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Make It Make Sense

The Washington Post

We’re making sense of an increasingly complex world through reporting, interviews and expert analysis. Join us every weekday.

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69 episodes

  1. Why voters rejected Trump in the midterms 26:41
  2. Kate Tolo: It took 10 years for me to get a diagnosis 34:51
  3. Nicholas Eberstadt: Can America survive population decline? 32:37
  4. Kat Timpf: The right has an affordability problem 36:39
  5. Brian Schimpf: Drone warfare is changing everything 44:44
  6. Andy Beshear: Why Democrats need to talk about God again 44:36
  7. Jared Polis: Why school choice is a no brainer 23:21
  8. Should America ban superintelligent AI? | Ro Khanna 45:24
  9. Is crime really down? 32:57
  10. Jason Oppenheim: L.A.’s mansion tax is a disaster 37:27
  11. Why a former Democratic operative thinks the party needs a reckoning 34:14
  12. Mayor Daniel Lurie on how San Francisco got back on track 27:23
  13. Will the AI bubble break American politics? 35:37
  14. Why the right is fighting about $20 burritos 27:11
  15. Democrats have a 2028 problem 34:46
  16. John Fetterman’s warning to the Democratic Party 33:30
  17. How conspiracy theories took over 32:47
  18. Why Democrats Keep Losing Working-Class Voters | Ruy Teixeira 38:35
  19. Michael Knowles on why the left's populist rebrand won't work 35:49
  20. Fareed Zakaria: Is America losing the world? 30:45
  21. Did DEI break colleges? 37:21
  22. How can California be saved? Ask Steve Hilton. 29:01
  23. Newsom has pushed California to a tipping point 35:05
  24. Why have political double standards gotten worse? 32:05
  25. Why doesn’t Europe have AC? 31:24
  26. Does the right have a cancel culture problem? 34:14
  27. Why are marriage rates falling? 26:58
  28. Social Media Is Making Girls Unhappy | Freya India 33:49
  29. Is the president too powerful? A constitutional scholar weighs in. 34:08
  30. Inside Ukraine’s fight to survive 33:16
  31. Is this the Democratic tea party? | Liam Donovan 36:11
  32. Who is winning the AI battle? 26:35
  33. Did Trump achieve his goals in Iran? 34:30
  34. What happens next in Iran? 24:29
  35. Why Gen Z hates capitalism 30:38
  36. Did Trump make America’s 250th about himself? 27:33
  37. Are Graham Platner's scandals helping him? 21:15
  38. D.C. has a ‘teen takeover’ problem 30:35
  39. Was Trump’s ‘weaponization fund’ doomed from the start? 37:06
  40. Did Trump win the late-night comedy battle? 28:44
  41. What happens in California after Gavin Newsom? 29:27
  42. Is America a Christian nation? A conversation with Bishop Barron. 28:23
  43. What's behind Zohran Mamdani's mass appeal? 25:22
  44. Why data centers don't deserve so much hate 50:16
  45. Will the Ukraine war force Putin's exit? 21:53
  46. What Thomas Massie's loss means for MAGA 19:15
  47. Why Bernie Sanders is wrong about Sweden 26:25
  48. Graham Platner is forcing Dems to change 32:46
  49. Has the U.S. lost the Iran war? 52:00
  50. Should you be worried about hantavirus? 46:10