On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

4845 - The bored and the beautiful: How the smartphone killed boredom

Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history and the human condition. No topic is too complicated or off the table. It’s all On Point.

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4845 - The bored and the beautiful: How the smartphone killed boredom

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4840 - The Jackpod: What hath the godly wrought

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4838 - What's at stake in the race for AI dominance

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4837 - Free range parenting vs. the zero-risk state

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4836 - Trump's war on mail-in ballots

Tue, 15 Sep 2026
4835 - 'A climate of fear' at the Pentagon

Mon, 14 Sep 2026
4834 - The Jackpod: Nobody knows dumb has a B

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4833 - How 9/11 shaped America

Fri, 11 Sep 2026
4832 - Did the Treasury just make it easier to launder money?

Thu, 10 Sep 2026
4831 - Who's to blame when AI goes rogue?

Wed, 09 Sep 2026
4830 - How should e-bikes be regulated?

Tue, 08 Sep 2026
4829 - The teachers pushing back on screens in schools

Mon, 07 Sep 2026
4828 - The Jackpod: Promises, promises …

Mon, 07 Sep 2026
4827 - Why have so many of us seen ghosts?

Fri, 04 Sep 2026
4826 - Why is toxic wastewater bubbling up from underneath this Ohio city?

Thu, 03 Sep 2026
4825 - Behind the public backlash against Flock cameras

Wed, 02 Sep 2026
4824 - What we have lost now that we found the blue dot

Tue, 01 Sep 2026
4823 - Who’s really working class in America?

Mon, 31 Aug 2026
4822 - The Jackpod: America’s government teacher

Mon, 31 Aug 2026
4821 - The weird world of ladybugs

Fri, 28 Aug 2026
4820 - Can California fix plastic recycling?

Thu, 27 Aug 2026
4819 - Is AI helping human creativity, or harming it?

Wed, 26 Aug 2026
4818 - Can an 'everyday bro' fix your dating life? Comedian Jared Freid thinks so

Tue, 25 Aug 2026
4817 - The not-so-underground world of Black punk

Mon, 24 Aug 2026
4816 - The Jackpod: Grocery stores and the dignity of essential labor

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4815 - Brainwaves: How does a brain stay healthy?

Fri, 21 Aug 2026
4814 - Brainwaves: What happens between life and death?

Thu, 20 Aug 2026
4813 - Brainwaves: Is AI actually thinking?

Wed, 19 Aug 2026
4812 - Brainwaves: Are you in there?

Tue, 18 Aug 2026
4811 - Brainwaves: Why is the brain such a mystery?

Mon, 17 Aug 2026
4810 - The Jackpod: Fixing the past to save the future

Mon, 17 Aug 2026
4809 - It wasn't just Lewis and Clark

Fri, 14 Aug 2026
4808 - Are we thinking about the Israel-Hamas conflict all wrong?

Thu, 13 Aug 2026
4807 - Should states decide what kids read in school?

Wed, 12 Aug 2026
4806 - How socialism shaped Wisconsin

Tue, 11 Aug 2026
4805 - Why ABC says the FCC is attempting censorship

Mon, 10 Aug 2026
4804 - The Jackpod: The politics of us against them

Mon, 10 Aug 2026
4803 - Can Congress stop Wall Street from buying up your neighborhood?

Fri, 07 Aug 2026
4802 - Ty Cobb once advised President Trump. Now he calls him 'evil'

Thu, 06 Aug 2026
4801 - Why women's clothing sizes are so confusing

Wed, 05 Aug 2026
4800 - Could 'predistribution' solve America's wealth gap?

Tue, 04 Aug 2026
4799 - Trump’s latest bid to rewrite the rules of federal funding

Mon, 03 Aug 2026
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