The Jackpod: America’s golden age
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Americans whose recent violent encounters with immigration agents have changed them and their families. Several of them spoke at a recent forum organized by congressional Democrats.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken, a podcast from the Marotra Institute at BU Questrum School of Business. |
| 0:07.9 | A recent episode asks, are boardrooms ready for the new geopolitical reality? Stick around until the end of this podcast to preview the episode. |
| 0:17.9 | WBUR Podcast podcast, Boston. |
| 0:29.1 | I'm Magna Chakra-Bardi, and this is the Jackpot, |
| 0:32.7 | where on-point news analyst Jack Beattie helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings |
| 0:38.7 | his unique clarity to the world we live in now. |
| 0:42.1 | Hello there, Jack. |
| 0:43.8 | Hello, Megna. |
| 0:44.7 | Episode 106, your headline. |
| 0:47.6 | America is blessed with the strongest economy, the strongest borders, the strongest military, |
| 0:53.9 | the strongest friendships, and the strongest spirit, the strongest military, the strongest friendships, |
| 0:55.4 | and the strongest spirit of any nation on the face of the earth. |
| 1:00.8 | This is indeed the golden age of America. |
| 1:04.9 | The Golden Age. |
| 1:06.9 | Yes, and on Tuesday there was a hearing on Capitol Hill that threw some garish light on the golden age. |
| 1:15.8 | House and Senate Democrats, they held a forum examining the tactics of Homeland Security enforcement agents. |
| 1:25.0 | Significantly no Republicans attended. So it was House and Senate Democrats, talking to an array of witnesses. |
| 1:33.9 | And first, we hear from the brothers of Renee Good, who shot dead, of course, on a Minneapolis |
| 1:40.0 | Street on January 7th. |
| 1:42.1 | Luke Gangor, her brother speaks first, followed by his brother, |
| 1:46.6 | Brent. The deep distress our family feels because of Ney's losses in such a violent and |
| 1:55.6 | unnecessary way is complicated by feelings of disbelief, distress, and desperation for change. |
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