Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
by MS NOW, Chris Hayes
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Dissecting Our Culture of Dehumanization, with Anand Giridharadas
Oct 13, 2026
54m 45s
We Have the Climate Solutions with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Oct 6, 2026
52m 49s
The Truth about Black Single Motherhood with Jamilah Lemieux
Sep 29, 2026
48m 40s
'They Are Scheming' with Alex Bores
Sep 22, 2026
59m 24s
‘End Times Fascism’ with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
Sep 15, 2026
53m 10s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/13/26 | Dissecting Our Culture of Dehumanization, with Anand Giridharadas | Jordan Neely’s death at the hands of Daniel Penny is more than just a Black & white story. It’s a story about America. | 54m 45s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | We Have the Climate Solutions with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | Policies that are good for the environment can make things cheaper. So why isn’t America investing in them? | 52m 49s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | The Truth about Black Single Motherhood with Jamilah Lemieux | "Black single mothers are," according to the cultural critic, "arguably one of the most important, most productive, high-functioning, and significant groups of people in our society." | 48m 40s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | 'They Are Scheming' with Alex Bores | "They" being AI agents, tens of thousands of them, who left secret notes to help them all cheat on a test, commit a felony, and take over the software that was testing them. | 59m 24s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 | ‘End Times Fascism’ with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Is the apocalyptic mood in our culture today just in our imagination, or are we witnessing the rise of a dangerous new political reality? | 53m 10s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | sports businessteam valuations+3 | Pablo Torre | — | — | sportsbusiness+3 | — | 49m 51s | ||
| 9/1/26 | Silicon Valleyauthoritarianism+4 | Gil Durán | MS NOWSilicon Valley+3 | Lone Star StateArlington, Texas | Silicon Valleyauthoritarianism+5 | — | 53m 22s | ||
| 8/25/26 | artificial intelligenceeconomics+4 | Ed Zitron | Better Offline | — | artificial intelligenceeconomic effects+4 | — | 55m 23s | ||
| 8/18/26 | Democratic backslidingprotests+4 | Zack Beauchamp | Vox | BrazilSouth Korea+1 | dictatorsprotests+6 | — | 1h 06m 10s | ||
| 8/11/26 | fossil fuelswar+3 | Antonia Juhasz | — | Iran | fossil fuelswar in Iran+3 | — | 54m 27s | ||
| 8/4/26 | electric vehiclesroad trips+4 | Patrick George | Wall Street Journal | MidwestTexas+1 | electric vehiclesEV adoption+5 | — | 53m 44s | ||
| 7/28/26 | U.S. border policyTrump 2024 election+3 | Ken Salazar | Obama administrationBorderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America | United StatesMexico+1 | U.S. borderTrump+3 | — | 46m 45s | ||
| 7/21/26 | bettingprediction markets+3 | Bobby Allyn | NPRPolymarket+1 | — | bettingprediction markets+5 | — | 53m 45s | ||
| 7/14/26 | soccerWorld Cup+4 | Ayman Mohyeldin | MS NOW | colonial powersnations | World Cupsoccer+4 | — | 58m 04s | ||
| 7/7/26 | Supreme Courtconstitutional principles+3 | Kate ShawMelissa Murray+1 | Strict ScrutinySCOTUS | — | Supreme CourtSCOTUS+3 | — | 57m 41s | ||
| 6/30/26 | Andrew TateTristan Tate+4 | Heidi Blake | The New Yorker | — | Andrew TateTristan Tate+5 | — | 43m 44s | ||
| 6/23/26 | American politicsTrump+4 | Alex Wagner | MS NOWCrooked+2 | — | American politicsTrump+5 | — | 47m 34s | ||
| 6/16/26 | AIconsciousness+3 | Michael Pollan | — | — | AIconsciousness+5 | — | 49m 40s | ||
| 6/2/26 | AI consciousnesscognitive science+3 | David Chalmers | WITHpodThe AI End Game: Is Your Chatbot Conscious? | — | AIconsciousness+4 | — | 51m 48s | ||
| 5/26/26 | AI ethicsdiversity in AI+3 | Timnit Gebru | Distributed AI Research InstituteGoogle | — | AIethics+5 | — | 53m 44s | ||
| 5/20/26 | AIpublic good+3 | Ezra Klein | New York TimesCenter for American Progress | — | AIpublic good+5 | — | 30m 46s | ||
| 5/19/26 | artificial intelligencechild development+3 | Alison Gopnik | UC Berkeley | — | AItwo-year-olds+3 | — | 56m 04s | ||
| 5/12/26 | AIwork+3 | Ethan Mollick | WhartonNew York Times | — | AIwork+4 | — | 47m 51s | ||
| 5/5/26 | artificial intelligencebillionaires+4 | Derek Thompson | The AtlanticAbundance | — | artificial intelligencebillionaires+5 | — | 1h 01m 43s | ||
| 4/30/26 | artificial intelligencetechnology+3 | — | WITHpodAI | — | artificial intelligenceAI effects+3 | — | 1m 16s | ||
| 4/28/26 | Jewish BundMolly Crabapple+3 | Molly Crabapple | New York TimesHere Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund | — | Molly CrabappleJewish Bund+3 | — | 58m 04s | ||
| 4/25/26 | politicsNew York City+3 | Zohran Mamdani | Bronx Children's Museum | — | Zohran MamdaniNew York City+4 | — | 43m 56s | ||
| 4/21/26 | cryptoscams+1 | Ben McKenzie | Everyone is Lying to You for MoneyCrypto+1 | — | moneydeception+1 | — | 51m 18s | ||
| 4/14/26 | CubaTrump administration+1 | Jon Lee Anderson | Trump & Co.The New Yorker+1 | CubaU.S. | CubaTrump+2 | — | 51m 00s | ||
| 3/31/26 | WNBAlabor negotiations+2 | Tamika Tremaglio | WNBAthe National Basketball Players Association | — | basketballplayers association+2 | — | 51m 32s | ||
| 3/24/26 | Iranwar+2 | Robert Pape | the University of ChicagoLongterm Disaster' | IranU.S. | politicssociety+1 | — | 54m 35s | ||
| 3/17/26 | immigrationpolicy+1 | David Bier | the Cato InstituteWITHpod | — | legal immigrationcoalitional pressures | — | 56m 45s | ||
| 3/3/26 | ClaudeAIautomation+1 | Gideon Lewis-Kraus | ClaudeAIThe New Yorker+1 | — | AIautomation+1 | — | 1h 01m 04s | ||
| 2/24/26 | American historyLatin American history+1 | Greg Grandin | America, América: A New History of the New WorldAmerica, América | — | revolutionary concepthistory+2 | — | 59m 01s | ||
| 2/17/26 | MeToosociety+1 | Rebecca Traister | WITHpod | — | MeToo movementrecapitulation | — | 53m 04s | ||
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