On Point | Podcast

4.3 (3.5K)
DAILY NEWS
UPDATED DAILY

Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.

15H AGO

How groceries are priced

From pandemic inflation to the impact of tariffs the price of groceries is getting a lot of attention. But who decides what we pay -- and why?

46 min
1D AGO

How Trump administration job cuts could affect the future of weather forecasting

The National Weather Service has been around for more than 150 years – their mission is explicitly to provide forecasts and warnings to protect lives and property. Experts warn that its hollowing out could have long-lasting implications.

47 min
4D AGO

JD Vance and the rise of the 'New Right'

In this week’s Jackpod Meghna and Jack spoke about this episode of On Point from August last year about ‘radical monarchist’ Curtis Yarvin and the so-called New Right movement. To make it easy to find we’re dropping it here again.

46 min
4D AGO

Trump v. big law

President Trump has signed several Executive Orders targeting law firms who have challenged his agenda or hired his political enemies. Many in the legal community worry about the impact this could have on the overall legal system.

47 min
5D AGO

The Jackpod: Follow the frogs

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Donald Trump’s musings about being president for a third term and what paths might exist for that to happen.

41 min
5D AGO

How the mariner shortage could impact maritime security

The merchant marines are sometimes referred to as the "fourth arm of national defense." So what does a shortage mean for American security?

47 min
6D AGO

'I thought I was doing something good': The scam that took Judith Boivin's life savings

Rebroadcast: Judith Boivin thought she was helping the FBI go after drug traffickers. But in reality she had fallen victim to an elaborate plot to rob her of her retirement savings. She is not alone. How elaborate new scams are trapping well-meaning Americans.

42 min
APR 1

'The federal workforce feels tormented': Federal employees on the consequences of losing their jobs

They used to work in now-shuttered regional social security offices, or protecting our National Parks or nuclear security. Then President Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE terminated their positions -- and thousands more.

41 min

See All (405)

Meghna Chakrabarti

Host

4.3

out of 5

3,519 Ratings

Fantastic interview with Geoffrey Hinton

Mar 10

moka_pot.tfrecord

Fascinating conversation and interview that overviews how LLMs fundamentally work and illustrates their capabilities through many fascinating thought experiments and first-principles reasoning about what it is we animals are doing when we think. Otherwise, overall great journalistic podcast that gives space and attention to very relevant issues and perspectives.
Jackpod - YES!

Mar 26

ana691!

I support NPR! Love the Jackpod — both the venerable Jack and the brilliant (and my fellow gen Xer) Meghna. The combination of history, literary allusions, social critique is perfect. A new breath of life for Boston NPR. But I’d still like less of the lockstep woke ideology more broadly speaking at the organization — or for it to be balanced with more moderate povs.
Jack!!

Mar 3

Climber1987

I look forward to the Jackpod every week. Jack is a national treasure!
Bring back callers

Mar 4

The Living Canvas

Please bring back the callers-like how it was done with Tom Ashbrook hosting; it is not the same without the listeners involvement.

Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.