1A
Weekdays at 10:00am
Every day, host Jenn White convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time.
With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror -- taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
The conversation isn't just on air. 1A invites you to join in.The show regularly posts questions and requests for feedback on this page: http://the1a.org/ask-1a. And you can also engage on Twitter, Facebook, or by texting 1A to 63735.
The megabill, Medicaid and rural Americans
Congressional Republicans in favor of the law say it targets waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid system.
If You Can Keep It: The president and the National Guard
There are strong norms against using active duty military for law enforcement.
Why India and Pakistan are again on the brink of war
Indian and Pakistan's renewed fight over Kashmir. How did we get here?
The sounds of V-E Day, 80 years on
How did VE Day sound on the radio 80 years ago today?
Americans want EVs, but can infrastructure keep up?
The percentage of Americans who own or are interested in owning an EV has dropped since 2023.
Formula E’s push to electrify racing
Formula E looks to the U.S. to boost popularity.
What's in the executive order defunding public media?
NPR receives 1 percent of its funding directly from the federal government.
Cyber Monday: DOGE and its handling of federal data
Musk promised to deliver $2 trillion in savings. So far, he's fallen short.
If You Can Keep It: The impossible math of the 'big, beautiful' spending bill
Congress will have to consider cuts to Medicaid to reach their spending goals.
The Sounds of America: Blondie's 'Parallel Lines' (Rebroadcast)
"Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out had a heart of glass."
What we get wrong about our midlives (Rebroadcast)
What does our common depiction of a midlife crisis get wrong and who gets left behind by this narrative?
The 1A Record Club listens to Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' (Rebroadcast)
We break down the sounds the musical powerhouse explores in her latest project and how Black artists have long been excluded from the genre.
The political power of theater (Rebroadcast)
Between 1935 and 1939, thirty million Americans had the chance to see a play thanks to Federal Theater Project. Nearly a century later, the theater's place in American life is shrinking.