Join Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi and Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway as they discuss President Donald Trump's plans to take back Washington D.C., analyze the implications of Trump's Alaska meeting with Vladimir Putin, and review more Obamagate developments. Mollie and David also share some of their summer reads and preview Mollie's book Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution.
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Native America Calling - Wednesday, August 13, 2025 – Native people paying the price for 80 years of nuclear development
The summer of 1945 saw three nuclear explosions that ushered in a new era of experimentation, development, and fear when it comes to the potential for such a powerful weapon. Native people are among those suffering the most from the consequences of that path. The first test of the atomic bomb at the Trinity site in New Mexico, and the subsequent use of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, signaled the U.S. Government’s new push to develop nuclear weapons, fueled by millions of tons of uranium ore mined near Native land in New Mexico and Arizona. And ongoing nuclear tests exposed thousands of Native people in the Southwest and in Alaska to dangerous levels of radiation. We’ll explore the ongoing effects on Native people of nuclear weapons and power development, in this encore presentation.
GUESTS
Marissa Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), deputy director of Sovereign Energy and board member for Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE)
Loretta Anderson (Laguna Pueblo), co-sponsor of the Southwest Uranium Miners Coalition Post-71
Tina Cordova, co-founder and executive director of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
Break 1 Music: Atomic (song) Sunburnt Stone (artist) El Navaho (album)
Break 2 Music: I Am the Beginning and the End (song) Dorothy Tsatoke (artist) Native American Healing Songs Come to me Great Mystery (album)
Audio Poem of the Day - There is Someone Who Knows
By Roberto Tejada
WSJ Minute Briefing - Trump and EU Leaders Discuss Red Lines Ahead of Summit With Putin
Plus: The Chinese-owned GE Appliances plans to invest $3 billion on U.S. factories. Air Canada flight attendants’ union issues strike notice. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.
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Marketplace All-in-One - China has an economic data problem. Is the U.S. next?
Since President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner over a weak jobs report, we’ve been thinking a lot about the trustworthiness of U.S. economic data. Other countries like China can offer a glimpse of what happens when that trust erodes. On the show today, Marketplace’s China correspondent Jennifer Pak explains how she works around unreliable data when reporting on the Chinese economy. Plus, could the United States be headed in the same direction?
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- "12 million students in China will graduate this year into a shaky job market" from Marketplace
- "China says its unemployment rate is “stable,” but job seekers remain gloomy" from Marketplace
- "Is GDP still a useful gauge of China’s economy?" from Marketplace
- "How Bad Is China’s Economy? The Data Needed to Answer Is Vanishing" from The Wall Street Journal
- "How to deal with untrustworthy government economic data? Look to China" from Marketplace
"Trump taps Heritage economist to lead BLS" from Politico
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Grindin’”— The Clipse
This week, Rob explores the biblical complexities of brotherhood throughout popular song, and uses those musical examples to highlight this eternal dichotomy: Some days when you aren’t Abel, there is always Cain. This sentiment rings glaringly true as he dissects the career of Virginia brothers The Clipse and their massive 2002 hit ‘Grindin’’, arguably the Neptunes finest production moment. Later, Rob is joined by Ringer alum Shea Serrano to explain why Malice and Pusha T’s elegant street poetry transcends the simple ‘coke rap’ designation critics have hastily assigned to their legacy.
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Shea Serrano
Producers: Chris Sutton, Olivia Crerie, and Justin Sayles
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The Daily Signal - What Gives Trump the Right …?
“What Gives Him the Right?”
President Trump has temporarily federalized the Washington DC police and sent in ICE agents and National Guard troops to “pursue and arrest every violent criminal in the district who breaks the law, undermines public safety and endangers law-abiding Americans,” according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
The move was welcomed by the DC police union chief who said that the union “supports the President’s announcement this morning to assume temporary control of the MPD in response to the escalating crime crisis in Washington, DC.” However, Mayor Muriel Bowser made this cryptic statement: "unsettling and unprecedented." "My message to residents is this: We know that access to our democracy is tenuous,"
The Daily Signal spoke with former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli about the President’s actions and the repercussions.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Is there a cost if economists face pressure to back up Trump?
Recently, President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after revisions depicted a weaker job market than initially thought. This week, Trump called on the CEO of Goldman Sachs to get rid of his chief economist, after the economist predicted that tariffs would force consumers to pay extra. What should consumers and investors make of this? We'll discuss. And later, we'll hear how French factories are benefiting from increased defense spending.
Focus on Africa - Sudan’s conflict: The impact on children
The ongoing war in Sudan and limited access to humanitarian aid has led to starvation amongst those left behind. The United Nations says children are being "reduced to skin and bones." We'll hear from people within the country.
Also, are Kenya's dreams of becoming a footballing superpower in jeopardy?
And how are young African scientists using Charles Darwin’s historical voyage to protect species on the continent?
Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Patricia Whitehorne and Stefania Okereke in London. Jewel Kiriungi and Charles Gitonga in Nairobi. Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa Senior Journalist: Yvette Twagiramariya Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Trump’s Improvisational Summit
How to make sense of the goings-on in Anchorage on Friday between the president and Vladimir Putin? We try. Who knows if we succeed. One thing that does seem to be succeeding is the way Trump is dominating the national conversation with his move to take over public safety in the District of Columbia, and how it connects to general feelings about crime and security among citizens nationwide. Give a listen.
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