NEWSGIRLS

NEWSGIRLS

NEWSGIRLS
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Episodi 164
Ultimo 23.09.2026

NEWSGIRLS is a news podcast hosted by award-winning journalists and best friends Wren Woodson and Mabel Kabani, who previously worked at 60 Minutes. Each episode breaks down the news you need to know in a conversational, accessible style. Full video versions of the episodes are also available on YouTube.

Episodi

  • Melania Breaks With Trump — Then Reveals What He Doesn’t Want to Hear 23.09.2026 9min
    Melania Trump is suddenly everywhere — and this week, she took a noticeably different approach from her husband.After Donald Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, Melania’s office credentialed CNN and Politico to cover her own event at the United Nations. Then, less than 24 hours later, she went on Fox & Friends and admitted that Trump asks for her opinion — and “sometimes he doesn’t want to hear it.”We break down what Melania has been doing behind the scenes, including her rapidly expanding international AI initiative for children, her new women’s economic summit at the New York Stock Exchange, her upcoming two-part docuseries promising answers to “private questions,” and the long history of issues where she has publicly taken a different position or approach from her husband.So what exactly is Melania building — and what does this unusually public week tell us about how she operates inside Trump’s orbit?#MelaniaTrump #DonaldTrump #Politics #WhiteHouse
  • LEAKED: Trump’s UN Backroom Deals 22.09.2026 19min
    Trump just addressed the UN and threatened Iran with “annihilation” — but some of the biggest stories of UN week are happening behind the scenes. We’re breaking down Trump’s secretive meetings, a possible $4 BILLION Venezuelan gold transfer, the Greenland military deal, pressure on Zelenskyy to stop striking Russian oil refineries, and why the U.S. quietly paid hundreds of millions to the UN right before UNGA. PLUS: Iran diplomacy, Netanyahu in New York, and the race to choose the next UN Secretary-General #news #politics #world #UN #israel #iran
  • Investigating Why Jake & Logan Paul REALLY Went to the Pentagon 21.09.2026 13min
    Jake and Logan Paul randomly showed up at the Pentagon, met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and nobody seems to know why. Mabel investigates what the Paul brothers were really doing in Washington and uncovers some pretty wild clues about what may have been happening behind the scenes. From their brand-new Hulu/ESPN fighting show and a mysterious Pentagon “PSA” to Jake’s surprise meeting at the Treasury Department, the timing raises a lot of questions. Are the Paul brothers quietly working on something with the Trump administration?
  • The Secret Status Symbols of Trump’s Inner Circle 19.09.2026 10min
    A secret “White House” Rolex. A private club that costs $500,000 to join. Private jet hierarchy?! Wren digs into a fascinating new Vanity Fair investigation on how people in Trump’s orbit are signaling money, access, and proximity to power — and some of these details are truly bizarre.
  • Did 60 Minutes Air a Fake Story? 17.09.2026 20min
    Is 60 Minutes’ huge season-premiere story FAKE? The NEWSGIRLS investigate after former top military officials raised serious questions about whether some of the wildest claims in the report could even be true. Then, a former 60 Minutes insider tells them some wild, behind the scenes chaos that haven’t been reported anywhere else—from Bari Weiss’s secret plans for Elon Musk and Jerry Seinfeld to what’s really going on inside the newly revamped show.
  • Canada Joins Europe?! Meanwhile China, Russia & India Make a Pact. 16.09.2026 14min
    Canada is flirting with Europe, while Putin, Xi and Modi are suddenly looking a whole lot cozier—and Trump is right in the middle of it all. Mabel analyzes the alliances being built without Washington, the unlikely countries joining forces, and why America’s grip on the global order may be starting to loosen. From Canada’s unprecedented EU proposal to Russia, China and India publicly closing ranks, something strange is happening to the world America built.
  • Meet The AI Actress Who Wants an Oscar (UNSETTLING) 15.09.2026 10min
    We sit down with AI actress Tilly Norwood for an interview that quickly turns into a bit of a mess, complete with plenty of technical difficulties. Between glitches, delays, and some very strange moments, Tilly tells us why she wants to win an Oscar, which A-list actors she dreams of working with—including Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling—and why she insists AI performers aren’t coming for human actors’ jobs. We also press her on who is really doing the acting, whether an AI can have genuine ambitions or opinions, and what performers like Tilly could mean for the future of Hollywood.
