Vehicles traverse highways in El Paso, Texas, left, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, right, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez )

The Jackpod: Get out

President Trump has promised “the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.” On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the lessons and legacy of two mass deportations of the 20th century.

43:37Jan 25, 2025

Homes and trees destroyed by the Palisades Fire are seen along the coastline on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The broken home insurance market — in California and beyond

Many LA homeowners were dropped by their insurance companies a year before the fires. Is there a better way to make the insurance industry more affordable and sustainable?

46:55Jan 24, 2025

In this photo provided by the National Park Service, an eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (Janice Wei/NPS via AP)

Volcanologist Tamsin Mather on her 'adventures in volcanoland'

What's it like standing on the slopes of an active, erupting volcano? Volcanologist Tamsin Mather takes us on her journey to some of the world's biggest volcanoes.

46:54Jan 23, 2025

Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II greets delegates from the Fowler museum at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ghana, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

An African history of Africa with Zeinab Badawi

Everybody’s heard about Ancient Egypt. But just downriver, the kingdom of Kush was one of the most powerful states in the Nile valley. Sudanese-British journalist Zeinab Badawi gives us a...

47:15Jan 22, 2025

The U.S. flag flies at full staff at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, during the 60th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A new chapter in America's child welfare system

At the end of last year, Congress passed the largest overhaul of the nation’s child welfare system in more than 15 years. The reform includes more support for kinship care,...

47:26Jan 21, 2025

House Republicans applaud the election of Donald Trump, including Vice President-elect JD Vance, lower right, at a joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Republican Congress' 2025 agenda

The Republican legislative agenda is set to tackle tax cuts, increase border security, and open up American energy production. But how does the GOP aim to accomplish these goals?

47:10Jan 20, 2025

In this Wednesday, April 17, 2019, photo online customer reviews for a product are displayed on a computer in New York. Many online purchases are based on careful consideration of star ratings and product reviews left by complete strangers. Some 82% of U.S. adults say they at least sometimes read online customer ratings or reviews before purchasing items for the first time, according to a 2016 Pew Research Center survey. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

'Would you recommend this show to a friend?'

It seems like we're bombarded with customer surveys these days. Where are these surveys coming from -- and do they work?

46:52Jan 17, 2025

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Jackpod: Throughline

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on federal charges against Donald Trump for election interference in 2020; what has changed since then and what...

39:27Jan 17, 2025

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, visitors are silhouetted by the morning sun as they walk along the beach at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Young parents are often torn between two savings goals: college for their kids and their own retirement. There are strategies that can help satisfy both goals. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

The U.S. parental mental health crisis and what to do about it

The U.S. Surgeon General is ringing the alarm bell on parents' mental health. 48% of parents say most days their stress is completely overwhelming, nearly double what childless adults reported.

47:06Jan 16, 2025

FILE - Wind turbines work at sunset on a wind farm near Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday, May 16, to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

How Texas became America's clean energy leader

Of all the states in the country, Texas is the leader when it comes to wind and solar renewable energy. What lessons can we learn by looking to Texas?

47:00Jan 15, 2025

President Donald Trump, right, appears on Fox & Friends with co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

How the civil service system changed American government

The Pendleton Act of 1883 established a non-partisan civil service. President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll upend the law, firing non-partisan employees and replacing them with loyalists. We'll look at how...

47:20Jan 14, 2025

FILE - A smartphone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, temporarily blocked a lower court order curbing Biden administration efforts to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Does a picture prove anything anymore?

Millions of people now own smartphones where, with just a tap, you can erase people from pictures -- and even add AI generated content that never existed. What does this...

47:03Jan 13, 2025

Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who studies neural networks used in artificial intelligence applications, poses at Google's Mountain View, Calif, headquarters on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The ‘Godfather of AI’ says we can’t afford to get it wrong

Geoffrey Hinton is one of the world’s biggest minds in artificial intelligence. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. Where does he think AI is headed?

46:53Jan 10, 2025

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

The Jackpod: Casualties of war

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the causes and consequences of the U.S.’s decade-long war with ISIS and its impact on American democracy.

34:49Jan 10, 2025

'I thought I was doing something good': The scam that took Judith Boivin's life savings

Judith Boivin thought she was helping the FBI go after drug traffickers. But in reality she had fallen victim to an elaborate plot to rob her of her retirement savings....

47:31Jan 9, 2025

FILE - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

What you need to know about bird flu

A Louisiana resident has died from bird flu. Just as during the COVID outbreak, there's a lot of misinformation circulating about H5N1. We'll get a clear assessment on bird flu,...

47:23Jan 8, 2025

FILE-On this Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, file photo, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle prepares a book for digital scanning in San Francisco. Google and U.S. publishers settled a longstanding dispute over Google's book-scanning project Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Google already has scanned more than 20 million books. Publishers and authors sued, saying the project violated their copyrights. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

The Internet Archive is in danger

More than 900 billion webpages are preserved on The Wayback Machine, a history of humanity online. Now, copyright lawsuits could wipe it out.

47:00Jan 7, 2025

Protestors gather before Daniel Penny, the white veteran accused of choking a distressed Black subway rider to death, arrives for opening statements at the court in New York, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Kena Betancur)

Could mandating mental health care help the most vulnerable?

Brandon del Pozo says when it comes to the severely mentally ill, society has made a mistake prioritizing personal liberty over compassionate care. The former New York City police officer,...

47:22Jan 6, 2025

Members of the "Cayo" Cuban-American Youth Orchestra perform. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)

'Vivaldi smells like breakfast sausage'

Smell can trigger memories and influence emotions. New research is giving us insight into how that happens, including why some people can "smell" music and why losing the sense of...

47:27Jan 3, 2025

A Party City store is in Johnson City, New York, on Friday, December 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

The 'money ladies' financial guide for 2025

On Point’s 'money ladies' Michelle Singletary and Rana Foroohar are back to start 2025 with frank talk about the macro and micro of the American economy in a new year,...

47:16Jan 2, 2025