Yesterday

Saving your bacon: healthy-eating policy evolves

Decades of messaging have not worked, so governments are trying new ways to get citizens to eat well, from scary labelling to taxing the junkiest foods. Will it work? The death of a plague researcher in Russia is made more mysterious by the government’s resolute lack of transpare ... Show More

24m 42s

Oct 8

Valley of the shadow of debt: bond-market jitters

Bond yields across the rich world keep ticking up. We take a global look at where the risks are mounting most, and just how much worry is warranted. What might have once seemed fanciful is becoming real: delivering daylight to dark parts of the world using mirrors in space. And t ... Show More

21m 39s

Oct 7

Gilets jeunes? France’s school protests

What started as a small protest about conditions of a school and of schooling has mushroomed, and tapped into national anxieties that may prove hard to tame. In the context of the “Cornell 7” case we examine Title IX, the statute that should protect students—but that is failing. ... Show More

19m 36s

Nov 2025

Recall of duty? Trump’s tariffs in court

Just as soon as President Donald Trump started applying sweeping tariffs on trading partners, legal challenges to them started piling up. We listen in on the Supreme Court proceedings that might end them. America’s gender gap in labour-force participation is growing for the first ... Show More

25m 15s

Nov 2025

Supreme Court Weighs Trump’s Tariffs And The Limits Of Presidential Power

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week about whether President Trump overstepped the limits of his power when he implemented widespread tariffs to address trade deficits. We discuss what both sides argue and the potential ramifications of the court striking down the presiden ... Show More

17m 8s

Nov 2025

SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Trump Tariffs

Today's show begins as we've been listening to live Supreme Court arguments over President Trump's authority to impose tariffs without Congress's approval. The president has been using a national emergency law to do so. Our analysis begins with American legal scholar Steve Vladec ... Show More

32m 10s

Sep 2025

President Trump Asks Supreme Court To Uphold Tariffs

President Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold his authority to issue tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. We discuss the implications of a possible ruling — if the court strikes down his tariffs and if it says Trump’s tariffs are legal.This ... Show More

15m 42s

Oct 2025

From Washington: SCOTUS To Decide On Tariff Policy, Transgender Sports & More As New Term Begins

Several high-profile cases are on the docket as the supreme court returns from summer recess, many of which will provide a definitive ruling on whether President Trump overstepped the boundaries of his executive powers by ordering wide-ranging tariffs. FOX News Senior National Co ... Show More

33m 26s

Feb 2025

Tariffs, court battles, research limbo and agritourism

Donald Trump says he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. Federal judges have delivered a string of decisions blocking Trump policies over the last week, at the start of a looming showdown with the rule of law for the White House. Scient ... Show More

12m 44s

May 2025

Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown

The US Court of International Trade ruled that Donald Trump’s so-called fentanyl and Liberation Day tariffs constituted executive overreach. Now what? Artificial intelligence is on a wild ride through a well-known hype cycle—and is arriving at a “trough of disillusionment” (8:49) ... Show More

23m 15s

Nov 2025

Will Trump’s Tariffs Survive the Supreme Court?

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could reverse President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, and potentially upend the central piece of his economic policy. WSJ’s James Romoser breaks down the case on both sides and explains why some conservative justices ... Show More

25m 11s

Feb 2025

Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs On China

First: Trade war. Trump slaps sweeping new tariffs on American adversaries and friends. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on what it means for you. Plus: The political blowback and another dizzying week. Trump unveils a strict hiring freeze and FBI purge and a botched fund ... Show More

41m 7s