The Jackpod: The autocrat of the cabinet table

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on President Trump’s marathon cabinet meeting, how his cabinet addresses him, and what that says about his presidency.

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0:00.0	Sadly, I'm dead.
0:01.9	Competing for a share of a vast inheritance.
0:04.4	There's an alliance been formed.
0:05.7	How far will these 13 players go?
0:08.0	You wasn't trying to listen.
0:09.3	Can I not talk?
0:10.6	There's no conspiracy.
0:12.0	I want to play fair.
0:13.1	I feel like I'm the only one.
0:14.7	A devious new game.
0:16.5	The inheritance on Channel 4.
0:18.3	Stream now.
0:20.6	Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken?
0:24.1	A podcast from the Mayrotra Institute at BU Questrum School of Business.
0:29.0	A recent episode explores the high stakes of the AI economy.
0:33.5	Stick around until the end of this podcast for a preview.
0:38.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:48.7	I'm Magna Chakra-Bardi, and this is the Jackpot, where on-point news analyst Jack Beattie
0:54.1	helps us connect history,
0:55.8	literature, and politics in a way that brings his unique clarity to the world we live in now.
1:01.0	Hello there, Jack.
1:02.5	Hello, Megna. Welcome back.
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