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Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening? This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them join Chris to break it all down and help him get a better night’s rest.

“The Big Dig” with Ian Coss

55 mins; July 23, 2024

What’s Next for Biden? with Jamelle Bouie

52 mins; July 16, 2024

SCOTUS Doing Its Worst - Strict Scrutiny Crossover

62 hours 57 mins; July 09, 2024

The End of Libraries as We Know Them? with Brewster Kahle and Kyle Courtney

57 mins; July 02, 2024

WTH is Project 2025? with Thomas Zimmer

61 hours 5 mins; June 25, 2024

Criminal Justice, Faith and Politics with Rep. Jasmine Crockett

54 mins; June 18, 2024

The Stakes for Antitrust with Timothy Wu

44 mins; June 11, 2024

Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age with Sasha Issenberg

50 mins; June 04, 2024

Reimagining Leadership & Protests with Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

53 mins; May 28, 2024

The Stakes for Climate and Energy with David Roberts

52 mins; May 21, 2024

Resisting The Right-Wing Attack on Democracy with Ari Berman

59 mins; May 14, 2024

The Stakes for Reproductive Rights with Jessica Valenti

52 mins; May 07, 2024

Inside The Trump Courtroom with Lisa Rubin

52 mins; April 30, 2024

This Moment in Tech with Meredith Whittaker

55 mins; April 23, 2024

The Stakes of Tax Policy with Kimberly Clausing

39 mins; April 16, 2024

The Stakes of Immigration with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

65 hours 14 mins; April 09, 2024

The Story of an Israeli Dissident with Meir Baruchin

51 mins; April 02, 2024

The State of Polling with Nate Cohn

52 mins; March 26, 2024

“Who’s Afraid of Gender?” with Judith Butler

51 mins; March 19, 2024

BONUS: TikTok’s Uncertain Future with Jacob Ward

60 hours 35 mins; March 15, 2024

Confronting Christian Nationalism with Doug Pagitt

58 mins; March 12, 2024

A Mediapocalypse? with Ben Smith

49 mins; March 05, 2024

The Explosion in Green Tech with Jigar Shah

56 mins; February 27, 2024

Protecting Voting Rights with Eric Holder

44 mins; February 20, 2024

2020: The Year Everything Changed with Eric Klinenberg

60 hours 5 mins; February 13, 2024

Winning Progressive Change with Deepak Bhargava

54 mins; February 06, 2024

The Mystery and Miracle of Polynesia with Christina Thompson

56 mins; January 30, 2024

“Your Face Belongs to Us” with Kashmir Hill

57 mins; January 23, 2024

Creating Global Routes to Hope with David Miliband

52 mins; January 16, 2024

2023: A Turning Point for the Climate?

56 mins; January 09, 2024

The Future of Energy with Jonah Goldman (2022)

63 hours 46 mins; January 02, 2024

The Future of Friendship with Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow (2022)

59 mins; December 26, 2023

The Future of Entertainment with Seth Meyers (2022)

51 mins; December 19, 2023

“Homeschool Nation” with Laura Meckler

47 mins; December 12, 2023

WITHpod Live - Answering Your Questions

58 mins; December 05, 2023

The Origins of the Universe with Marcelo Gleiser

53 mins; November 28, 2023

WITHpod Live with Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow

98 hours 57 mins; November 24, 2023

PREVIEW: WITHpod Live with Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow

9 mins; November 21, 2023

Life in the West Bank with Sari Bashi

54 mins; November 14, 2023

Defending Democracy Amid Division with Adam Kinzinger

49 mins; November 07, 2023

The Making of Joy Reid

53 mins; October 31, 2023

"Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World” with Naomi Klein

44 mins; October 24, 2023

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop with Trymaine Lee, Imani Perry and Vic Mensa

81 hours 9 mins; October 17, 2023

Recovering Native Narratives and Data with Abigail Echo-Hawk

52 mins; October 10, 2023

The Case for Unconditional Cash Transfers with Jiaying Zhao

46 mins; October 03, 2023

BONUS: How to Win 2024: The “Kiddie Table” Debate

32 mins; September 29, 2023

Prosecuting Donald Trump with Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord

70 hours 8 mins; September 26, 2023

The Progressive Prosecutor Movement with Chesa Boudin

63 hours 55 mins; September 19, 2023

Introducing “How to Win 2024”

31 mins; September 15, 2023

Hot Labor Summer with Alex Press

57 mins; September 12, 2023

The Care Economy with Ai-jen Poo (2023)

