The shooting at Brown University.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday, a gunman killed two Brown University students and wounded at least nine others in an attack on the university campus in Providence, Rhode Island. According to authorities, the shooter entered a classroom where students were reviewing for a final exam and opened fire before fleeing. The suspect has not been caught, and a manhunt is underway.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place where you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of our take. I'm your host for today, Tangle managing editor, Ari We're going to be covering the Brown shooting today. It's a little bit of a tough one. We have a lot of emotions to sift through. I know I do. |
| 0:44.9 | And we have a lot happening today outside Providence, Rhode Island, and we're going to cover it all in our standard format. |
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| 1:27.0 | you need to know for today. |
| 1:35.1 | Thanks, Ari, and welcome everybody. Here are your quick hits for today. |
| 1:39.0 | First up, President Donald Trump announced a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. |
| 1:45.1 | The proclamation follows the U.S. seizing a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week. |
| 1:51.0 | Number two, after House Speaker Mike Johnson indicated that he would not hold a vote on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, |
| 1:57.6 | four House Republicans signed a discharge petition led by House Minority Leader |
| 2:01.7 | Hakeem Jeffries and supported by all House Democrats giving the petition the 218 votes |
| 2:07.1 | required to force a vote on extending the subsidies. |
| 2:11.2 | Number three, Vanity Fair published an article based on 11 interviews with White House |
| 2:15.6 | Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, in which Wiles shared |
| 2:18.5 | candid assessments of key figures in the Trump administration, including the president. |
| 2:23.0 | Among several notable quotes, Wiles said that President Trump has an alcoholic's personality, |
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