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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.

No Regrets with Rep. Max Rose

52 mins; December 22, 2020

The Democratic Coalition After 2020 with David Shor

54 mins; December 15, 2020

Your Local Disinformation with Davey Alba

48 mins; December 08, 2020

The Down-Ballot Democrats with Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

53 mins; December 01, 2020

The Problem with Political Hobbyism with Eitan Hersh

52 mins; November 24, 2020

How Red is Texas with Abby Livingston

54 mins; November 17, 2020

What We Got Wrong with Zeynep Tufekci

68 hours 6 mins; November 10, 2020

Donate Now with Michael Whitney

49 mins; November 03, 2020

Understanding the “Latino Vote” with Chuck Rocha

50 mins; October 27, 2020

America's Isolation with Samantha Power

33 mins; October 20, 2020

Avoiding Election Disaster with Edward Foley

60 hours 7 mins; October 13, 2020

Money, Democracy, and John Maynard Keynes with Zach Carter

61 hours 20 mins; October 06, 2020

FAQAnon with Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins

59 mins; September 29, 2020

Necessary Struggle with Barbara Smith

57 mins; September 22, 2020

What Bush Left Behind with Robert Draper

58 mins; September 15, 2020

Keeping a Restaurant Alive with Tony Bezsylko

62 hours 18 mins; September 08, 2020

America’s Right Turn with Rick Perlstein

56 mins; September 01, 2020

The Invisible Power Struggle with Leah Stokes

60 hours 28 mins; August 25, 2020

REVISITED China's Secret Internment Camps with Rian Thum

47 mins; August 18, 2020

Caste in America with Isabel Wilkerson

50 mins; August 11, 2020

The Party of Trump with Stuart Stevens

45 mins; August 04, 2020

REVISITED The Information Crisis with David Roberts

50 mins; July 28, 2020

America’s Prophet of Freedom with David Blight

58 mins; July 21, 2020

So You Want to Run for Office with Luke Hayes

57 mins; July 14, 2020

America on Drugs with Dr. Carl Hart

55 mins; July 07, 2020

Policing and Democracy with Brandon del Pozo

68 hours 54 mins; June 30, 2020

Where We Go Now with Sherrilyn Ifill

54 mins; June 23, 2020

REVISITED: Abolishing Prisons with Mariame Kaba

58 mins; June 16, 2020

8 minutes 46 seconds with Trymaine Lee

54 mins; June 09, 2020

Abolish the Electoral College with Jesse Wegman

54 mins; June 02, 2020

Being Michael Jordan with David Roth and Joel Anderson

46 mins; May 26, 2020

Home From School with Dana Goldstein

58 mins; May 19, 2020

The Pandemic Behind Bars with Josie Duffy Rice

53 mins; May 12, 2020

Saving the Economy with Saule Omarova

57 mins; May 05, 2020

The Cost of Division with Heather McGhee

59 mins; April 28, 2020

Solidarity in a Disaster with Rebecca Solnit

52 mins; April 21, 2020

Going Viral with Carl Bergstrom

51 mins; April 14, 2020

The Last Great Pandemic with John M. Barry

46 mins; April 07, 2020

Battling the Darkness with Thomas Burke Jr.

54 mins; March 31, 2020

The Fight for Asylum with Bridget Cambria and Tobias Barrington Wolff

56 mins; March 24, 2020

REVISITED Breaking Government with Michael Lewis

48 mins; March 17, 2020

The Origins of a Disaster with Adam Higginbotham

50 mins; March 10, 2020

Exile and Basketball with Enes Kanter

45 mins; March 03, 2020

Stacking the Courts with Dahlia Lithwick

49 mins; February 25, 2020

Between God and Man with Daniel M. Lavery

50 mins; February 18, 2020

The Gettable Voter with Jon Favreau

52 mins; February 11, 2020

The Frontlines of Addiction with Beth Macy

56 mins; February 04, 2020

Why We’re Polarized with Ezra Klein

67 hours 42 mins; January 28, 2020

The Uneven Playing Field with Howard Bryant

57 mins; January 21, 2020

Trump and Evangelicals with Mark Galli

58 mins; January 14, 2020

Who Is Reality Winner? with Kerry Howley

49 mins; January 07, 2020

What Happened in the UK Election? with Sarah Jaffe

54 mins; December 31, 2019

The #WITHpod Mailbag (2019)

