The Intercept Briefing

The Intercept Briefing

The Intercept

Episodes 398
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (6,094)
Since Jan 2017
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Cut through the noise with The Intercept’s reporters as they tackle the most urgent issues of the moment. The Briefing is a weekly podcast delivering news, incisive political analysis and deep investigative reporting, hosted by The Intercept’s journalists and contributors including Jessica Washington, Akela Lacy, and Jordan Uhl.



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S3E25 The Right’s “Election Fraud” Cry for Midterms Previewed in Primaries

Jun 12, 2026 32m

On Tuesday night, oyster farmer and combat veteran Graham Platner overwhelmingly sailed to victory in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine. His opponent, Gov. Janet Mills unofficially dropped out…

S3E24 Warehousing Human Beings

Jun 05, 2026 40m

Join The Intercept Briefing podcast on Tuesday, June 16, at 5 pm ET (2 p.m. PT) for a live episode. Intercept journalist Jonah Valdez and Tariq Kenney-Shawa, an Al-Shabaka U.S. policy fellow, will…

S3E23 The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest

May 29, 2026 36m

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has been making the media rounds defending the 40,000-acre data center project he’s backing in northern Utah. Dismissing residents’ concerns over the environmental impacts…

S3E22 AIPAC, AI, Crypto and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends

May 22, 2026 26m

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie was decisively ousted on Tuesday night in his Kentucky primary, a win for President Donald Trump, who had launched an all-out attack on the congressman for his role in…

S3E21 “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You”

May 15, 2026 41m

RSVP for The Intercept Briefing Podcast’s Live Conversation on Gaza. Sign up to join us on Tuesday, May 19, at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.Join The Intercept Briefing podcast for a special live episode…

S3E20 The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It

May 08, 2026 43m

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, triggering a new wave of redistricting fights in the midst of midterm primary elections. Last week, the court struck down a…

S3E19 Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories

May 01, 2026 46m

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend became the site of the third failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump. “I remember the feeling was very similar to when it was clear…

S3E18 “Me Too” Comes Back To Congress

Apr 24, 2026 35m

It’s primary season, this time against a backdrop of heightened concerns and awareness of powerful figures skirting accountability for sexual abuse and misconduct. Survivors of convicted sex offender…

S3E17 When Anti-War Candidates Become War-Monger Presidents

Apr 17, 2026 44m

Sen. Bernie Sanders forced a vote on Wednesday to block the sales of bombs and bulldozers to Israel. The resolutions failed mostly along party lines with a handful of defections to the Republican…

S3E16 Amy Goodman on the Media’s “Access of Evil”

Apr 14, 2026 32m

Vote here to help The Intercept Briefing win its first Webby Award for best news and politics podcast.Show description: As talks to end the U.S.–Israel war on Iran break down and President Donald…

S3E15 Putting Fuel on a Ceasefire: Israel Tries to Kill U.S.–Iran Talks

Apr 10, 2026 45m

Vote here to help The Intercept Briefing win its first Webby Award for best news and politics podcast.Show description: Vice President JD Vance is set to lead renewed negotiations with Iran this…

S3E14 Trump’s Holy War Abroad and at Home

Apr 03, 2026 40m

Vote here to help The Intercept Briefing win its first Webby Award for best news and politics podcast. Show description: After more than a month into the U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran, President…

S3E13 Protesting the Smash-and-Grab Presidency With Nikhil Pal Singh

Mar 27, 2026 43m

Donald Trump’s second term has been broadly defined by an overwhelming sense of chaos. Every week the U.S. finds itself in a new crisis of the president’s making. The war in Iran and the broader…

S3E12 “Liberate Their Bodies From Their Souls”: The Lies That Sell the Iran War

Mar 20, 2026 46m

From the White House to Iran’s former crown prince, proponents of the U.S.–Israel war on Iran sell it to the American people — and Iranians themselves — as a crusade for liberation. Instead, the…

S3E11 Trump’s AI-Powered World Wars

Mar 11, 2026 46m

In the last few days, President Donald Trump has said that the U.S-Israel war on Iran will end soon, after oil prices jumped and the growing regional conflict continued to shake markets. After a wave…

S3E10 Trump’s War to Nowhere

Mar 06, 2026 35m

The Israel–U.S. military campaign in Iran has killed more than 1,000 people since the assault began on February 28. A war powers resolution in the Senate to curb President Donald Trump’s ability to…

S3E9 Rambling Man: Trump’s State of the Union

Feb 25, 2026 37m

“The deliberate cruelty that they found humor in stood out to me,” says Jordan Uhl of Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening State of the Union. This week on the Intercept Briefing, co-hosts Uhl, Akela Lacy,…

S3E8 What Does the Trump Administration Want With Cuba?

Feb 20, 2026 58m

Cuba is spiraling into a humanitarian crisis. The country’s long-standing economic and political turmoil reached new heights this week as the effects of the Trump administration’s oil blockade took…

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Feb 18, 2026 0m Trailer

Cut through the noise with The Intercept’s reporters as they tackle the most urgent issues of the moment. The Briefing is a weekly podcast delivering incisive political analysis and deep…

S3E7 Attorney for Epstein Survivors Warns That Justice Is Impossible With Bondi as AG

Feb 13, 2026 34m

Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, defending the Justice Department’s widely criticized rollout of the Epstein files against accusations that her…

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