Episode 103

Year 2025Episode 103180 minDec 28, 2025
Episode 103

It has been a record-breaking year for Congress, but not in the way they would hope. Guest host Melissa Murray is joined by Molly Jong-Fast and Steve Benen on the way the institution of Congress has fallen in 2025; plus, Dr. Uche Blackstock on how America's healthcare system broke in 2025; and Brad Lander and Maria Hinojosa on how the strength of communities coming together in collective responsibility for their neighbors is challenging the Trump administration's anti-immigrant propaganda machine.

Looking ahead to the 2026 midterms, the party of Trump's infighting and discontent have reached a fever pitch. Guest host Melissa Murray is joined by former Republican Congressmen David Jolly and Joe Walsh on where Republicans go from here; Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser discusses the lawsuit by 19 states that HHS of overstepping its authority in its latest salvo against gender affirming care for minors; and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Michele Goodwin comment on a "very bad year" for women's health.

Guest host Melissa Murray is joined by John Fabian Witt, who talks about his argument in the New York Times that 2025 was the year Americans' shared belief in process collapsed - and the historical example from his new book about how it can be rebuilt; plus former Congressman Denver Riggleman and Dean Obeidallah on Speaker Mike Johnson's broken Congress; and Dr. Uche Blackstock on the power of politics over the public good that has invaded American healthcare.

Episode 103 has aired on Dec 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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