194 Episodes

  1. Ken Burns on History, Truth, and Storytelling

    Published: 12/7/2023
  2. Can the Biden/Harris Coalition Hold?

    Published: 12/5/2023
  3. The Creative Path to Climate Solutions

    Published: 11/30/2023
  4. Trump’s Second Term Plans

    Published: 11/28/2023
  5. What Does It Mean to Be Patriotic?

    Published: 11/23/2023
  6. Can Anyone Beat Trump?

    Published: 11/20/2023
  7. Meet The Students Challenging Book Bans

    Published: 11/16/2023
  8. China’s Disinformation Campaign Against Americans

    Published: 11/14/2023
  9. The Army's Recruitment Challenge

    Published: 11/9/2023
  10. Should Biden Bow Out? Axelrod Weighs In

    Published: 11/7/2023
  11. How Ordinary People Exposed January 6th

    Published: 11/2/2023
  12. Why Trump’s Ex-Lawyers are Flipping

    Published: 10/31/2023
  13. The Serious Business of Romance Novels

    Published: 10/26/2023
  14. How The Young Guns Lost the GOP

    Published: 10/24/2023
  15. What It's Like to Evacuate in Gaza

    Published: 10/19/2023
  16. How Americans Feel About Israel

    Published: 10/17/2023
  17. Roxane Gay Reflects on 10 Years of Opinions

    Published: 10/12/2023
  18. Does Fact-Checking Work?

    Published: 10/10/2023
  19. A New Assignment: Diving into Politics

    Published: 10/5/2023
  20. An Epic Translation for a Modern Audience

    Published: 9/28/2023

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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.