Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening?
This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them join Chris to break it all down and help him get a better night’s rest. “Why is this Happening?” is presented by MSNBC and NBCNews Think.
Latest Episode
Unpacking the US-China Trade War with Bill Bishop (19.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Baltimore's Violent Crime Perception vs. Reality with Mayor Scott 12.08.2025
- 'Not My Type' with E. Jean Carroll 05.08.2025
- The United States' Standing in the Global Economy with Aya Ibrahim 29.07.2025
- The Resistance vs. Trump 2.0 with Omar Wasow 22.07.2025
- The Supreme Court’s Power Grab Under Trump 15.07.2025
- Crypto in Trump 2.0 with Zeke Faux 08.07.2025
- Discussing the Context of the US Bombing Iran with Robert Malley 01.07.2025
- “My Brain Finally Broke” with Jia Tolentino 24.06.2025
- Strategies for the Resistance 2.0 with Leah Greenberg 17.06.2025
- The Narrative vs. Real Effects of This Economy with Joe Weisenthal 10.06.2025
- “Empire of AI” with Karen Hao 03.06.2025
- Where Do We Go From Here? with Anna Galland (2024) 27.05.2025
- What’s Behind the Tax Revolt? with Arjun Singh 20.05.2025
- How Project 2025 is Reshaping America with David Graham 13.05.2025
- Protests, Political Violence and Its Alternatives with Erica Chenoweth 06.05.2025
- “Trump Is Not a King” with NY Attorney General Letitia James 29.04.2025
- ‘America, América' with Greg Grandin 22.04.2025
- ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ with Peter Beinart 15.04.2025
- How Process is Killing Progress with Ezra Klein 08.04.2025
- Why ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ with John Green 01.04.2025
