Axios Today Podcast
1) Big tech's fight with Washington
The CEOs of four of the most powerful companies in the world testified before Congress yesterday. While the hearing was supposed to be about anti-trust laws, it quickly devolved into a scattered displ...Show More
2) Phil Cousineau: Turning travel into pilgrimage
Niala Boodhoo walked nearly 80 miles along the Camino de Santiago this summer, an ancient Christian pilgrimage that's been meaningful for millions. A growing number of Americans—including non-Christia...Show More
3) Barak Ravid: Israel and Hamas closer to perpetual war than a ceasefire
Hundreds of thousands have been taking to the streets in Israel, ever since the bodies of six murdered Israeli hostages were found last week in a tunnel in Gaza. It marked an escalation by Hamas, Axio...Show More
4) Karthick Ramakrishnan: AAPI voters could tip the scales
Before Vice President Harris became the Democratic nominee, Asian American voters were unenthusiastic about then-candidate Biden. But Harris has since energized the fastest-growing voter group in the ...Show More
5) Shawn Fain: The fight against corporate greed
UAW President Shawn Fain got a coveted spot speaking opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to share his message of fighting against corporate greed. With one million active an...Show More
6) Viet Thanh Nguyen: Defiant storytellers and scholars of memory
Growing up an immigrant in the U.S., writer Viet Thanh Nguyen tried to make sense of the Vietnamese story. "There were these two very different versions of history and memory that were going around, a...Show More
7) Tim Heaphy and Sen. Eric Schmitt: Balancing safety and free speech in the public square
The last school year saw the First Amendment tested across college campuses. Protests over Israel's treatment of Gaza dominated headlines and disrupted commencements, while antisemitic and anti-Muslim...Show More
8) Kaitlyn Schiess: America's Bible-haunted history and the way ahead
Americans have long used the Bible to justify their politics. That's in part why today, younger Christians are rethinking their relationship to their faith, and the Bible's place in American political...Show More
9) Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei: A brand new presidential race
"Nothing, nothing, can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition." President Biden explained his move to the American people in an address Wednesday night. Now, a new ra...Show More
10) Alex Thompson: A newly unified GOP
Based on this week's Republican National Convention, the assassination attempt on former President Trump seems to have unified the GOP. Alex Thompson is national political correspondent for Axios, and...Show More