Undercurrents

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s contentious confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Inez Stepman joins Emily to argue that Trump’s blizzard of executive actions and budget cuts is the “revolution” Republicans promised their voters for years and never delivered. Stepman says Trump is firmly within his constitutional authority to reign in the power of the bureaucracy. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to Karoline Leavitt’s first White House press briefing. Watch it on the Undercurrents website: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Listen to the podcast: https://shows.acast.com/undercurrents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Geoffrey Cain, policy director of the Tech Integrity Project and author of The Perfect Police State, joins Emily to discuss the rise of DeepSeek. Cain reacts to news of plunging tech stocks and makes the case for Trump’s Stargate announcement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Juan David Rojas joins Emily to analyze Trump’s feud with Colombian President Gustavo Petro over migrant deportations. Rojas argues that Trump’s easy win could backfire down the road if Colombia starts turning more to China. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Head to http://lumen.me/UNDERCURRENTS for 20% off your purchase. Independent journalist Zaid Jilani joins Emily to argue that Democrats should work with Republicans and Donald Trump. Jilani argues the two parties share enough overlap that bipartisan projects are achievable in the months ahead. Hosted on...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Carl Cannon, Washington bureau chief at RealClearPolitics, joins Emily to reflect on whether the media will change its strategy during Trump’s second term in office. Cannon also explains why the cultural energy around Trump’s return to Washington rivals the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s. Hosted on Acas...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Shelby Talcott, White House reporter at Semafor, joins Emily to share what sources inside Trump world are saying about Vivek Ramaswamy’s exit from DOGE. Talcott explains how the White House intends DOGE to support its mission of making massive spending cuts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Emily reacts to new video of Donald Trump replying when asked by journalists what he made of Bishop Mariann Budde's decision to confront him in a prayer at the National Cathedral on Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Head to http://lumen.me/UNDERCURRENTS for 20% off your purchase Sohrab Ahmari joins Emily with reporting from inside the arena during Donald Trump's inauguration. Ahmari reveals how Trump's biggest supporters reacted to his earliest moments of his second presidency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ James Billot joins Emily to break down Donald Trump’s major policy decisions on Day 1 of his second administration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Joshua Treviño joins Emily to explain what Donald Trump’s Day 1 immigration policies actually mean. Treviño specifically weighs in on the designation of drug cartels as terrorist groups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ James Pogue joins Emily to share his first hand experience walking through the devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires. Pogue sheds light on the environmental debate and explains why many of the partisan narratives are lacking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Head to http://lumen.me/UNDERCURRENTS for 20% off your purchase Chloe Cole joins Emily to discuss her experience being medically transitioned between the ages of 13 and 16. Cole, who is featured in a new Daily Wire documentary called “Identity Crisis,” shares her perspective as a detransitioned activist...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to an exchange between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Scott Bessent during Bessent’s confirmation hearing for Treasury secretary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Ryan Grim and Said Arikat join Emily to weigh in on breaking news of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza. Grim and Said share inside information from their sources on the ground to shed light on why the two sides were finally able to reach a deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to Pam Bondi’s confirmation hearing, arguing Trump’s DOJ nominee is likely to be confirmed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Welcome to Undercurrents, our daily news show from UnHerd’s Washington Bureau. Today’s guest is Nick Cleveland-Stout, who explores all the ways that dark money sloshes around D.C's military-industrial think tank complex. Subscribe here, wherever you get your podcasts, and at Undercurrents.tv for the ful...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Emily reacts to Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services committee, explaining why Democrats failed to ask the right questions of Trump’s nominee to head up the Pentagon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Leighton Woodhouse joins Emily to explain why the horrific wildfire crisis in California, despite what partisans now argue, was an inevitability. Woodhouse says Californians inherited residential development that amounts to a “tinderbox” because of the natural environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Ashley Frawley joins Emily to explain what Justin Trudeau’s resignation means for Canada, the U.S., and the West more broadly. Frawley argues the left and right remain obsessed with identity politics, questioning whether anyone is left to truly defend freedom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Head to http://lumen.me/UNDERCURRENTS for 20% off your purchase Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Emily to flesh out her recent argument that Elon Musk turned attention to Britain’s grooming gang scandal on X as a way to distract from his feud with populists like Steve Bannon over foreign workers. Batya explores...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Charlie Peters of GB News joins Emily to react after Parliament rejected an amendment that would establish a new national inquiry into the grooming gang scandal. Peters, whose bombshell coverage has been shared by Elon Musk and many others, sheds light on how the scandal happened, what we know about the...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Sohrab Ahmari joins Emily to share his personal experience battling Meta’s factcheckers. After Mark Zuckerberg admitted Meta’s policies led to censorship, Ahmari argues the change is good but could mean continued collusion between oligarchs and partisans.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/ Matthew Mehan joins Emily to dive deep on the philosophical underpinnings of retribution. Mehan argues that while Trump must prove ‘there is a cost’ for corruption, he must also prove those efforts aren’t merely ‘payback’ to avoid descending into a banana republic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...