Desi Lydic dives into Trump’s ominous “big announcement,” the president renames the Persian Gulf, another US fighter jet falls off an aircraft carrier, and kids swap tariff-priced Barbies for the promise of economic freedom.
In honor of the conclave, Lewis Black sounds off on the Vatican's mysterious process to select a new pope, including this year’s parlay options, the surprising number of cardinals taking lessons from the Oscar-nominated "Conclave" film, and the merch being sold to incompetent tourists.
John Green, an award-winning author and global healthcare reform advocate, sits down to discuss his No. 1 New York Times bestseller, “Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection.” He explains how a 2019 visit to a TB hospital in Sierra Leone inspired the book, why tuberculosis persists despite having a cure for the disease since the 1950s, how DOGE cuts are affecting global aid and the need for political will, and the infection's connection to everything, from the cowboy hat to weighted vests.