

MEDIA BUZZmeter
FOX News Podcasts
Howie Kurtz picks five stories from the most important, to the most entertaining, to the buzziest. And, he will sound off on what they tell us about the media culture: Are they fair, fascinating or a flop?
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Nov 10, 2025 • 34min
Dems Defect on Shutdown As Trump Threatens States Offering Food Stamps to Hungry Families
Howie Kurtz on eight Senate Democrats voting in favor of a continuing resolution to advance the end to the government shutdown, the resignation of BBC’s director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness, and the potential renaming of the Washington Commanders football stadium after President Trump.
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Nov 7, 2025 • 32min
Frustrations Mount as Shutdown Prompts Trump Team to Cancel Thousands of Flights
Howie Kurtz on the government shutdown impacting air travel and staffing shortages at the FAA, the DOJ investigating a foreign trip made by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser that was paid for by Qatar, and Tesla shareholders approving a plan that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.
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Nov 6, 2025 • 35min
Democrats Get Big Psychological Boost But Trump Still Holds All the Power
Howie Kurtz on former House Speaker Nancy Nancy Pelosi’s announcing she is not running for re-election, Marjorie Taylor Greene eyes potential presidential run in 2028, and the Supreme Court's skeptical questioning of President Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs.
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Nov 5, 2025 • 33min
Huge Win for Democrats, Trump Says It’s Because He Wasn’t on the Ballot
Howie Kurtz on the Democratic sweeping key races in the 2025 elections, President Trump’s taunting '60 Minutes' with CBS’s Norah O’Donnell, and the passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
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Nov 4, 2025 • 26min
Trump Endorses Cuomo at 11th Hour, But Does that Help or Hurt in NYC?
Howie Kurtz on the passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney, speculation around the 2028 U.S. Republican presidential nominee, and NBC's Late Night host Seth Meyers mocking President Trump’s comments about aircraft carrier catapults.
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Nov 3, 2025 • 35min
Trump Skips Elections, Democrats Some Struggle, As Republicans Run Against Mamdani
Howie Kurtz on the nail-biting end to Game 7 of the 2025 World Series, former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's viral book tour, and Vice President JD Vance’s comments about hoping his wife would convert to Christianity.
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Oct 31, 2025 • 31min
Trump Resuming Nuclear Testing and Wants “Nuclear Option”—Abolishing Filibuster to End Shutdown
Howie Kurtz on President Trump ordering the Department of War to start testing U.S. nuclear weapons, the struggle to continue funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown, and King Charles' decision to strip his brother, Prince Andrew, of his royal titles and privileges due to his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein
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Oct 30, 2025 • 34min
Trump De-Escalates Trade War with Xi, Praises Him As ‘Great Leader’
Howie Kurtz on the meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping , the potential impact of the government shutdown on the Affordable Care Act & SNAP benefits, and the controversy around NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel.
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Oct 29, 2025 • 35min
Trump Admits He Can’t Run for a Third Term, After Months of Trolling the Press
Howie Kurtz on Melania Trump's reported private concerns over the demolition of the East Wing project at the White House, the potential layoffs at major companies like Amazon and Paramount, and the decline in reading and literacy in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2025 • 31min
Elon Musk Launches Grokipedia, A Copy of Wikipedia But With a Right-Leaning Slant
Howie Kurtz on the arrest of two suspects for the jewel heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the launch of Elon Musk’s new AI-powered online encyclopedia called Grocopedia, and a resurfaced photograph of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani with an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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