(20) "https://www.tpr.org/" [1]=> string(0) "" [2]=> string(1) "0" }
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The Gist - The Algorithm Is Hollywood’s New God

Filmmaker Justine Bateman argues that Hollywood’s creative spark has been smothered by fear, corporate consolidation, and algorithmic decision-making. In her view, true artistry requires fearlessness—and God, or something like it—but today’s studios follow data, not inspiration. Also in the episode: Trump’s presidential library fund keeps growing thanks to defamation settlements and nearly launched merch like MAGA-branded Instant Pots. In the Spiel, The European Union's timid trade posture, favoring compromise over confrontation in the face of bombastic American tactics.

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Federalist Radio Hour - Russiagate Redux: Inside The Soft Coup Against Trump

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to provide inside analysis of the deep state and Democrats' soft coup scheming against President Donald Trump and review the corporate media's role in advancing Russiagate.

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1A - ICYMI: Trump’s Ultimatum To Putin

In this Trump administration it's another day, another deadline, another deal. On Monday, the president issued an ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

With this revised deadline, the president now wants peace efforts to make progress within 10 to 12 days. There has been little reaction from the Kremlin.

We discuss how the U.S. ultimatum could change the course of the conflict. With Volodymyr Zelensky facing challenges both on the frontlines and in governance, we discuss the impact this could this have on his way forward.

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The Bulwark Podcast - David French: Israel’s Humanitarian Obligations

Gaza is strewn with rubble, the war's end is nowhere in sight, and an entirely predictable humanitarian disaster is unfolding. With daily reports of starvation and malnutrition, Israel must provide a systematic and orderly distribution of large amounts of aid to stem the crisis—and stave off a Mad Max situation. Meanwhile, our abdication on USAID has led to human suffering elsewhere in the world, and Trump's supporters still seem more preoccupied with trans people in women's sports and a swimmer who came in 5th place. Plus, Trump's betrayal of the voters who fervently believed he would expose a global pedophile ring, how being gay has evolved into a 'super sin' among evangelicals, and reading the tea leaves on whether Trump is really getting tougher on Putin or if it's just a mood swing.

David French joins Tim Miller.

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