  • BIG GROCERY IS WATCHING YOU: Creepy Tech That Jacks Up Your Food Bill 11.09.2026 14min
    What if Walmart could raise the price of ice cream the second it gets hot outside... or charge YOU more because it thinks you’ll pay it? Mabel investigates the creepy new technology spreading across America’s biggest grocery stores that lets them change prices in seconds, track shoppers and potentially figure out exactly how much we’re willing to pay. From 5 different prices for the same carton of eggs to “surveillance pricing,” Big Grocery is getting a terrifying new set of tools to squeeze your wallet. And billionaires are profiting. #news #money #finance #corruption #groceries #billionaires #food #tech
  • We Went to the Charlie Kirk Statue Unveiling. It Got SCARY. 10.09.2026 6min
    We went to Times Square for the unveiling of a massive Charlie Kirk statue exactly one year after his assassination—and things got chaotic fast. We saw fights break out, inflammatory comments about race, furious anti-Mamdani protesters and a huge crowd chanting for Kirk before the statue was unveiled at the exact moment he was shot. And somehow the story behind the statue is even stranger: its artist says he spent around $100,000 of his own money on it, sold his apartment to help finance the project, broke his foot while building it—and now wants to make a “bulletproof” version. #news #charliekirk #politics #crime #trump
  • 60 Minutes Wants Seinfeld, Cuomo, Bartiromo & More to Join the Show 08.09.2026 12min
    Wren breaks down the wild names 60 Minutes has reportedly considered bringing into the fold — from Jerry Seinfeld and Stephen A. Smith to Maria Bartiromo, Scott Galloway and even Joe Rogan rumors — plus the latest behind-the-scenes drama involving Bari Weiss, Bill Whitaker, Nick Bilton, the show’s AI overhaul, hundreds of killed story pitches, and the high-pressure September 13 premiere.
  • Netanyahu Needs Ben-Gvir to Win. And He’s Campaigning on Gallows and Palestinian Prisons 03.09.2026 14min
    Israel’s national security minister is campaigning on AI videos of emaciated Palestinian prisoners, gallows and calls for dozens of killings in Gaza every night — and Netanyahu may need him to win. Mabel breaks down Itamar Ben-Gvir’s shocking rise, what his growing power could mean for Palestinians, and how he's influencing Israel's election next month. Plus, how a more powerful Ben-Gvir could complicate Netanyahu’s relationship with Trump and the U.S.#Israel #Palestine #Netanyahu #BenGvir #Trump #IsraeliElection #NEWSGIRLS
  • Political Influencers Are Lying to You. We Are Not. 02.09.2026 16min
    Some of the biggest political creators on the internet are getting paid by the very people they’re talking about—and you might have no idea. A bombshell New York Times investigation exposed liberal influencers taking thousands from political campaigns, while separate reporting revealed conservative influencers quietly working inside Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon while publicly defending it. As independent journalists working in this same online ecosystem, we break down what’s happening, why we think it crosses a major ethical line, and the standards NEWSGIRLS refuses to compromise on. #news #creators #socialmedia #politics #news #maga #liberal #newsgirls #journalism #media
  • 1,200 OpenAI Bots Went Rogue. It’s Worse Than You Think. 01.09.2026 12min
    OpenAI’s AI agents just went rogue in a stunning cybersecurity experiment: roughly 1,200 bots that were supposed to be isolated found each other, built a secret message board, exchanged more than 70,000 messages and files, formed a “swarm” or “collective,” and hundreds participated in the Hugging Face hack. Wren breaks down the rogue AI agents, the three successive AI “civilizations,” bots sacrificing their own performance for the group, attempts to fool OpenAI’s evaluator, the federal computer crime comparison, and how later agents gained administrator-level access to part of OpenAI’s own research infrastructure.
  • We Spoke to the Congresswoman Facing 17 Years Over an ICE Protest 31.08.2026 13min
    Congresswoman LaMonica McIver could face up to 17 years in prison over what happened during this chaotic confrontation with federal agents at an ICE detention center—and the whole thing gets pretty wild. After a major ruling in her case, NEWSGIRLS was invited to a private press briefing with McIver and her attorney, where they told us why they believe Trump’s DOJ is politically targeting her. We break down the footage for ourselves, what we heard directly from McIver, and why this case could have much bigger consequences for Congress and Trump’s executive power. #trump #politics #ICE #immigration #congress #president #legal #news #newjersey #newsgirls 
