What A Day

1,300 episodes · 6 with AI analysis

If you’re looking for hype, fake outrage, and groupthink, kindly keep moving. Our mission at What a Day is simple: to be your guide to what truly matters each morning (and the fun stuff you might have missed) in just 20 minutes. Host Jane Coaston brings you in-depth reporting and substantive analysis on the big stories shaping today and the creeping trends shaping tomorrow—and when she doesn’t know the answers, she asks someone even smarter to fill us all in. Radical, right? New episodes at 5:00 a.m. EST, Monday–Friday in your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. Being informed was never this easy.

AI Intelligence · across all analyzed episodes

People · top 20

Companies · top 17

Bilt Oil companies ExxonMobil CNBC Wall Street hedge funds Environmental Protection Agency Shell BetterHelp S&P Global Market Intelligence Big Pharma For-profit utility companies Shopify Netflix Heartland Institute Department of Homeland Security Pew Research Center The Guardian

Topics · top 10

Windfall Profit Taxes on Oil Companies×2Democratic Affordability Agenda 2026Congressional Progressive Caucus Policy PlatformUtility Bill Regulation and Corporate ProfitsChild Care Cost CapsOvertime Pay ReformTrump Economic Promises vs. DeliveryWorker Trust and Democratic MessagingIran-U.S. Military TensionsStrait of Hormuz Blockade

Analyzed Episodes

May 6, 2026

Can Democrats Sell Affordability?

Democratic Affordability Agenda 2026Congressional Progressive Caucus Policy PlatformUtility Bill Regulation and Corporate Profits

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Apr 22, 2026

Donald Trump Boosts Renewable Energy (By Accident)

Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Coal Plant PreservationRenewable Energy Investment and Market CompetitionEnergy Independence vs Global Oil Market Dynamics

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Feb 10, 2026

Epstein Files Cause Ripples Across The Pond

Epstein Files and Political AccountabilityUK Government Leadership CrisisPeter Mandelson Appointment Scandal

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Feb 11, 2026

ICE Warns It’s ‘Only Getting Started’

EPA Endangerment Finding RepealClimate Policy RollbackGreenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation

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Feb 12, 2026

Bondi's DOJ Fails Again

DOJ Weaponization Against Political OpponentsSedition Prosecution and First Amendment ProtectionsEpstein Investigation and Cover-Up Allegations

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Feb 13, 2026

Democrats Shut Down DHS

Department of Homeland Security Funding and Partial Government ShutdownImmigration Enforcement and ICE OperationsTrump Tariffs and Congressional Opposition

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