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Here's What's Happening
Here’s What’s Happening is a daily news show — not to break the news, but to break it down.
Each episode puts the day’s biggest stories into context, cuts through the noise, and helps you understand what actually matters.
It’s smart, calm, and concise — designed to help you start the day informed, not overwhelmed.
Episodes
Here's What's HappeningBringing in the Illinois. Bringing in the Illi-Funk.
Austin Drummond was captured in Tennessee, Trump is eying military use for the Olympics and invited a sex offender to a kids’ event, the House subpoenaed DOJ…
Here's What's HappeningWe Love Comedy!
Two nationwide manhunts are underway for mass murder suspects in Montana and Tennessee, Pam Bondi ordered a baseless grand jury investigation into Obama over…
Here's What's HappeningNot Only Is He a Bad Person, He Is Also a Bad President
Trump wants to share your health data with Big Tech and told Texas to gerrymander harder. Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity, RFK Jr. let a parasitic fish give…
Here's What's HappeningWhen’s That Brain Worm Writing a Memoir?
Trump wants to share your health data with Big Tech and told Texas to gerrymander harder. Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity, RFK Jr. let a parasitic fish give…
Here's What's HappeningSpecial Episode: Voting in America
A special episode about the latest attack on voting rights in America. -via Democracy Docket, Arkansas Law, Heritage Foundation (but don’t go to them, they’re…
Here's What's HappeningSometimes Soup Is Cold
A short episode (there’s a special episode about voting in the feed) with an update on Monday’s shooting in New York and the Russian earthquake that turned…
Here's What's HappeningJust Buy Cheese
Three people are dead in a Reno casino shooting with another active shooter incident in Manhattan later that day. Trump downplays the starvation in Gaza…
Here's What's Happening15%, Innit?
A Michigan man is charged with terrorism after a stabbing spree. Israel pauses fighting as Gaza starves. Trump touts a shaky EU trade deal—then calls for…
Here's What's HappeningI’m Trying to Create a Memory for People!
France recognizes Palestine as the US exits ceasefire talks, SCOTUS tees up two major voting rights cases that could gut the VRA, Trump visits the Fed, and of…
Here's What's HappeningI’m the Cream of the Crop Baybee
The EPA moves to gut climate rules, Columbia pays Trump $221M, Harvard resists. Macron sues Candace Owens, courts block Trump’s birthright plan, and Epstein…
Here's What's HappeningGood Job Mikey
As the Marines withdraw from Los Angeles, Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76, the U.S. Olympic Committee quietly bans trans women from competition, and the House delays…
Here's What's HappeningThe Twice Impeached President of the United States Was Besties With a Pedophile
Global pressure mounts on Israel to end the war in Gaza, Breonna Taylor’s killer is sentenced to 33 months, actor Malcolm Jamal-Warner dies in a drowning…
Here's What's HappeningSounds Like You’re Busted, Dude
A devastating car crash in East Hollywood injures 30, Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians seeking aid, Colbert’s show gets the axe under suspicious…
Here's What's HappeningI Never Wrote a Picture in My Life
ICE gains access to Medicaid data in a chilling new agreement, the DOJ seeks only one day in prison for Breonna Taylor’s killer, Trump’s health raises fresh…
Here's What's HappeningProve You Didn’t Do It
An earthquake in Alaska triggers a tsunami warning, Israel bombs Syria amid shifting alliances, Trump escalates Epstein cover-up accusations while firing key…
Here's What's HappeningBig Fan of Oats
Fallout continues over the vanished Epstein files, Trump tells Texas to rig congressional maps, House Republicans block efforts to release client lists, and…
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We Did It Boys!
