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Diane Rehm: On My Mind

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Diane Rehm’s weekly podcast features newsmakers, writers, artists and thinkers on the issues she cares about most: what’s going on in Washington, ideas that inform, and the latest on living well as we live longer.

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Diane Rehm’s weekly podcast features newsmakers, writers, artists and thinkers on the issues she cares about most: what’s going on in Washington, ideas that inform, and the latest on living well as we live longer.

Copyright WAMU 88.5 American University Radio - For Personal Use Only
6hr 37min
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The impact of Trump's plan to take over Gaza. Middle East expert Aaron David Miller explains the region's reaction and what it means for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
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Over the years, Diane Rehm interviewed Jimmy Carter 12 times. On this day before Carter's funeral in Washington D.C., we share with you excerpts of those conversations.
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January 20 will mark the end of Joe Biden's presidency. Susan Page of USA Today reflects on his legacy as commander in chief.
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Jeremy Rifkin says understanding Earth as a water planet is key to addressing climate change. He joins Diane to talk about his new book, "Planet Aqua."
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Diane discusses the best books of 2024 with Ann Patchett, novelist and owner of Parnassus Books, Maureen Corrigan, book critic for N-P-R's Fresh Air, and Eddie Glaude Jr., author and professor of African American studies at Princeton University.

"Donald Trump is daring opponents: 'Come and get me!'"

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January 30, 202531min 30sec

It has been ten days since Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as president. Since then, he has signed a flurry of executive orders, pardoned every January 6th defendant, pushed through controversial cabinet picks, and made moves to completely reshape the federal workforce. 

And by most accounts, the Democratic response has been ... tepid.

“Donald Trump is charting new ground for a president,” says Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker. “He is daring opponents: 'Come and get me!'"

So far, Glasser adds, nobody has taken him up on the dare. But this week’s federal funding debacle might have changed the equation and given Democrats an opening.

Glasser is also co-author of a book about Trump’s first four years in the White House titled The Divider, and says he seems poised to take advantage of this opportunity for a do-over. She joins Diane to talk about what we’ve seen from the new administration so far and what, if anything, Democrats can do to put a check on his power. 

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