CNN One Thing Podcast
1) The Supreme Court Enters the Debate Over Transgender Athletes
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in a case that could decide whether states may ban transgender students from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. It come...Show More
2) Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Do The Oil Companies?
After US forces executed the stunning seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Máduro, President Donald Trump said American companies would work to rebuild Venezuela’s crumbling oil industry. But energy e...Show More
3) The US Captured Maduro. Now What?
Early Saturday morning, US forces struck targets in Caracas and abducted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to face new drugs and weapons charges in New York. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said the ...Show More
4) Our Politics Have Never Been So Toxic. So Why Do We Love Political TV?
If you binge-watched “The Diplomat” or “Death by Lightning” this year, you’re not alone. These politics-centric dramas have united audiences at a time when real-life politics can feel toxic and fractu...Show More
5) Trump Claims He's Winning. Are Americans Buying It?
President Donald Trump’s second term has been norm-busting and extraordinarily consequential, but cracks are starting to form in Trump’s base. As 2025 comes to a close, we take stock of whether his po...Show More
6) What Rob Reiner Meant to America
The killing of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner has shocked Hollywood and movie fans alike. What made his films timeless? And what does his political activism say about our current moment...Show More
7) States Want to Write The Rules of AI. Trump Won’t Let Them.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence, arguing that a “single national framework” will help boost ...Show More
8) What The Battle Over Warner Bros. Means for You
Netflix has a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s (CNN’s parent company) Hollywood assets. Paramount thinks they have a better offer for the entire business and is hoping to have President Donald Tru...Show More
9) Understanding Trump's Seismic Assault on Legal Immigration
Green card holders. Refugees. Asylum seekers. Even naturalized citizens. Fear and confusion are gripping immigrants of all stripes across the country as President Donald Trump expands his restrictions...Show More
10) Did US Forces Commit a War Crime in the Caribbean?
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for investigations into reports that the Trump administration carried out second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat off the coast of Ven...Show More