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Brooks and Capehart on Trump and Vance clashing with Pope Leo

2026/04/17

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump claiming Iran has "agreed to everything" in talks with the U.S. and is suspending its nuclear program, Trump publicly feuding with Pope Leo and two lawmakers resigning from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on Trump's mental acuity and unpredictability

2026/04/10

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, President Trump's mental acuity after his threats to wipe out a civilization and two prominent Democrats say they are considering running for president in 2028. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on the cost of the Iran war and Trump's strategy

2026/04/03

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the political debate over the war in Iran, reaction to President Trump's address on the conflict, Trump's economic policies and the latest No Kings protests. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Marcus on voters fed up with gridlock in Congress

2026/03/27

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Ruth Marcus of The New Yorker join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including the collapse of a deal to end the partial government shutdown and more fallout from the war in Iran. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on Trump struggling to contain economic fallout of Iran war

2026/03/20

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the war in Iran stretching on for almost a month and President Trump struggling to contain the economic fallout. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on Trump's mixed signals on the Iran war

2026/03/13

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump delivering conflicting messaging on when the war in Iran could end, attacks in the U.S. prompt a wave of anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric and the GOP's push to pass the SAVE Act. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on Trump's decision to launch strikes on Iran

2026/03/06

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the U.S. war on Iran and President Trump's decision to launch those attacks and the jobs report adding to economic uncertainty in the U.S. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on the Senate primaries in Texas

2026/02/27

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Republican and Democratic Senate primaries in Texas, the reaction to President Trump's State of the Union and the Paramount buyout of Warner Bros. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on the tariff ruling and Trump's attacks on Supreme Court justices

2026/02/20

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Supreme Court's tariff ruling, President Trump's attacks on the justices, the first meeting of the Board of Peace and reflections on Rev. Jesse Jackson after his passing. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on what's next as ICE leaves Minnesota

2026/02/13

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the Trump administration pulling ICE back from Minnesota, European leaders reckoning with a new world order and parts of the U.S. government are about to shut down, again. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on Trump forcing allies to reevaluate ties with U.S.

2026/01/23

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's remarks in Davos forcing Western leaders to reevaluate their relationship with the U.S. and escalating tensions over the ongoing immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on Trump's threats against Minnesota and Greenland

2026/01/16

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act against protests in Minnesota, Trump's meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and his continued threats to take over Greenland. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on the response to the Minnesota ICE shooting

2026/01/09

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by an ICE agent, the removal of Nicolas Maduro and fresh signals of the Trump administration's emerging vision of U.S leadership. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Capehart on chances of Ukraine-Russia talks leading to peace in 2026

2026/01/02

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including if Russia's invasion of Ukraine will end in 2026, President Trump issuing the first vetoes of his second term and their political predictions for the year. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Brooks and Atkins Stohr on Trump's return and its impact on the country

2025/12/26

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join William Brangham to discuss the year in politics, including President Trump's return to the White House and the significant changes from his first term. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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Kris Lah 2026/02/28

Total Respect for Mr. Capehart and Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks I think you are an extremely intelligent man, but liberal media? Seriously? That is a republican talking point and not backed by facts. You...

Mac an tSionnaigh 2026/03/07

What’s The Point!

I used to enjoy listening to the opinions of David Brooks for some reason. Now he’s just another talking head talking nonsense.

Sense Counseling LLC 2025/12/28

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Millennial Reviewer 1988 2026/02/11

Uploads

Why haven’t the last two weeks of airings been uploaded? Love the show.

Zachary Fisk 2025/03/01

Curious

Jonathan was noticeably silent after David rightly bashed Bezos and the WashPo for bending its knee for Trump

L C Kelly 2025/12/01

Concerning

Capehart’s final word on the Nov 28th show should deeply concern all of us. I don’t support the language and demonization that comes from MAGA. But Ca...

El Gipo 2025/05/11

Moral Superiority

I look forward to listening every Friday evening to this segment. But, the host’s comments on Friday, May 9 about Republicans not living the message o...

Qwertiop8 2025/03/15

Please replace Capehart / rotate panel

The Newshour itself is pretty reliably good quality - but ever since Capehart replaced Shields, this segment has been nothing short of painful He d...

DDN25 2025/01/05

A Model of Civility

Every member of Congress, the Administration and all party leaders should be mandated to watch and learn from Brooks and Capehart deliver constructive...

AintWhatIUsedToBe 2025/01/27

Good grief!

This usually worthwhile pod allowed a really embarrassing thing to be said last week. The National Environmental Policy. Act, a landmark but often bu...

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