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If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysis on the big stories shaping today and the creeping trends shaping tomorrow—and when she doesn’t know the answers, she asks someone even smarter to fill us all in. Radical, right? New episodes Monday–Friday in your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. Being informed was never this easy.

Recent Episodes

Black Voters Spoke Out This Midterms. Will Dems Listen?

This Midterm cycle Black voter turnout rose in the Deep South. An example of this is in Mississippi, where votes are still being tallied in the U.S. Senate race. However, this trend was not demonstrated in Michigan, Illinois, or New York, based on what we know right now. On today’s show, Jane talks to Astead Herndon, host of “America Actually” and editorial director at Vox, about what we know about Black voters and their relationship with the Democratic Party.

31 MIN

Crooked Con: ‘Lawyer Up’ with Rep. Robert Garcia

Democrats have a clear mandate to check Donald Trump’s power. Where do you start? How do you investigate a president with full pardon power—and nothing left to lose? Jane Coaston hosts Rep. Robert Garcia, incoming House Oversight Chairman, to discuss holding Trump and corporate America accountable for this special Crooked Con edition of What A Day.

21 MIN

Crooked Con: Election Integrity

Our voting system has been under attack by President DonaldTrump and his cronies since 2020, and it’s up to us to protect the franchise — for everyone. Jane Coaston hosts Leah Greenberg of Indivisible, Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders, and former US Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta for this special Crooked Con edition of What A Day.

36 MIN

MAGApocalypse Now: It’s (Stephen) Miller Time

President Donald Trump named Stephen Miller his new White House Chief of Staff, bidding farewell to Susie Wiles and guardrails. This is Trump’s latest reaction to the MAGApocalypse, aka the Blunami, of Tuesday’s midterm election. On today’s show, Greg Walters talks to Miles Taylor, founder of defiance.org – a civic club focused on countering Trump’s abuses of power – and former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security during Trump’s first term, about how Trump just shook up his plans for the next two years.

27 MIN

Latino Voters' Rebuke of Trump

Most midterm voters said that President Donald Trump’s own policies had smothered growth and driven costs even higher, according to the AP Voter Poll. But how did those economic concerns resonate with Latino voters? On today’s show, Jane speaks with New Jersey Democratic Representative Rob Menendez, Vice Chair of Policy for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, about the Latino vote and what this week revealed. Show Notes: Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected]

23 MIN