Adam reading excerpts from a kids story book made my day! Awesome.

I’ve always been a huge fan of this podcast because of the way they explain both sides of issues in very clear and factual ways. It gives me and my husband, the ability to listen together and discuss current politics rationally and with facts not conjecture. In a world full of distorted viewpoints, I appreciate the thorough explanations on both sides of the story and the why behind what’s happening. If we don’t have real reporting like this, we cannot make informed decisions and have meaningful conversations even when we disagree.

Totally living in a bubble. I like episodes where they talk to "normal voters" and even discussing their responses still don't get it.

These guys have mastered the dnc version of Roger Ailes's principle: "the American people don't want to be informed. They want to feel informed." The key is dropping in little hints for those "in the know", like calling 60 minutes "the Tiffany brand of American journalism" or occasionally pretending to "geek out" about Hamilton and de Tocqueville. ...great work guys seriously good stuff

To Rachel Abrams: You cannot possibly both sides now what was done to these prisoners."Some people think this is acceptable collateral damage". Come on. It flies in the face of the constitution and everything it means to be an American. The Daily needs to have more courage!! These are strong arm tactics of an authoritarian. The New York Times needs to stop taking the path of least resistance. You empower these illegal and horrific acts when you do.

Whatever the word, she appropriates the local accent and pronounces it correctly. Very authentic indeed!

It’s all Trump, it’s boring, it’s getting old. Bring back other news :)

There are caps on Federal Student Loans. I’m not sure why you’re interviewee kept stating there’s no dollar cap. There are dollar caps, you max out regardless of whether you finish your degree. Lots of students have not completed a degree and are saddled with Federal student loan debt because they maxed out of Federal Student Loans. Typically, undergraduates max out around 65,000 or a little more depending on free money ie Perkins, scholarships, and school, and/or student resources. Then there’s the big problem of compounded interest, which your interview forgot to mention. Lastly, Federal Student Loans are for poor students and family’s with no credit or poor credit-who can’t afford private bank loans. Both parents and the student must qualify- if under 18, and the student lives at home, so both are poorer. Another problem with these loans is the compounding interest. The schools and fail to explain to students (children) and eager parents, the huge financial burden & responsibility of paying it back. You can’t claim bankruptcy on the debt to the Feds. Like your speaker alluded too, it’s unconscionable that these programs are designed to make a profit off the poor. Shame. Shame. Free market at it’s worse.

Just finished the 4/21/25 episode on student loans and was stunned to hear The Daily claim there’s “no cap” on student loan amounts. This is flat-out false — there are annual and aggregate caps on federal student loans, which a few minutes of fact-checking would have revealed. But fact-checking seems to be beneath the NYT these days. The episode even managed to twist things around to blame Obama — a bizarre stretch that fits into a larger pattern. Over the Biden years, the NYT has slid into lazy bothsidesism, and now in Trump 2.0, they’re back to sanewashing him through their favorite access journalist, Maggie Haberman. I tried to give The Daily another shot, but this kind of sloppy, misleading coverage is a dealbreaker. If you can’t get basic facts right, you can’t be trusted. Goodbye NYT — we had a good run.

This feel more and more dishonest, but today’s episode was ridiculous. I don’t know a single person who has received student loan forgiveness, and also I had to start repaying my loans years ago. Biden didn’t help me or anyone I know on this topic. Wake up NYT!