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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Signup to Generate a PitchWe'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?
How Is This Better? is hosted by COURIER. The show has published 47 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Inside the Mamdani Influencer Army (lol)" (26 October 2026, 27 minutes), "The Dystopian World of AI Relationships is Here" (18 September 2026, 27 minutes), and "I Was Right About Yosemite." (4 September 2026, 22 minutes).
How Is This Better? publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 47 episodes.
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COURIER hosts How Is This Better?, a society show with 47 episodes published.
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How Is This Better?
Akilah 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 different NY outlets, The New York Times...
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What 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 common phenomenon of AI intimacy, and why...
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After 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) sent a letter to 1000 probationary National...
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Ariana 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 discussion. Have GLP-1s reinforced a beauty...
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Hollywood 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, and whether the Hollywood dream still...
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Face 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 EdSurge, to get to the bottom of why no...
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It 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 hot-button issues of 2026. It's everywhere — in...
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<p>It seems like everyone is talking about AI. Because they are.<br>Across both sides of the aisle, whether you support it or you loathe it, AI is one of the most talked-about hot-button issues of 2026. It's everywhere...
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When 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 American history. But nearly a decade later...
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<p>When 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 American history.</p> <p>But nearly a...
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Today, 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 efforts to white-wash history have not gone...
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<p>Today, 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 efforts to white-wash history have not...
How Is This Better?
<p>A UFC fight on the White House lawn sounds like satire. But it's real.</p> <p>Before Ryan Broderick and Grant Irving of Panic World travel to Washington to attend the event, Akilah Hughes talks with them about what...
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<p>Long before Donald Trump entered politics, he understood professional wrestling.</p> <p>In this bonus conversation from How Is This Better?, Akilah Hughes sits down with writer and former WWE writer Dave Schilling to...
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<p>Akilah 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 Rights Act.</p> <p>Along the way, she...
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<p>Young voters — especially young men — are drifting to the right. At least, that’s the narrative dominating politics right now.</p> <p>But according to Elise Joshi, the head of More Perfect University, the bigger...
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<p>After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Erika Kirk tried to turn grief into political momentum. Instead, the internet turned the entire thing into a meme.</p> <p>Akilah Hughes talks with journalist Kat Tenbarge about...
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<p>What happens when fashion’s biggest night starts to look like a billionaire branding exercise?</p> <p>This week, we examine the growing influence of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos on the Met Gala—and what it...
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<p>The American healthcare system is sick. </p> <p>This week, Akilah talks with Abdul El-Sayed—physician, public health expert, and U.S. Senate candidate—about the structural problems at the heart of American...
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<p>Why have Democrats recently struggled to connect with working-class and rural voters – and what would it take to change that?</p> <p>Akilah Hughes talks with journalist John Russell about class politics in America...
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