Trump appeals a ruling limiting unconstitutional ICE raids, the Supreme Court lets him gut the Education Department, ceasefire talks stall in Israel-Gaza…
Here's What's HappeningEpstein? I Hardly Knowstein
A deadly shooting in Kentucky, catastrophic floods in Texas, ICE raids under legal fire, lawmakers uncover horrors at Alligator Alcatraz, and Trump allies…
Here's What's HappeningSpecial Episode: The Budget Bill
This is a special episode about the news that the budget bill has passed. -via AP News Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter december. -…
Here's What's HappeningSurprised to Be Surprised
Sean Combs is found guilty on lesser charges, Wisconsin protects abortion access, a judge blocks Trump’s asylum ban, and the administration racks up legal…
Here's What's HappeningLet Them Fight (Or Kiss)
Trump announces a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as he visits a migrant detention center nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a judge blocks mass HHS…
Here's What's HappeningPlease Make a Call (202) 224-3121
This episode brings updates on Sunday’s firefighter shooting in Idaho, last month’s antisemitic attack in Boulder, and the Brian Kohberger case, plus a massive…
Here's What's HappeningI’m Worried About a Secret Third Thing
Breaking news of a shooting in Idaho leads the news before a breakdown of what the Supreme Court’s decision in the birthright citizenship case means (because…
Here's What's HappeningFind the Difference Between a Kidnapping and an Arrest
The White House overshares intel while restricting Congress, Trump sues judges and mocks democracy, SCOTUS guts civil rights protections, and ICE accelerates…
Here's What's HappeningLittle Buddy Veep Vance
Trump arrives at the NATO summit (but not before tweeting a music video about bombing Iran), ICE horrors escalate with cruel raids and medical neglect, and…
Here's What's HappeningHe’s Not a Good President!
Trump fumbles a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, an impeachment effort crashes and burns, Russia escalates attacks in Ukraine, and ICE plans to expand…
Here's What's HappeningGoing to Therapy and Eating Some Ice Cream
Iran launches a retaliatory strike, Trump declares premature peace, and the U.S. quietly escalates deportations and domestic military presence. Iran Strikes…
Here's What's HappeningSpecial Episode: America Has Entered the Chat
This episode is all about the latest in the Israel/Iran war and the United States' involvement. -via AP News, CNN, BBC, NPR, The Guardian, NY Times, and The…
Here's What's HappeningThere Is More That Unites Us Than Divides Us
This episode is all about the latest in the Israel/Iran war and how we got here. -via Axios, BBC, UN, Council on Foreign Relations, Freedom House, The Atlantic…
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Is It Too Soon to Shout 2003?
The Trump administration is (maybe?) prepping for war in the Middle East as the Supreme Court strips rights from trans youth Israel & Iran -via Wall Street…
Here's What's HappeningI’m Allergic to Wasabi
As Israel and Iran trade fire, Trump fuels tensions with erratic threats, while a rare win for trans rights and legal battles at home highlight a tense…
Here's What's HappeningMisunderstanding Numbers Is Contagious
A political assassination rocked Minnesota, No Kings protests surged nationwide, Israel and Iran escalated attacks, and Trump flailed at the G7—then launched a…
Here's What's HappeningAsking for the Sky to Be Skittles
A deadly plane crash in India, LA remains under military occupation, Trump strips legal status from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, throws himself a…
Here's What's HappeningThe Magic of This Time
The U.S. edges closer to full police state mode in L.A., Israeli officers refuse to aid Gaza bombings, embassy staff flee the Middle East, and Rand Paul loses…
Here's What's HappeningThis Country Is a Protest
Los Angeles remains eerily normal under military occupation, as Trump stokes unrest, Congress members face charges, and the right targets same-sex marriage…
Here's What's HappeningNo Evidence, Just Vibes
Protests escalate in Los Angeles as Trump calls for troops and chaos spreads, RFK Jr. purges the CDC’s vaccine advisory board, Israel intercepts an aid boat…
Here's What's HappeningLet Them Fight
Trump and Elon Musk broke up in spectacularly petty fashion, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S. after a shameful deportation, and Trump’s travel ban and…
Here's What's HappeningSpecial Episode: We Are a Sanctuary City
This episode is all about the protests in Los Angeles and the Trump administration's dangerous reaction. -via AP News, BBC, CBS News, CNN, The Guardian, NY…
