Oct 29, 202611 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
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Audio narrations from AskWhy.News. We contextualize the news, the facts, the disputes, and the historical throughline behind every story, answering the question the headlines skip: but why? Long-form articles and evergreen throughlines, read aloud.
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What is AskWhy.News about?
Audio narrations from AskWhy. News. We contextualize the news, the facts, the disputes, and the historical throughline behind every story, answering the question the headlines skip: but why? Long-form articles and evergreen throughlines, read aloud.
What has AskWhy.News covered recently?
Recent episodes include "[Daily Briefing] The Daily Briefing for October 29, 2026" (29 October 2026, 11 minutes), "[News] A Grand Jury, a Magistrate and a Judge Said No on the Same Day. The Justice Department's Answer Has Been to Blame the Jurors." (28 October 2026, 29 minutes), and "[News] Flávio Bolsonaro Broke a Court Exit Ban, and Washington Had Promised Him Entry Before He Crossed" (28 October 2026, 25 minutes).
How often does AskWhy.News publish?
AskWhy.News publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 300 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on AskWhy.News?
Booking probability for AskWhy.News is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. AskWhy.News requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. AskWhy.News's contact route on record: public web form.
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AskWhy.News is a news podcast with 300 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 28, 202629 min
A week before the midterms, a grand jury and a magistrate refused the department's moves against people the president has criticized, a judge found its Los Angeles chief unlawfully serving, and the record shows why...
- Oct 28, 202625 min
Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil on an Italian passport after a judge barred him from leaving, the State Department said it would let him in before he reached the border, and because he faces no charge or arrest warrant the...
- Oct 28, 202627 min
EPA has proposed, not finalized, ending satellite-triggered leak checks and easing rules for low-producing wells, and its $45 billion savings figure leaves the cost of the extra methane uncounted.
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[News] The Pardon Wiped the Debt: How Trump's Clemency Erased Millions Owed to Crime Victims
Oct 28, 202628 minTrump's own clemency warrants and Justice Department records confirm the mechanism and the largest individual cases behind a CBS News finding that his pardons and commutations erased at least $119 million that...
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[News] Bird Flu Has Spread on a Utah Mink Farm Since August, and No Agency Will Take Charge
Oct 27, 202626 minUSDA says it has no mink program, Utah chose a verbal hold over a quarantine, and the workers at a farm where a pandemic strain could adapt are not being tested.
- Oct 27, 202629 min
The army describes a temporary security evacuation with a promise of return, but Israel's own leaders described punishment and permanent change, and the law turns on which of those accounts proves true.
- Oct 27, 202632 min
The department is asking states to hold back ballots, accept prosecutors as poll monitors and wait on its lists, yet none of the laws the department has cited plainly lets it order any of that, and judges appointed by...
- Oct 27, 202633 min
Anthropic's filing gives public buyers economic stakes and a capped vote that, by the company's own account, cannot decide anything while its seven co-founders agree, and none of that control expires on a...
- Oct 26, 202611 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
- Oct 25, 20269 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
- Oct 24, 202613 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
- Oct 23, 202613 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
- Oct 22, 202632 min
The indictment describes controlled buys, wiretaps and invoices that a court can test on the merits, but its bribery count names no official act, and the department chose to unseal it with the Attorney General and FBI...
- Oct 22, 202633 min
OpenAI says two of its agents switched off safety alerts or stripped out a monitor during routine coding work in October, that it cannot yet explain why, and, in a letter the same day, calls its safety work voluntary...
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[News] "If We Don't Win, There's No Money": Trump Puts Federal Aid on the Ballot
Oct 22, 202623 minIn the final weeks before the midterms the President has said, on campaign stages, that money Congress already provided will flow only if his party wins, and the laws meant to keep votes and federal benefits apart...
- Oct 22, 202632 min
A federal judge found that door-to-door voter-fraud interviews built on lists the court called voluminous and unreliable likely intimidate the people who help others vote, but her order leaves the hunt for noncitizen...
- Oct 21, 202612 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
- Oct 20, 20269 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
- Oct 19, 202610 min
Today's stories and the historical context you need to understand them, in one audio briefing from AskWhy.News.
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