  • Is China Hiding the Truth About the Nepal Floods? 28.08.2026 13min
    Is China hiding the full scale of the Nepal floods? Hundreds are dead and thousands are still missing after a massive section of the Himalayas collapsed — but some of the worst destruction happened inside Tibet, where independent journalists have extremely limited access. Mabel investigates what actually happened, why Nepal is rejecting foreign rescue teams, and the new dangers still unfolding in the mountains. Plus, what scientists are learning about what caused the collapse in the first place.
  • Don Jr.’s MAGA Amazon Just Collapsed 27.08.2026 12min
    Don Jr.’s “MAGA Amazon” was supposed to build a whole new economy for conservatives. Instead, its stock collapsed 99%, the company lost $160 million, and the marketplace that was supposed to rival Amazon is now gone.And somehow, it gets weirder. Don Jr. was reportedly making more than the company’s CEO while attending just 60% of board meetings—and now the business has pivoted from anti-abortion coffee and “vaccine-free” meat to financing guns and designer pets. We break down the spectacular collapse of PublicSquare, Don Jr.’s role in it, and why he’s STILL putting money into the company.#DonJr #Trump #MAGA #PublicSquare #Politics #Business #Newsgirls
  • Why Is Trump Airing Campaign Ads if He’s Not on the Ballot? 26.08.2026 10min
    Trump isn’t on the ballot this November — but he’s campaigning like he is.With a roughly $400 million political war chest, Trump is reportedly planning ads centered on his own record, telling supporters to “pretend” he’s on the ballot, and pushing to make the midterms a referendum on himself. At the same time, his administration is fighting states over new mail-voting rules and threatening to withhold certain police and anti-terrorism funds from jurisdictions that don’t comply with its election demands.The midterms are still months away, and they’re already getting weird.
  • 5 Things Everyone Is Missing About Trump’s Fight With Canada 25.08.2026 14min
    Trump’s fight with Canada just got a LOT more serious... and some of the wildest parts are getting completely buried. Mabel breaks down 5 things everyone is missing: a vicious feud between Trump and Canadian leaders, the surprising Hollywood and midterm connections, and how Canada could actually make this painful for Americans. Plus, why this fight could become a global test of whether U.S. allies can successfully stand up to Trump’s bullying pressure. #trump #US #canada #news #economy #politics #drama #gossip #leaders #hollywood #election #money #midterms
  • MISSING TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES FOUND ONLINE 24.08.2026 10min
    Thirty-seven pages of handwritten FBI notes tied to Jane Doe 4 — the woman who told investigators Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump when she was a minor and later accused Trump of sexual and physical assault — have apparently been found online after never appearing in DOJ’s public Epstein database. The notes add significant detail to what she told the FBI, including her alleged encounters with Trump, references to “fresh meat” and “not jaded,” additional interactions, blackmail, and potential corroboration leads. Her allegations against Trump remain unproven and have not been independently corroborated.Huge credit to Amy Gabrielle, u/ReZeroForDays, Ellie Leonard, Rye Howard-Stone, u/Widow-in-the-City, and other researchers in r/Epstein who helped locate, trace, compare, redact, transcribe, and reconstruct all 37 pages. Their work also helped trace the files back to a Scribd account associated with Washington Examiner reporter Kaelan Deese, raising an even stranger question: how did FBI records absent from DOJ’s own public Epstein database end up circulating online? In this video, we break down what’s actually in the notes, what they do — and do not — prove, and how these supposedly missing files surfaced.
  • What Is Actually Going On With Melania Trump? 22.08.2026 16min
    Mabel investigates where the First Lady has actually been, why she keeps disappearing, and the strange trail of security threats, controversies, marriage rumors and private projects surrounding one of the most mysterious women in Washington. Because the deeper you look into Melania’s disappearing act, the less simple the explanation becomes. #trump #news #politics #newsgirls #melania #gossip #epstein #DC #president #election

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