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Axios podcast host Niala Boodhoo digs deep with leaders you know — or need to know — in business, politics and culture. Every week, all in under 20 minutes.About Axios: Axios is a digital media company launched in 2017. Axios helps you become smarter, faster with news and information across politics, tech, business, media, science and the world. Subscribe to our newsletters at axios.com/newsletters and download our mobile app at axios.com/app. About Niala Boodhoo: Niala Boodhoo is the host of 1 big thing and previously hosted Axios Today She was the founding Host and Executive Producer of the award-winning news program The 21st. An alum of Reuters, The Miami Herald and WBEZ/Chicago, Niala was a 2019-2020 Knight-Wallace fellow.
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Aug 10, 2022 • 11min
What's in the most important climate bill in U.S. history
The massive climate, tax and health care bill that Senate democrats passed over the weekend is expected to go to the House for a vote on Friday. If passed as is, the bill will become the largest climate legislation ever passed by Congress, and will invest roughly $370 billion in renewable energy, electric vehicles and other climate programs.
Plus: the Senate’s spending bill leaves states on their own to ease the burden of childcare costs.
And: the great Serena Williams’ next chapter.
Guests: Axios' Ben Geman and Dana Goldstein, national correspondent at the New York Times.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go deeper:
Why the climate bill's Senate passage matters
What's inside Democrats' $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill
Child care subsidies would send 1.2 million women into the workforce, new paper finds
With Child Care Scarce, States Try to Fix ‘a Broken Market’ (New York Times)

Aug 9, 2022 • 12min
The FBI searches Mar-a-Lago
Former President Donald Trump said on Monday that the FBI searched his Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago. Two sources familiar with the matter told Axios’s Jonathan Swan that it was their understanding the search was related to documents taken from the White House -- documents that may have been classified.
Plus: a series of killings shakes a Muslim community in New Mexico.
And: some news about Axios.
Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev; Gino Gutierrez, reporter for KSFR; and Samia Assed, Albuquerque resident and activist.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go deeper:
Trump says Mar-a-Lago raided by FBI
Murders of four Muslim men prompt New Mexico to boost police presence
Axios agrees to sell to Cox Enterprises for $525 million

Aug 8, 2022 • 11min
Senate Democrats' massive victory
Democrats on Sunday passed a sweeping $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill after 24 straight hours of debate. The Inflation Reduction Act includes lowering the cost of prescription drugs, raising taxes on corporations - and the largest investment in clean energy and emissions cuts the Senate has ever passed.
Plus: Why this weekend’s conflict in Gaza was different.
And: rents are skyrocketing everywhere.
Guests: Axios' Alayna Treene, Barak Ravid and Emily Peck.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go deeper:
Senate Democrats pass $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill
Gaza ceasefire to take effect Sunday night
Remote workers pushed up incomes and home prices in these cities

Aug 5, 2022 • 11min
The new Senate landscape for the midterms
Five states held primaries this week in a big test for Trump’s political power. In Kansas, the abortion rights victory is cementing Democrats abortion focus ahead of the midterms.Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev and Josh Kraushaar.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go deeper: Kansas referendum boosts Democrats' midterm focus on abortion

Aug 4, 2022 • 11min
Can we still fix our response to monkeypox?
California is the latest state to declare a state of emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. The CDC says more than 6,600 U.S. cases of monkeypox have been reported since May, and as that number grows so does pressure for more government action.
Plus, back to school could mean disease outbreaks beyond COVID.
And, credit card balances are soaring.
Guests: Axios' Tina Reed, Arielle Dreher, and Courtenay Brown.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Aug 3, 2022 • 11min
Kansas protects abortion rights in the first post-Roe abortion vote
Kansas voters last night decisively rejected an anti-abortion constitutional amendment. It was the first time voters have cast ballots on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade – and last night’s vote was closely watched for what it could tell us about broader American sentiment on abortion rights.
Plus, how to fireproof a home.
And, Taiwan reacts to Pelosi’s visit.
Guests: Axios' Oriana Gonzalez and Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and NPR's Lauren Sommer.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go Deeper:
Kansas voters reject anti-abortion constitutional amendment
Fireproofing your home isn't very expensive — but few states require it
National Fire Protection Association — Preparing homes for wildfire
Pelosi to Taiwan president: "We will not abandon our commitment" to island

Aug 2, 2022 • 11min
The U.S. kills one of the masterminds behind 9/11
President Biden last night announced the U.S. killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan. It's the most significant blow to al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden 11 years ago.
Plus: the risks of Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit.
And: with rents skyrocketing, we want your stories.
Guests: Idrees Ali, Reuters' foreign policy correspondent and Axios' Bethany Allen-EbrahimianCredits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go Deeper:
Biden: "Justice has been delivered" with death of al-Qaeda leader
Why Pelosi's Taiwan visit matters to China
The mystery of NYC’s high rents, solved (sort of)

Aug 1, 2022 • 11min
Kentucky's Deadly Flooding
The death toll from severe flooding in Kentucky has risen to at least 26. That includes four young siblings who were swept away from their parents in the floodwaters. Hundreds had to be evacuated by boat or helicopter and thousands are still without electricity. More rain is expected today and tomorrow. And many of the communities affected by these floods still haven’t fully recovered from last year’s floods and tornadoes in Kentucky.Plus, Democrats could finally deliver on a drug pricing promise.Guests: Axios' Andrew Friedman and Adriel Bettelheim.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go Deeper:
Death toll rises to 16 from "most-devastating" flooding in eastern Kentucky
Biden poised to deliver on decades-long Democratic promise [NEEDS TO BE UPDATED]
First Street Foundation — For checking the climate risk factors of homes and properties

Jul 29, 2022 • 12min
Biden vs. the bad vibes economy
The latest GDP numbers out yesterday showed a slowdown in the US economy for the second quarter in a row, pushing a lot of pundits and some news outlets to declare that the US is in a recession. But Fed chair Jerome Powell, President Biden and many economists say that’s not the case.
Plus: Kids in California can wake up a bit later for school this year…and other states are following suit.
And: a new trend – edible utensils. Really.
Guests: Axios' Neil Irwin, Hans Nichols and Jennifer Kingson.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Emily Peck, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go Deeper:
Recession semantics aside, the new GDP numbers are bad
Biden's recession juggling act
California's crack-of-dawn school ban could set a national trend
The next eco-friendly trend: Edible cups, spoons and straws

Jul 28, 2022 • 12min
Inside Russia's "filtration" process for Ukrainians
Russian authorities have been forcing a system of interrogation, detention, and deportation on Ukrainian citizens who live in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. More than five months into Russia’s war on Ukraine, it’s estimated that one million people or more have gone through this so-called “filtration” process.
Plus: home sales are cooling at last.
And: the U.S. offers a prisoner swap to bring Brittney Griner home.
Guests: Ukrainian Taras Ulyanchenko and Oleksandra Drik, head of the Center for Civil Liberties.Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Emily Peck, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.Go Deeper:
Dashboard: Russian invasion of Ukraine
1BT: The housing slowdown is here
Blinken to speak to Russia's Lavrov for first time since Ukraine invasion