52 mins; September 05, 2023

Answering Your Questions in Our #WITHpod Mailbag

51 mins; August 29, 2023

“The Heat Will Kill You First” with Jeff Goodell

48 mins; August 22, 2023

The “Existential” Climate Crisis with Bill McKibben

53 mins; August 15, 2023

“A Moral Moment in America” with Sen. Raphael Warnock

45 mins; August 08, 2023

BONUS: Prosecuting Donald Trump: The 2020 Election Indictment Read by Ali Velshi

102 hours 47 mins; August 02, 2023

AI: “An Exponential Disruption” with Kate Crawford (2023)

59 mins; August 01, 2023

Being “Irrepressible” with Little Rock Nine Member Minnijean Brown-Trickey (2023)

53 mins; July 25, 2023

#WITHpod & Strict Scrutiny Crossover

66 hours 15 mins; July 18, 2023

From Prison to Politics with Yusef Salaam

55 mins; July 11, 2023

Decoding The Information Age with Scott Shapiro

46 mins; July 04, 2023

Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism with Jeffrey Toobin

51 mins; June 27, 2023

Why Americans Are Dying So Young with Anne Case and Angus Deaton

57 mins; June 20, 2023

Leading Chicago with Mayor Brandon Johnson

55 mins; June 13, 2023

BONUS: Prosecuting Donald Trump: The Full Indictment Read by Ali Velshi

72 hours 56 mins; June 11, 2023

“The Phoenix Economy” with Felix Salmon

53 mins; June 06, 2023

The Care Economy with Ai-jen Poo

52 mins; May 30, 2023

“The Shadow Docket” with Steve Vladeck

54 mins; May 23, 2023

A gun industry insider perspective with Ryan Busse (2022)

54 mins; May 16, 2023

The Explosion of Online Sports Betting with Eric Lipton

46 mins; May 09, 2023

TikTok’s Uncertain Future with Jacob Ward

59 mins; May 02, 2023

The Abortionist “Written Out of History” with Jennifer Wright

50 mins; April 25, 2023

AI: “An Exponential Disruption” with Kate Crawford

59 mins; April 18, 2023

What’s Behind Israel’s Unprecedented Protests with Edo Konrad

49 mins; April 11, 2023

The Fixation on Anti-Trans Legislation with Chase Strangio

48 mins; April 04, 2023

WTH Happened at Silicon Valley Bank? with Mike Konczal

54 mins; March 28, 2023

The Dire Threat of Global Authoritarianism with Rula Jebreal

59 mins; March 21, 2023

Changing Cop Culture with Neil Gross

54 mins; March 14, 2023

Cities After Covid with Brad Lander

55 mins; March 07, 2023

Treating Trans Youth with Dr. Izzy Lowell (2021)

50 mins; February 28, 2023

The ‘Havana Syndrome’ with Jon Lee Anderson and Adam Entous

54 mins; February 21, 2023

Being “Irrepressible” with Little Rock Nine Member Minnijean Brown-Trickey

53 mins; February 14, 2023

“The E-bike is Here to Stay” with Mike Radenbaugh

56 mins; February 07, 2023

The Effects of the ‘Stop W.O.K.E’ Act with Jonathan Cox

45 mins; January 31, 2023

WTH Happened with FTX? with Tonya Evans

58 mins; January 24, 2023

BONUS: Chris Hayes co-hosts National Day of Racial Healing town hall

53 mins; January 21, 2023

Has the Lottery Played Us? with Jonathan Cohen

53 mins; January 17, 2023

Celebrating 250 #WITHpod Episodes

6 mins; January 10, 2023

Strengthening America’s Immigrant ‘Resilience Force’ with Saket Soni

54 mins; January 10, 2023

The Debate Inside Progressive Politics with Maurice Mitchell

63 hours 17 mins; January 03, 2023

What the End of ‘Zero Covid’ in China Means with Bill Bishop

59 mins; December 27, 2022

The #WITHpod Holiday Mailbag

55 mins; December 20, 2022

Dads Who “Lean Out” with Tim Lee

52 mins; December 13, 2022

What ‘The Communist Manifesto’ Means Today with China Miéville

51 mins; December 06, 2022

Ask a Swole Woman with Casey Johnston (2021)

52 mins; November 29, 2022

Fighting on the Frontlines in Ukraine with Macer Gifford

51 mins; November 22, 2022

Twitter's Elon Musk Era with Kara Swisher

57 mins; November 15, 2022

WITHpod BONUS: Chris and the MSNBC Insiders on the Midterms

54 mins; November 09, 2022

Iran’s Growing Protests with Sussan Tahmasebi

56 mins; November 08, 2022

Echoes of the 1994 Midterms in 2022 with Steve Kornacki

54 mins; November 01, 2022

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