5 on 45 Podcast

Protesters against white supremacy in Charlottesville, VA

On Charlottesville, racism, and President Trump’s comments

Camille Busette

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Image showing map of the Korean Peninsula

On US-China relations as tensions flare with North Korea

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (

On threats from North Korea

Richard C. Bush

Thursday, August 10, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after announcing his decision that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX38LNP

On the leaked climate report

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX2YJGY

On Cory Booker’s marijuana bill

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Chief of General Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces Riho Terras gestures next to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Latvia's President Raimonds Vejonis, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite and Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid as they participate in a briefing on NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Tallinn, Estonia July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins - RTS19T9O

On NATO expansion and Eastern European stability

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Senator John McCain arrives for a press conference about his resistance to the so-called "Skinny Repeal" of the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTX3D7SU

On the failed ‘skinny’ repeal of Obamacare

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, July 28, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump greets military personnel

On the transgender military ban

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump looks up while signing an executive order

On the presidential pardon

Friday, July 21, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit

On the inaugural U.S.-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media

On the failed health care bill

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attends a news conference following party policy lunch meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 11, 2017.

On the challenges facing the Senate health care bill

Sarah A. Binder

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Pro-net neutrality Internet activists rally

On net neutrality’s day of action

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Donald Trump Jr. stands onstage with his father

On the ethics of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds during the State Prize

On President Trump’s first meeting with Putin

Wednesday, July 5, 2017