The Assignment with Audie Cornish

A podcast by CNN - Thursdays

Thursdays

178 Episodes

  1. Catholicism Is So Hot Right Now. Why?

    Published: 5/8/2025
  2. Why Does Dating Feel So Hard Right Now?

    Published: 5/1/2025
  3. Who’s Laughing in Trump’s Second Term?

    Published: 4/24/2025
  4. A Wonk-Free Conversation About Tariffs

    Published: 4/17/2025
  5. Can We Trust AI, or the People Building It?

    Published: 4/10/2025
  6. College Arrests: “A Kind of Policy That Ends Democracies”

    Published: 4/3/2025
  7. Is the Windy City Charting a Course for the Left?

    Published: 3/27/2025
  8. Are College Athletes Cashing In and Killing the Game?

    Published: 3/20/2025
  9. How DOGE Cuts May Affect Your Summer Vacation

    Published: 3/13/2025
  10. Where Did #MeToo Go?

    Published: 3/6/2025
  11. Why Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Kids

    Published: 2/27/2025
  12. And the Oscar Goes to… the Best Campaign?

    Published: 2/20/2025
  13. Why Crunchy Conservatives Love RFK Jr.

    Published: 2/13/2025
  14. The United States of Elon

    Published: 2/6/2025
  15. A Pastor's Stand on Trump's ICE Raids

    Published: 1/30/2025
  16. The ‘Sober Curious’ Revolution

    Published: 1/23/2025
  17. Meet the Man Who Saw the LA Fires Coming

    Published: 1/16/2025
  18. How Political Divides Are Destroying Families

    Published: 1/9/2025
  19. Samantha Bee Is Done with Democrats (For Now)

    Published: 1/2/2025
  20. Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean Costlier Clothes

    Published: 12/19/2024

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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.