Here's What's Happening

By Kim Moffat

A daily news show; not to break news, but to break it down.

Put it into context.

Maybe even bring a little humor to it.

All in a couple of minutes.

Start the day stron

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The podcast currently has 719 episodes available.

Here's What's Happening episodes:

June 19, 2025 Is It Too Soon to Shout 2003?
The Trump administration is (maybe?) prepping for war in the Middle East as the Supreme Court strips rights from trans youth
Israel & Iran
-via Wall Street Journal, Politico, and CNN
Trans Rights in America
-via AP News and NBC News
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12min
June 18, 2025 I’m Allergic to Wasabi
As Israel and Iran trade fire, Trump fuels tensions with erratic threats, while a rare win for trans rights and legal battles at home highlight a tense, complicated week.

Israel/Iran
-via NY Times, CNN, AP News

Trump Block on Passport Law
-via Reuters

Lawmakers Arrested in New York
-via AP News

Update: Los Angeles
-via ABC News, CNN

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10min
June 17, 2025 Misunderstanding Numbers Is Contagious
A political assassination rocked Minnesota, No Kings protests surged nationwide, Israel and Iran escalated attacks, and Trump flailed at the G7—then launched a gold phone.

Political Assassinations in Minnesota
-via NPR, Justice.gov, 19th, AP News

No Kings
-via CNN, Axios, and Reuters

Israel v Iran
-via BBC, AP News,

Gee-7
-via CNN

Trump Mobile
-via ABC News
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13min
June 13, 2025 Asking for the Sky to Be Skittles
A deadly plane crash in India, LA remains under military occupation, Trump strips legal status from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, throws himself a military parade, and Israel strikes Iran as global tensions escalate.

Air India
- via BBC

No Kings
- via No Kings, AP News, CBS News, PBS News, CNN, and The Hill

Trump Pulls Legal Status for Immigrants
- via AP News

Israel in Iran
- via CBS News
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21min
June 12, 2025 The Magic of This Time
The U.S. edges closer to full police state mode in L.A., Israeli officers refuse to aid Gaza bombings, embassy staff flee the Middle East, and Rand Paul loses his picnic invite.

Update: Los Angeles
-via AP News, ABC News

Mahmoud Khalil
-via Axios

US Embassy Staff Removed
-via BBC

Israel Resistance
-via The Guardian

Sad Boi Rand
-via CNN
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13min
June 11, 2025 This Country Is a Protest
Los Angeles remains eerily normal under military occupation, as Trump stokes unrest, Congress members face charges, and the right targets same-sex marriage again.

Update: Los Angeles
-via AP News, CBS News

New Jersey House Rep Charged
-via CNN

Greta Thunberg
-via BBC

Austria Shooting
-via BBC

Southern Baptists v Obergefell
-via NY Times
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13min
June 10, 2025 No Evidence, Just Vibes
Protests escalate in Los Angeles as Trump calls for troops and chaos spreads, RFK Jr. purges the CDC’s vaccine advisory board, Israel intercepts an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg, and a judge drops the Baldoni lawsuit.

Update: Los Angeles
- via CNN and AP News

Israel Intercepts Aid Boat
- via NY Times

RFK Jr Kicks CDC Out
- via AP News

Judge Dismisses Baldoni Suit
- via Deadline
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11min
June 09, 2025 Let Them Fight
Trump and Elon Musk broke up in spectacularly petty fashion, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S. after a shameful deportation, and Trump’s travel ban and AP ban are both back in play.

Musk-Trump Feud
-via CNN

Kilmar Abrego Garcia
-via NY Times

2025 Travel Ban
-via BBC

AP Ban Back
-via Politico
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11min
June 09, 2025 Special Episode: We Are a Sanctuary City
This episode is all about the protests in Los Angeles and the Trump administration's dangerous reaction.
-via AP News, BBC, CBS News, CNN, The Guardian, NY Times, LA City, Politico, and The Independent
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13min
June 04, 2025 Take Yourself a Gander
Joni Ernst wants you to grasp your mortality, the FEMA director didn’t know about hurricane season, Elon Musk is going through it, Mike Johnson just wants a friend, Trump thinks Biden is a robot, and an Argentinian judge has had to step down. It’s all just too silly.

Joni Ernst
-via Washington Post, Politico, and MSNBC

Head of FEMA Surprised by Hurricane Season
-via CBS News

Elon Musk
-via NY Times and NY Times

The Girls Are Fighting
-via The Guardian

Trump’s Conspiracy Theories
-via Rolling Stone

Maradona Case
-via AP News
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december. - on Amazon
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22min

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