1) WNBA — Who gets the cake? Missed deadlines mean “status‑quo” is back in style. We break down the league’s $1M‑base (70% of net) offer vs. the players’ 30% of gross demand, unpack what “expenses” could strip from paychecks, and explain why the salary‑cap limbo could push 2026 off the table. Tune in for snarky takes on sports labor, collective bargaining, and who really eats the frosting — WNBA, players union, salary cap.

2) Tariff Theater — When trade policy becomes a slow‑motion farce. After 2025 levies, companies swallowed costs, hiring stalled, and unemployment ticked to 4.4%; we trace how tariffs hollowed out investment, who’s paying (workers), and what a potential Supreme Court ruling could unleash. Listen for a clear, investigative take on tariffs, jobs, trade policy, and the economic fallout.

3) The Existential Crisis Hour — Patti Smith, Anderson Cooper, and a frozen ad. We sit with grief’s big questions as Patti and Anderson name loss, and riff on how a buffering ad becomes a brutal, modern metaphor for interruption and patience. Honest, funny, heartbreaking — tune in for a tender conversation about memory, media, and being interrupted; grief, Patti Smith, Anderson Cooper.

4) Naming Grief Like a Weapon — Operation Hawkeye Strike unpacked. We examine the US strike on Syria named after two Iowa soldiers, the logic of “precision” munitions, and how naming loss normalizes perpetual military action. Hard‑hitting and somber, this episode traces policy, PR, and the human cost of escalation — Syria, military strike, veterans.

5) Our Collective Nightmare — When Little Havana stories shape US policy. We trace how exile politics, nostalgia, and local grievances helped pave the path to dramatic foreign interventions like the Maduro takeaway, and ask who pays for politically repackaged revenge. Listen for a sharp, critical look at exile politics, foreign policy, and the moral price of spectacle.