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CNN Podcasts
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown: The command center for breaking news, politics and extraordinary reports from around the world. The Situation Room airs weekdays 10am-12pm Eastern, Monday through Friday on CNN.
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May 13, 2022 • 40min
Finland Races Toward NATO Membership
The battlefield in Ukraine is in constant flux as Putin’s historic miscalculation comes into sharper focus. President Zelensky’s chief of staff joins to discuss Finland taking a key step toward joining NATO. Also, President Biden remarks on the one million Americans who have now died of Covid-19. Plus, the January 6th select committee has now issued subpoenas to five Republican lawmakers.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 2022 • 40min
Ukraine Pushes Russian Forces Out Of Key Towns Near Border
Ukraine is retaking key territory from Kremlin forces in towns around the major northern city of Kharkiv. Also, a Democrat-led bill aimed at preserving access to abortion nationwide just failed in the Senate. Then, new details on an astonishing emergency landing by an untrained airplane passenger who was forced to take the helm after the pilot was incapacitated.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2022 • 1h 19min
U.S. Gas Prices Climb To Record High
U.S. gas prices hit their highest level ever in the latest sign that soaring inflation is taking a very serious toll on the U.S. economy. President Biden says the price hikes are now his top domestic priority, laying out new efforts to tame the surge. In Ukraine, the key city of Odesa is under intense bombardment of hypersonic missiles. The U.S. Director of National Intelligence warns Putin is planning for a prolonged conflict and that Putin’s ambitions extend beyond eastern Ukraine.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2022 • 44min
Escaped Prisoner & Prison Guard In Custody
The Alabama fugitive and corrections officer are now in custody after a chase in Indiana. Authorities say the corrections officer is currently hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Plus, Russian missile strikes rock Odesa in the latest barrage as Kremlin forces launch new attacks against civilians across Ukraine. Dozens are now feared dead after a Russian bomb obliterated a school where nearly 100 people were sheltering.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2022 • 40min
Moscow Official: Russia To “Stay Forever” In Kherson Region
War-ravaged Ukraine is on heightened alert as new warnings emerge that Russia may increase its attacks on Monday. This as fighting ranges on in Mariupol amid new rescue efforts. President Zelensky is calling the ongoing blockade a form of torture that’s left innocent people starving. Our correspondents are standing by in the war zone and at the Pentagon.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2022 • 40min
U.N.: New Evacuation Convoy Heading To Mariupol As Battles Rage
As bloody battles rage on, a new evacuation convoy is heading to the besieged city of Mariupol on a mission to rescue civilians trapped in the city’s bombed-out steel plant. Ukraine says attacks on the complex have been nonstop as Russians try to wipe out Mariupol’s last defenders. Also, Chief Justice John Roberts is calling the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion absolutely appalling and stressed the leak will not affect the decision of the court.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2022 • 40min
Commander: “Enemy” Inside Mariupol Plant
A Ukrainian commander says enemy troops have broken into the steel plant where Mariupol’s last defenders and hundreds of civilians are holed up. We’re getting new details on the fighting and whether it could be a final showdown in the besieged city. Also, CNN’s new poll shows most Americans are casting blame on President Biden as their view of the economy is worse than it has been in a decade.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2022 • 40min
Supreme Court: Draft Decision To Strike Down Roe v. Wade Is Authentic
A bombshell development at the United States Supreme Court as a leaked draft decision reveals the court’s conservatives are now poised to strike down Roe v. Wade.
Plus, as missile strikes hit western Ukraine, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby joins to discuss a possible formal declaration of war by Vladimir Putin.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2022 • 40min
U.S. Diplomats Return To Ukraine For First Time Since Start Of War
We are told Mariupol’s last strong hold for Ukrainian fighters is now under constant fire by the Russians. The attacks are preventing new evacuations from the besieged steel plant after dozens of civilians finally made it out safely and are now recounting the horrors they endured. We discuss the war with the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine as American diplomats are now back on the ground inside Ukraine. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2022 • 40min
WH Braces For Potential Biden, Putin Showdown At G20 Summit
Heavy shelling right now in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces make new gains at the close of a critical week in the war. In Mariupol, the city’s last defenders are under relentless attack in the besieged steel plant where hundreds of civilians are also trapped. We are following the urgent push to evacuate amidst strong fears of a new attempt by Russia to storm the complex. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


