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Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history and the human condition. No topic is too complicated or off the table. It’s all On Point.

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Terry Tempest Williams writes about finding beauty in unexpected places, animals, plants, memories and moments. She shows us how to do that in today's increasingly chaotic world.

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How to find glory in the ordinary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the moral character of American leaders from George Washington to Donald Trump and what that means for the moral character of the nation.

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The Jackpod: The power of example and the example of power

The gas pump is just the first place you’ll pay more because of the U.S.-Israel-Iran war. How might commodities, financial markets, fertilizer and food also be impacted?

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How big will the Iran war price shock be?

Iran’s strategy, according to experts, is to keep widening the war with the U.S. and Israel and make it last as long as possible. Why?

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Why Iran wants a long war

Military rules of engagement exist to specify 'who' and 'what' can be attacked. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is fighting Iran without "stupid" rules of engagement. So, what rules are American forces following?

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Is the U.S. fighting a war without rules?

The Trump administration has a $38 billion plan to convert commercial warehouses into massive detention centers for people facing deportation. Inside the Trump administration's massive expansion of detention facilities around the country.

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Who will profit off of ICE’s new detention warehouses?

'KPop Demon Hunters' is one of the biggest movies on Netflix. It’s also an Oscar nominee that’s spawned chart-topping singles. How K-pop and K-culture became an irresistible global phenomenon.

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Why 'KPop Demon Hunters' is everywhere

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the corrupting influence of the president’s power to wage war, and the failure of the 1973 War Powers Resolution to check that power.

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The Jackpod: The founders’ worst fears

The U.S. added some 130,000 jobs in January. Almost all of those jobs were in just one sector: Health care. Why aren’t jobs growing anywhere else?

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The one thing driving U.S. job growth

U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader along with other top Iranian security officials. But Iran experts say that the Islamic Republic will not fall so quickly. What to know about the deep-rooted infrastructure of the Iranian regime.

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Why regime change in Iran isn't so simple

After months of wrangling, the U.S. and the EU have reached a trade agreement. The EU made big compromises, like a 15% tariff on most EU exports. How will the deal affect Americans?

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What the U.S.-EU trade deal means for you

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