The Assignment with Audie Cornish
A podcast by CNN - Thursdays
194 Episodes
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Ken Burns on History, Truth, and Storytelling
Published: 12/7/2023 -
Can the Biden/Harris Coalition Hold?
Published: 12/5/2023 -
The Creative Path to Climate Solutions
Published: 11/30/2023 -
Trump’s Second Term Plans
Published: 11/28/2023 -
What Does It Mean to Be Patriotic?
Published: 11/23/2023 -
Can Anyone Beat Trump?
Published: 11/20/2023 -
Meet The Students Challenging Book Bans
Published: 11/16/2023 -
China’s Disinformation Campaign Against Americans
Published: 11/14/2023 -
The Army's Recruitment Challenge
Published: 11/9/2023 -
Should Biden Bow Out? Axelrod Weighs In
Published: 11/7/2023 -
How Ordinary People Exposed January 6th
Published: 11/2/2023 -
Why Trump’s Ex-Lawyers are Flipping
Published: 10/31/2023 -
The Serious Business of Romance Novels
Published: 10/26/2023 -
How The Young Guns Lost the GOP
Published: 10/24/2023 -
What It's Like to Evacuate in Gaza
Published: 10/19/2023 -
How Americans Feel About Israel
Published: 10/17/2023 -
Roxane Gay Reflects on 10 Years of Opinions
Published: 10/12/2023 -
Does Fact-Checking Work?
Published: 10/10/2023 -
A New Assignment: Diving into Politics
Published: 10/5/2023 -
An Epic Translation for a Modern Audience
Published: 9/28/2023
Every Thursday on The Assignment, host Audie Cornish explores the animating forces of this extraordinary American political moment. It’s not about the horse race, it’s about the larger cultural ideas driving the conversation: the role of online influencers on the electorate, the intersection of pop culture and politics, and discussions with primary voices and thinkers who are shaping the political conversation.