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AUKUS at five: Full steam ahead?

Today marks five years since US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a joint virtual press conference to make one of the biggest defence announcements in Australia’s history: AUKUS. Since then, all three countries have changed govern…

Can the U.S. and China Build a Stable Relationship?

This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Trade, technology, and Taiwan are all expected to be on the agenda. It’s the two leaders’ second meeting in less than six months, as they try to stabilize the future of U.S.-China relations. Many fear…

The Latest Jobs Report

October 2nd, 9am: A look at the state of the U.S. economy as we get the latest jobs report, and what we're hearing from the president and voters just over a month out from election day. Then, New York Governor Kathy Hochul names State Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | October 2, 2026

On today's show– Zack Cooper, associate professor of public health and associate professor of economics at Yale University; he is also director of the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale and serves as director of Health Policy at Yale's Tobin Center for Economic Policy– Jill Wine-Banks, legal ana…

What the US military mission in Venezuela means for global power balance

This week, Hanna Bilinski and Amanda Stephens weigh in on what they feared would happen, what did happen, and what could happen following the United States' "decaptiation mission" in Venezuela at the beginning of the year. Read along with us! The U.S. action in Venezuela: 1. Trump says Venezuela’s …

Zack Cooper: WCPT 820 Interview

Joan Esposito is joined by Zack Cooper, director of the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale University and associate professor of public health and of economics at Yale.  The discussion examined health care affordability and policy changes proposed through Yale Healthcare Affordability Lab’s 1% …

How to deter China over Taiwan without poking Beijing in the eye | Zack Cooper

The most effective way to prevent a Taiwan conflict is to convince Beijing an invasion would fail outright. Zack Cooper calls this deterrence by denial: sink enough amphibious ships that the operation stalls, avoiding the escalation risk of striking the Chinese mainland. Zack, a senior fellow at th…

Full Show: 25 October 2026

Qiulae Wong's plan for future political decision-making In under a year, Qiulae Wong has turned around the prospects of the Opportunity Party. Current polling - ranging from 4.8 to 8 percent support - points to the party making history on November 7 as the first genuinely new entrant into New Zeal…

Friend or foe? America's foreign policy future

Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Sir Howard Kippengerger Chair at Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Studies. He joins Jack Tame in the lead-up to the US' midterm elections, which polling suggests will see the Republic Party seriously dented. Join…