The Excerpt

A podcast by USA TODAY / Wondery

988 Episodes

  1. SPECIAL | Living with a criminal record: When does the sentence end?

    Published: 4/24/2024
  2. Congress passes foreign aid bill, including TikTok sell-or-ban legislation

    Published: 4/24/2024
  3. Trump trial day 5 recap: Opening arguments wrap, witness testimony begins

    Published: 4/23/2024
  4. Week 2 of Trump hush money trial begins

    Published: 4/22/2024
  5. Earth Day 2024: Some scientists are calling for "urgent optimism"

    Published: 4/21/2024
  6. Man sets himself on fire outside courthouse of Trump trial

    Published: 4/20/2024
  7. Israel launches strike; explosions heard in central Iran

    Published: 4/19/2024
  8. SPECIAL | Bringing back the woolly mammoth. Is it even possible?

    Published: 4/18/2024
  9. Senate rejects both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

    Published: 4/18/2024
  10. SPECIAL | Melissa Gilbert remembers 'Little House on the Prairie,' as it turns 50

    Published: 4/17/2024
  11. Trump hush money trial Day 2 takeaways

    Published: 4/17/2024
  12. Trump's hush money trial has begun: What to know from Day 1

    Published: 4/16/2024
  13. Iran attacked Israel. Now what?

    Published: 4/15/2024
  14. In the age of Ozempic, body image has morphed. How do we learn to love our bodies?

    Published: 4/14/2024
  15. Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel 'sooner rather than later'

    Published: 4/13/2024
  16. O.J. Simpson dead at 76

    Published: 4/12/2024
  17. SPECIAL | The Rulebreaker: The new biography of legendary journalist Barbara Walters

    Published: 4/11/2024
  18. Biden administration issues new rules on unlicensed firearm dealers

    Published: 4/11/2024
  19. SPECIAL | James Patterson and Mychal Threets discuss book bans, library joy and their love of reading

    Published: 4/10/2024
  20. Arizona Supreme Court upholds 160-year-old abortion ban

    Published: 4/10/2024

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USA TODAY’s daily news podcast, The Excerpt (formerly 5 Things), brings you a curated mix of the most important headlines seven mornings a week. We also deliver special deep-dive episodes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons on the most compelling topics in culture, entertainment, sports, politics, and more. Give us fifteen minutes a day, we'll give you all of the headlines, none of the chaos. Hosted by Taylor Wilson and Dana Taylor.