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10 Things That are DEFINITELY Worse Since Trump 2.0
10 Things That are DEFINITELY Worse Since Trump 2.0
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We're constantly bombarded by grifters who claim to have all the solutions. From Donald Trump promising to "make America great" to tech bros who say they're making the world a "better place." Akilah Hughes has had enough. She's finally asking...How Is This Better?
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- 10 Things That are DEFINITELY Worse Since Trump 2.0 · 23 minSince Trump took office (again) in January 2025, pretty much EVERYTHING has gone downhill. And it seems like the administration even knows it. "Give us another chance, or give us…
- Inside the Mamdani Influencer Army (lol) · 27 minAkilah Hughes sits down with Cassie Willson to unpack the (media manufactured?) controversy over Zohran Mamdani’s influencer strategy,. Akilah and Cassie were both mentioned by…
- Gambling took over sports. Now what? · 25 minDenny Carter joins me to break down the wave of gambling in sports – from the scores, to the stats, to the moment-to-moment plays. We also talk about prediction markets and…
- The Dystopian World of AI Relationships is Here · 27 minWhat happens when AI starts to feel like something you can talk to... confide in even? Akilah Hughes talks to tech and culture podcaster Bridget Todd about the surprisingly…
- I Was Right About Yosemite. · 22 minAfter you watch/listen to this, check out this video from Aidin Robbins. Original description: Last year, Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…
- Ariana Grande, Ozempic, and the End of Body Positivity · 18 minAriana Grande has asked everyone to stop talking about her body. But now everyone is just talking about… how we shouldn’t talk about her body. Perhaps we’re missing the larger…
- Inside Hollywood's Not-So-Secret Hideout · 24 minHollywood used to feel like a place where anything could happen. Akilah Hughes talks to Stinson Carter about the strange magic of 2000s Hollywood, the Chateau Marmont, Entourage…
- How Love Island Exposed the American Literacy Crisis · 17 minFace it: Americans have a literacy problem. Host Akilah Hughes is joined by Oliver Speaks, author of the memoir Unread and literacy advocate, and Lauren Coffey, a journalist with…
- Does Shaming AI Users Actually Work? · 27 minIt seems like everyone is talking about AI. Because they are.Across both sides of the aisle, whether you support it or you loathe it, AI is one of the most talked-about…
- We Stopped Talking About Gun Control – The Shootings Never Stopped · 28 minWhen students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School launched March For Our Lives after the Parkland shooting, they helped spark one of the largest youth-led movements in…
- Erasing Jackie Robinson (REPLAY) · 27 minToday, we are sharing an episode we first-aired a year ago (nearly to the day). Back then, Trump and his administration would not stop saying "DEI" as if it were a slur. Their…
- The Real Reason UFC at the White House Matters · 49 minA UFC fight on the White House lawn sounds like satire. But it's real. Before Ryan Broderick and Grant Irving of Panic World travel to Washington to attend the event, Akilah…
- How Wrestling Ruined Politics Forever (BONUS) · 40 minLong before Donald Trump entered politics, he understood professional wrestling. In this bonus conversation from How Is This Better?, Akilah Hughes sits down with writer and…
- Voting Rights Were Gutted. I Went to Alabama to See What We Can Do About It. · 20 minAkilah Hughes travels to Selma and Montgomery, Alabama for “All Roads Lead to the South,” a national day of action responding to the Supreme Court’s latest attack on the Voting…
- School’s Out. Campus Political Wars Are Just Beginning · 30 minYoung voters — especially young men — are drifting to the right. At least, that’s the narrative dominating politics right now. But according to Elise Joshi, the head of More…
- Erika Kirk's Rise to Power · 40 minAfter Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Erika Kirk tried to turn grief into political momentum. Instead, the internet turned the entire thing into a meme. Akilah Hughes talks with…
- How the Met Gala Lost the Plot · 36 minWhat happens when fashion’s biggest night starts to look like a billionaire branding exercise? This week, we examine the growing influence of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos…
- RFK, Beef Tallow, and the Collapse of American Healthcare · 28 minThe American healthcare system is sick. This week, Akilah talks with Abdul El-Sayed—physician, public health expert, and U.S. Senate candidate—about the structural problems at…
- Class Solidarity Could Change Everything · 37 minWhy have Democrats recently struggled to connect with working-class and rural voters – and what would it take to change that? Akilah Hughes talks with journalist John Russell…
- How Mormons Captured Pop Culture · 33 minMormonism is having a pop culture glow-up. But did it happen by accident? In this episode, Akilah Hughes digs into the rise of Mormon influencers, the explosion of “MomTok,” and…
