The Truth of the Matter with Hena Doba

In this episode of “The Truth of the Matter,” host Hena Doba examines the strange mystery unfolding beneath New York City, where surveillance videos show groups of people opening manholes, climbing into the sewer system and disappearing below the streets. With incidents reported in Queens and Brooklyn, officials say there is no known threat to public safety. But many questions remain: Who are thes...

Toxic PFAS chemicals are expanding across the country, actively affecting our water and food supply nationwide. A shocking study reveals nearly 40 percent of California produce contains these harmful “forever chemicals,” proving this is a coast-to-coast dietary threat hitting home at your local grocery store. In this episode of "The Truth of the Matter," Hena Doba sits down with Pulitzer...

Where is Lynette Hooker? The 55-year-old was last seen April 4, 2026, while in the Bahamas with her husband, Brian. He told authorities she fell overboard and was swept away by bad weather while the couple was traveling in a dinghy to their yacht, “Soulmate.” Holes in his story have the Coast Guard Investigative Service looking into the disappearance as a possible murder. In this episode of "...

There is a 97% chance that forever chemicals are already in your bloodstream. They are in waterproof clothing, makeup, furniture, food packaging, nonstick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics and firefighting gear. The chemicals are linked to cancer and other serious health issues. Most people have no idea how widespread the exposure has become. In this episode of “The Truth of the Matter,” Natasha Z...

In this episode of “The Truth of the Matter,” host Natasha Zouves sits down with prosecutor Matt Murphy, a legal powerhouse with a staggering record: 52 homicide trials, zero losses. Murphy has come face-to-face with some of the most dangerous people alive, including serial killers like Rodney Alcala, the so-called “Dating Game Killer.” Over nearly two decades in the Orange County DA’s elite Homic...

Professor Avi Loeb is back. A year after the acclaimed Harvard physicist sat down with Natasha Zouves for an interview that sparked more than half a million views, the UAP conversation has only gotten louder and more political. In this deep dive, Loeb breaks down President Trump’s UAP push, what “disclosure” could realistically look like, what the public should watch for next and why the evidence...

Investigators in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie are asking the public to focus closely on three specific windows of time: Jan. 11, Jan. 24 and the early morning hours of Feb. 1. In this episode of “The Truth of the Matter” podcast with Natasha Zouves, genetic genealogist CeCe Moore explains why identifying a second location could be critical in the Nancy Guthrie case — and what investigators m...

An 84-year-old woman disappears from her home, blood found on the doorstep. Foreign DNA is discovered inside the house, but it’s a mixed sample. And more than a month later, investigators still don’t have a suspect. In this episode of “The Truth of the Matter Podcast,” Natasha Zouves sits down with one of the most prominent genetic genealogists in the world, CeCe Moore, the forensic expert who has...

For Paul Cotter, being a firefighter wasn’t a job, it was a calling. Nearly three decades of running toward danger, including a three-alarm fire where he broke through two doors and crawled into an inferno to save a man trapped on the third floor. Then came a phone call from his doctor. Cancer. His wife, Diane Cotter, says she screamed when she found out. And she says, as Paul began to slip furthe...

WATCH THE FOREVER CHEMICAL EXPOS?, GROWING BROKE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIdCgjDoB1U Forever chemicals are now becoming so omnipresent, there’s a 97% chance these chemicals are already inside your body — and most Americans have no idea how they got there. In this follow-up episode of The Truth of the Matter Podcast, Natasha Zouves revisits the "Forever Chemical Scandal" with Sco...

What was supposed to be a short hospital stay turned into a nightmare that would follow one family for generations. 41-year-old Janet Stadt entered a hospital in Rochester, New York, seeking treatment for an ulcer. She never consented to becoming a human test subject. Yet in 1946, doctors secretly injected her with plutonium — a radioactive element used to build atomic bombs — to study how it beha...

MKUltra: A top-secret CIA program born in the Cold War, built around terrifying questions: can you control a human being? Can you delete and insert memories, break a mind, or make a person bend to your will? In this episode of The Truth of the Matter, Natasha Zouves sits down with Michael Evans of the National Security Archive — a man so committed to transparency he has spent his career hunting do...

They served in silence at one of the most secretive military ranges in America. Now they say they’re dying in the shadows — because the government still won’t acknowledge they were there. Congress quietly killed the one fix that could have helped America’s “Area 51 veterans” prove where they served — and get the care they say they’ve earned. WATCH the original NewsNation Area 51 Investigation: htt...

