The Assignment with Audie Cornish

A podcast by CNN

94 Episodes

  1. The Serious Business of Romance Novels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 9/28/2023
  9. The Free Speech Wars on Campus

    Published: 9/21/2023
  10. Greek Life Gone Viral

    Published: 9/14/2023
  11. We’re Taking Your Assignments: Money, Marijuana, and Montana

    Published: 9/7/2023
  12. Hollywood’s Hot Strike Summer

    Published: 8/31/2023
  13. The Fight Against Digital Hate

    Published: 8/24/2023
  14. Fighting Fires on the Frontlines of Climate Change

    Published: 8/17/2023
  15. Sex and Sensibilities: Let’s Talk About Puriteens

    Published: 8/10/2023
  16. The Assignment presents The Axe Files with David Axelrod

    Published: 8/3/2023
  17. The Assignment presents Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta

    Published: 7/27/2023
  18. TikTok Is Changing Music, One Song at a Time

    Published: 7/20/2023
  19. Courting Controversy: Inside the Supreme Court

    Published: 7/13/2023
  20. Larry Wilmore: A Candid Conversation on Television, Culture, and Creativity

    Published: 7/6/2023

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Each week on The Assignment, host Audie Cornish pulls listeners out of their digital echo chambers to hear from the people whose lives intersect with the news cycle. From the sex work economy to the battle over what’s taught in classrooms, no topic is off the table. Listen to The Assignment every Monday and Thursday.