Here's What's Happening

By Kim Moffat

Here’s What’s Happening is a daily news show — not to break the news, but to break it down.

Each episode puts the day’s biggest stories into context, cuts through the noise,

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The podcast currently has 817 episodes available.

Here's What's Happening episodes:

January 08, 2026 No Different Than a Traffic Ticket
An ICE killing in Minnesota leads the news as the US seizes two more oil tankers.
Minnesota
-via AP News
US Takes More Oil Tankers
-via NPR
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9min
January 07, 2026 Go Put More Hairspray on Your Head
Maria Corina Machado tempts Trump with a Nobel Prize as the U.S. slashes healthcare for kids and considers invading Greenland.
Venezuela
-via The Guardian, NBC News, and Yahoo News
Healthcare Cuts for Dems
-via NY Times
Lady News™️
-via Washington Post and NPR
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11min
January 06, 2026 Hey, Gimme Your Yard
Trump says we’re not at war, but Maduro’s in court claiming prisoner-of-war status — so what are we doing? Plus, Tim Walz drops out of the governor's race, and RFK Jr. drops vaccines from our bloodstream.

Maduro in Court
-via NY Times, ABC News, Axios

Vaccine Overhaul
-via Washington Post and CNN

Gov. Walz Drops Out of Reelection
-via CBS News
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14min
January 05, 2026 It’s Only a Matter of Time
Trump says the U.S. is running Venezuela, Rubio says we’re not, and America fumbles its way into empire-building. Plus, Trump sends the National Guard troops home, Berlin experiences a power outage, and a Swiss bar sees tragedy.

Update: Venezuela
-via AP News, Reuters, Axios, and CNN

Trump Sends National Guard Troops Home
-via NBC News

Berlin Power Outage
-via AP News

Swiss Bar Fire
-via NPR
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16min
January 03, 2026 Special Episode: Venezuela
The first episode of 2026 is.... a special episode. The news around Venezuela is breaking fast, so let's instead cover how on earth we got to where we are today.
-via CBS News, NBC News, CNN, Election Integrity Project, Amnesty International, AP News, and The Daily Beast
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24min
December 31, 2025 Take Only the Good Into 2026
A look back at 2025 — from Trump’s return and ICE raids to fires, courts, survivors, labor, and voters — not to catalog what broke, but to understand what held.
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28min
December 19, 2025 You, of the Long Ties
The year ends with a Trump speech full of lies, a looming hospital crisis over trans care, and the DOJ still stalling on Epstein files — plus fake plaques, of course.

Update: Brown University
-via CBS News

North Carolina Crash
-via CNN

Trump’s Presidential Address
-via ABC News and NY Times

Epstein Files
-via BBC

Transgender Care
-via NY Times

Laugh at Clowns
-via NBC News and AP News
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23min
December 18, 2025 El Oh El
Speaker Johnson loses control, Trump holds Venezuela hostage, Coach Beard finds proof of insurrection, and Congress finally checks Pete Hegseth — all while the Brown University shooter remains at large.

Update: Brown University
-via CNN

Health Care Vote
-via AP News and NY Times

Venezuelan Oil Tankers
-via Axios

Coach Beard Goes to Washington
-via NBC News
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15min
December 17, 2025 2001 Wants Its Vocab Back
Trump expands his travel ban, blocks healthcare votes, dodges questions on illegal boat strikes, and scrambles to fix a brutal Vanity Fair interview with his chief of staff — while fentanyl becomes the new WMD and Speaker Johnson continues to flounder.

Update: Brown University
-via NY Times

Trump Expands Travel Ban
-via AP News

Speaker Johnson Blocks Healthcare Vote
-via The Hill

Fentanyl and More Boat Attacks
-via BBC, Politico, and Politico

Political Hot Goss
-via Vanity Fair
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11min
December 16, 2025 Name Sounds Like a Simpson’s Prank Call to Moe’s
An update on the Brown University shooting, the collapse of Democrats’ healthcare gamble, new Epstein file releases, and the shocking murder of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.

Update: Brown University Shooting
-via AP News

Health Care Vote
-via ABC News

Epstein Files
-via BBC

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner
-via Washington Post and AP News
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10min

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