Here's What's HappeningTake Yourself a Gander
Joni Ernst wants you to grasp your mortality, the FEMA director didn’t know about hurricane season, Elon Musk is going through it, Mike Johnson just wants a…
Here's What's HappeningWe Can Do Better
In addition to a big update on Sunday’s terror attack in Denver, Ukraine has made a surprising attack in Russia, and Trump asks the Supreme Court for another…
Here's What's HappeningIt Was a Peace Walk
This episode is all about the terror attack in Denver, CO. -via AP News, NPR, Time, The Atlantic, and Washington Post Take the pledge to be a voter at…
Here's What's HappeningI Could Be Meaner
The Israel-Hamas war has two different types of headlines, Trump’s tariffs ping pong around, and on this Friday, Trump begs us to be bullies (trust me, it’s…
Here's What's HappeningTwo Popes Hate You, Babe
Israel claims a top Hamas leader is dead, prison breaks rock Arkansas and New Orleans, a French surgeon gets 20 years for years of sexual abuse, the DOJ…
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But This Wolf Comes as a Wolf
A Chinese chemical plant explodes, Trump defunds Harvard while NPR sues Trump, RFK makes an announcement and Missouri makes us miserable. Chinese Chemical…
Here's What's HappeningBudget Bill Be Bad
Today’s episode covers Gaza, Ukraine, Trump vs. Harvard, a tragic Liverpool attack, and the cruelty (and drama) of the GOP’s budget. Israel-Hamas -via NPR…
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Down Week
Just a nice little week off! Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter december. - on Amazon Subscribe to the Substack…
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Find a Hobby
The U.S. gets its first American Pope, Trump strikes a vague trade deal with the UK, FEMA’s acting director is fired for opposing FEMA’s dismantling, Jeanine…
Here's What's HappeningPolitical Hot Goss
Tensions rise between India and Pakistan, Trump taps an RFK Jr.–aligned anti-vaxxer as surgeon general, House Republicans implode over budget infighting, and…
Here's What's HappeningPoint to It on a Map, My Guy.
India and Pakistan teeter on the brink of war, Trump eyes Canada (again), SCOTUS blocks trans military enlistment, and the U.S. plans mass deportations to…
Here's What's HappeningMust I Do Everything Myself?
Trump backs Israel’s plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza, offers $1000 for self-deportation, targets foreign films with a 100% tariff, and surprises on…
Here's What's HappeningLord, Beer Me Strength.
Louisiana quietly rolls back desegregation, global tensions escalate, Trump pushes a punishing budget while starring in his own AI-generated Pope fantasy…
Here's What's HappeningEveryone Fails up in the Upside-Down
A major U.S.-Ukraine deal reshapes global alliances, Trump’s team shuffles again, RFK Jr. spreads dangerous vaccine lies, school mental health funding gets…
Here's What's HappeningWhat Planet Is This Taking Place On?
Trump’s tantrum hits CBS, the economy stumbles, the Supreme Court flirts with theocracy, and somehow we still have to fight for the right to say things out…
Here's What's HappeningToo-Long-Of-A-Tie Wearing Bozo
An update on a Wisconsin Judge, Amazon’s capitulation, climate change changes, lawsuits over firings, Harvard’s report card, and Trump’s career ambitions all…
Here's What's HappeningDonald Trump: Bad for America
A deadly car crash in Illinois leads an episode that also covers the election in Canada, the blackouts in Spain and Portugal, a Russia-suggested ceasefire, and…
Here's What's HappeningThere Is So Much Fight in Us
100 days of Trump have shown us more about this country than we thought possible, so let's take a moment and talk about it. I promise, this won't hurt at all…
Here's What's HappeningJust Two Percent More Brave
In addition to a deadly car attack in Vancouver, Canada, there is a series of stories about deportations in America that broke over the weekend and, ahead of…
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Get That Resume on monster.com
As Trump continues his assault on trans rights, Russia has launched the deadliest attack on Ukraine in nine months, there is yet more information about Pete…
Here's What's HappeningPut Your Dollars in Your Mattress
As Trump continues to align himself with Russia, a wildfire erupts in New Jersey, states sue over tariffs, the DOJ gives Trump a stern warning and a week’s…
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Am I Laughing or Am I Crying?
As a deadly shooting shocks Kashmir, the State Department gets a shakeup, student loans will be repaid (no matter what), Elon’s recommitting himself to Tesla…