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CNN Podcasts
We bring you 5 stories that will get you up to speed and on with your day. Updates every weekday morning, midday and evening. Plus, 5 Good Things and One Thing on the weekends.
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Apr 29, 2024 • 6min
6 AM ET: College pressure grows, Trump's support, measles cases rise & more
US colleges face pressure from protests, arrests. State Dept split on Israel's weapon use. Trump's support steady. Four killed in Oklahoma tornado. Global measles cases double.

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Apr 28, 2024 • 17min
One Thing: Did #BringBackOurGirls Teach the Wrong Lessons?
Exploring the Boko Haram kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls, global outcry, emotional stories of survivors, challenges in girls' education, and the rescue of a Chewbacca school girl highlighting gender inequality in Nigeria.

Apr 27, 2024 • 11min
5 Good Things: What if we Could Speak to Whales?
Elementary school kids run a hotline for positivity, a cafe hires people with disabilities, scientists talk to a whale, students have a fun prom for a good cause, and NASA plans internet on the moon.

Apr 26, 2024 • 6min
6 PM ET: Largest Ukraine aid package, menthol cigarette ban delay, noncompete ban lawsuit & more
Trump's hush money trial, student pro-Palestinian protests, largest Ukraine aid package, Burkina Faso military killings, delay in menthol cigarette ban

Apr 26, 2024 • 7min
3 PM ET: University campuses unite, unusual syphilis cases rise, Titanic auction & more
Hush money trial against Donald Trump, Gaza ceasefire calls on campuses, rise in unusual syphilis cases in Chicago, criminal case against Andrew Tate in Romania, auction of Titanic watch

Apr 26, 2024 • 7min
12 PM ET: Ex-tabloid boss cross examination, China’s election interference, celebrity WH visit & more
Former tabloid boss testifies at Trump's trial, China's election interference, high inflation, and celebrity visit to White House for criminal justice reform

Apr 26, 2024 • 6min
9 AM ET: Blinken meets Xi, ER wait times, Boeing spaceship & more
The podcast covers Trump's hush money trial, Blinken's meeting with Xi Jinping, long ER wait times, severe storms in central US, and Boeing's spacecraft readiness for passengers.

Apr 26, 2024 • 6min
6 AM ET: Campus protest wave, TikTok not for sale, Weinstein 'betrayal' & more
Pro-Palestinian protests at US campuses, Trump's immunity plea doubted, TikTok not for sale, US military building pier for Gaza aid, Weinstein's accusers feel betrayed

Apr 25, 2024 • 6min
6 PM ET: College protests fallout, Tanzania flooding, net neutrality restored & more
Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt graduation, federal judge upholds defamation verdict against Trump, deadly East African flooding, severe weather threat in the US, FCC restores net neutrality regulations

Apr 25, 2024 • 6min
3 PM ET: Trump immunity battle, GDP report, Venice tourist tax & more
The podcast covers high-stakes legal battles over Trump's immunity, GDP report impacting Wall Street, Haiti's PM resignation amidst gang violence, and Venice introducing a tourist entry tax.


