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Trump Is Losing A Lot In Court. Plus, the First Episode of The Divided Dial (S2).

On the Media

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4.68.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A deluge of legal battles against Trump; the evolution of shortwave radio.

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0:00.0

The first three months of the Trump administration have seen an avalanche of lawsuits.

0:05.8

Harvard is suing the Trump administration.

0:07.6

The federal judge blocks the Trump administration.

0:09.8

The Supreme Court issued an administrative state.

0:12.4

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

0:15.4

I'm Michael Onger.

0:16.9

I asked an expert who's been trying to keep up how many cases he's been tracking.

0:22.7

That's both a great question that I should know the answer,

0:26.9

and the fact that I don't tells you as much as you probably need to know.

0:33.2

Plus, the divided dial is back for a new season all about the short waves.

0:39.0

This week, radio's earliest days.

0:42.0

It was the first time that human beings had had it in their power to be heard around the world

0:46.5

and a lot of governments figured out that this could be a really powerful tool for the common good,

0:52.5

but also, of course, for the waging of wars. It's all coming up

0:56.4

after this. From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. Brooke Gladstone is out this week. I'm

1:05.2

Michael O'Henger. The first few months of the Trump administration have been defined by the constant stream of executive orders.

1:13.0

A battering ram of dubious legal action that's brought mass firings, shuddering of agencies, withholding of allocated funds,

1:22.6

detentions and deportations, and an existential test for the American judicial system.

1:29.7

President Trump fired more than a dozen inspectors general during his first week in office.

1:34.9

Eight have now filed a lawsuit against the administration arguing that their firings were unlawed.

1:39.9

Harvard is suing the Trump administration in federal court today,

1:43.0

arguing that the administration's attempts to freeze multiple billions Trump administration in federal court today, arguing that the administration's

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