The Jackpod: Homeland insecurity

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.2 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Kristi Noem. How the former South Dakota governor rose to head the Department of Homeland Security and the impact she is having on the agency that’s been described as “too big to manage.”

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0:32.9	WBUR Podcasts. Boston.
0:47.8	I'm Megna Chakrabardi, and this is the Jackpot, where on-point news analyst Jack Beatty helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings his unique clarity
0:53.2	to the world we live in now.
0:54.7	Hello there, Jack.
0:56.3	Hello, Magna.
0:57.2	We are at episode 91, your headline for today.
1:01.3	Homeland Insecurity.
1:03.7	Ah, tell me more.
1:06.0	Well, when you recall that Christy Noam shot her puppy,
1:10.2	Stephen Miller's affinity for her makes perfect sense.
1:15.1	Department of Homeland Security Secretary Noam is returning America to the American people, Miller said.
1:23.5	Indeed, she's implementing his policy of mass deportations with such vigor that South Park recently
1:32.1	showed her scouring heaven for undocumented migrants.
1:37.6	South Park has also dug up cricket, the puppy it won't let die.
1:42.7	Welcome to the team recruits.
1:45.0	I'm Christy Knoll, head of Homeland Security.
1:48.2	Who she seems nice.
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