Pregnant women were handed a “vitamin drink” at a prestigious university clinic. No one told them it was radioactive. In this episode of “The Truth of the Matter,” Natasha Zouves sits down with attorney Donald Arbitblit, who helped expose how Vanderbilt University doctors secretly fed radioactive iron “cocktails” to hundreds of pregnant women in the 1940s — including Emma Craft and Helen Hutchinso...

What if the U.S. government secretly experimented on unsuspecting Americans – pregnant women, children, and hospital patients – using radioactive materials? In this episode of The Truth of the Matter, Natasha Zouves continues her conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Eileen Welsome, author of The Plutonium Files. Her groundbreaking reporting helped crack open a series of Cold War–era...

Eighteen Americans were secretly injected with plutonium without their knowledge or consent. The first was Ebb Cade, a healthy 55-year-old African American man in Tennessee. After a car accident in March 1945, he expected to have his broken bones set. Instead, he became a test subject. Scientists injected plutonium into his veins, then pulled his teeth and cut pieces of bone from his body to track...

In the 1950s and 60s, the U.S. Army sprayed a mystery fog over thousands of Americans who lived in a neighborhood in St. Louis. Mothers shut their windows against it, children ran through it. The Army later admitted the fog contained zinc cadmium sulfide, a chemical that contains cadmium — now a known human carcinogen. But to this day, the Army does not admit harm. Dr. Lisa Martino-Taylor , sociol...

From radioactive oatmeal fed to children, to pregnant women given radioactive cocktails, to chemical spraying over St. Louis, Dr. Martino-Taylor connects the dots and reveals how she believes these were not isolated incidents, but part of a program spun out of the Manhattan Project — marked by secrecy, deception, and the targeting of the most vulnerable. Dr. Lisa Martino-Taylor, sociologist, resea...

In this episode, “Truth of the Matter” host Natasha Zouves sits down with Jennifer Coffindaffer , a former FBI agent and counterintelligence and counter-terrorism expert. In this personal conversation, Coffindaffer shares the brutal, life-altering attack she survived as a college freshman — and how that trauma ignited a fire to protect others and seek justice, setting her on a path towards decades...

In this episode, “Truth of the Matter” host Natasha Zouves sits down with Simon Willison — pioneering technologist, co-creator of Django, and one of the most thoughtful voices in the world of Artificial Intelligence. As AI accelerates at breakneck speed, Willison helps us cut through the hype to confront the real stakes: Which jobs are most at risk in this new era, and which might actually thrive?...

In this episode, “Truth of the Matter” host Natasha Zouves sits down with outspoken advocate Erin Brockovich — environmental crusader, best selling author, and the woman whose fight for justice inspired an Oscar-winning film. In a deeply personal conversation, Brockovich opens up about the values her late father instilled in her — the roots of her resilience and sense of justice. She shares what i...

In this episode, "Truth of the Matter" host Natasha Zouve s is joined by Dr. Michio Kaku , renowned astrophysicist, futurist, and co-founder of string theory. Professor Kaku explores Elon Musk`s bold timeline to settle Mars and the extraordinary technologies that could make it possible, including satellites designed to melt the planet`s polar ice caps and create life-sustaining water, li...

Alef Aeronautics CEO Jim Dukhovny joins Natasha Zouves , host of “The Truth of the Matter,” for an electrifying deep dive into the future of the world’s first flying car. From concept to takeoff, Dukhovny breaks down how his team is rewriting the rules of transportation — and what it really takes to bring science fiction to life. NewsNation’s series “The Truth of the Matter" goes beyond the h...

In this NewsNation exclusive, two formerly incarcerated women — Windy Panzo and Cassandra Reyes — break their silence about the systemic abuse they say they suffered inside FCI Dublin, a federal prison so plagued by sexual misconduct it became known as “The Rape Club.” Panzo and Reyes share their experience with “The Truth of the Matter” host Natasha Zouves . Their stories reveal more than just in...

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio joins Natasha Zouves, host of “The Truth of the Matter,” for a no-holds-barred conversation about the state of the Democratic Party — and where it needs to go next. He weighs in on whether Kamala Harris should run again. Plus, he names potential top 2028 contenders, takes on the growing influence of Trump and Elon Musk, and shares hard-earned lessons from his own ti...