What A Week!
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This week has been… a lot. On Thursday, Israel’s cabinet approved the first phase of a peace agreement between Hamas and Israel, which would end the fighting in Gaza and return all Israeli hostages, living and dead. But the news didn’t stop there – with President Donald Trump threatening National Guard deployments in both Chicago and Portland, and both cities responding by heading to court. And don’t forget, we’re in the second week of a government shutdown with no end in sight. To unpack it all, we spoke to Pod Save America co-host Tommy Vietor.
And in headlines, a federal judge temporarily blocks the President’s National Guard deployment in Chicago, the CDC quietly updates its COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for pregnant women, and trick-or-treaters this year might find their bags less full of chocolate and more full of gum.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, October 10th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show congratulating Kendrick Lamar on defeating Drake again, this time in a federal court. |
| 0:13.3 | On Thursday, a judge dismissed Drake's defamation lawsuit against his own record label for publishing and promoting Kendrick Lamar's anti-Drake |
| 0:20.8 | disc track, not like us. The judge found that, quote, the average listener is not under |
| 0:26.2 | the impression that a disc track is a product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, |
| 0:31.5 | conveying to the public fact-checked verifiable content. Or, as Lamar himself once said, quote, |
| 0:38.3 | The audience not dumb. |
| 0:40.6 | Shape the stories how you want. |
| 0:41.9 | Hey, Drake, they're not slow. |
| 0:49.1 | On today's show, a federal judge temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's National |
| 0:53.6 | Guard deployment in Chicago, |
| 0:55.4 | and trick-or-treaters this year might find their bags less full of chocolate and more full of |
| 0:59.3 | gum. But let's start with, well, actually, it's hard to know where to start, because this week |
| 1:06.2 | has been a lot. First, there's the Trump administration brokered ceasefire and the war in Gaza. On Thursday, |
| 1:13.7 | Israel's cabinet approved the first phase of an agreement between Hamas and Israel. This phase would |
| 1:19.1 | center on an end to the fighting in Gaza and the return of all Israeli hostages living and dead. |
| 1:25.3 | And the reaction in both central Israel and in Gaza appeared to be one |
| 1:28.7 | of jubilance and relief. Here's the town of Khan Yunus in Gaza. But this is just the first step |
| 1:41.6 | in a long process, one with plenty of potential roadblocks. |
| 1:46.0 | The news didn't stop there, with Trump-threatening National Guard deployments in both Chicago and Portland |
| 1:50.4 | and both cities responding by heading to court. |
| 1:53.2 | And don't forget, we're in the second week of a government shutdown with no end in sight. |
| 1:57.7 | So much has happened, in fact, that you may have missed Health and Human Services |
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