33 mins; December 24, 2019

LIVE IN NYC: American Psychodrama with Tony Kushner and Jeremy O. Harris

65 hours 43 mins; December 17, 2019

Understanding the Wealth Tax with Gabriel Zucman

52 mins; December 10, 2019

The Meaning of Impeachment with Kate Shaw

57 mins; December 03, 2019

Fighting ISIS with James Verini

57 mins; November 26, 2019

LIVE IN CHICAGO: The 400 Year Legacy with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ibram X. Kendi

74 hours 19 mins; November 19, 2019

Reckoning with Linda Hirshman

61 hours 21 mins; November 12, 2019

EXCLUSIVE WITHpod Live New York Presale

3 mins; November 06, 2019

The Meaning of Life with Martin Hägglund

51 mins; November 05, 2019

LIVE IN LA: Telling the Climate Story with Adam McKay and Omar El Akkad

68 hours 49 mins; October 29, 2019

The Lockdown of Kashmir with Hafsa Kanjwal

54 mins; October 22, 2019

EXCLUSIVE WITHpod Live Chicago Presale

5 mins; October 18, 2019

Belonging & Unbelonging with Salman Rushdie

63 hours 14 mins; October 15, 2019

Undermining Black Homeownership with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

53 mins; October 08, 2019

LIVE: What Happened to Conservatism with Sen. Ted Cruz

69 hours 23 mins; October 01, 2019

Exclusive WITHpod Live Los Angeles Presale

4 mins; September 26, 2019

Antisocial Media with Andrew Marantz

55 mins; September 24, 2019

The Education of an Idealist with Samantha Power

62 hours 19 mins; September 17, 2019

Facing Trauma with Jason Kander

57 mins; September 10, 2019

Trans Rights with Chase Strangio

63 hours 53 mins; September 03, 2019

College at Any Cost with Caitlin Zaloom

54 mins; August 27, 2019

Seeking Asylum with Luis Mancheno

56 mins; August 20, 2019

Holding Them Accountable with Rep. Katie Porter

48 mins; August 13, 2019

This Land is Our Land with Suketu Mehta

59 mins; August 06, 2019

Fury in Puerto Rico with Julio Ricardo Varela

55 mins; July 30, 2019

The Climate Campaign with Gov. Jay Inslee

63 hours 18 mins; July 23, 2019

Building a Movement with Rev. Dr. William Barber II

53 mins; July 16, 2019

The Case for Socialism with Bhaskar Sunkara

58 mins; July 09, 2019

A History of Concentration Camps with Andrea Pitzer

57 mins; July 02, 2019

From Red to Blue with Rep. Max Rose

61 hours 49 mins; June 25, 2019

Impeaching a President with Brenda Wineapple

60 hours 46 mins; June 18, 2019

Defending Liberalism with Adam Gopnik

55 mins; June 11, 2019

Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza

60 hours 57 mins; June 04, 2019

The Anniversary #WITHpod Mailbag

41 mins; May 28, 2019

A Family's Lost History During McCarthyism with David Maraniss

49 mins; May 21, 2019

The Roots of Anti-Semitism with Deborah Lipstadt

62 hours 48 mins; May 14, 2019

Debunking the Deficit Hysteria with Stephanie Kelton

55 mins; May 07, 2019

Breaking Government with Michael Lewis

49 mins; April 30, 2019

China's Secret Internment Camps with Rian Thum

45 mins; April 23, 2019

BONUS: The First Family of Opioids with Patrick Radden Keefe

19 mins; April 18, 2019

The Ghosts of a Dirty War with Patrick Radden Keefe

55 mins; April 16, 2019

Abolishing Prisons with Mariame Kaba

62 hours 48 mins; April 09, 2019

Are We a Democracy? with Astra Taylor

52 mins; April 02, 2019

Dying of Whiteness with Jonathan Metzl

56 mins; March 26, 2019

Building a Progressive Majority with Dorian Warren

55 mins; March 19, 2019

Rethinking Identity with Kwame Anthony Appiah

55 mins; March 12, 2019

The Uninhabitable Earth with David Wallace-Wells

63 hours 3 mins; March 05, 2019

LIVE: The Democratic Response with Stacey Abrams

72 hours 42 mins; February 26, 2019

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