Rachel Waldholz
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Rachel Waldholz is a journalist and audio-production contributor associated with NPR, credited in the excerpt for assisting with the episode.
Works by Rachel Waldholz
- AWAnthropics Warning of existential risk hijacks large AI debate
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8 episodes featuring Rachel Waldholz
Candace
Owens questions Kirk investigation and Turning Point’s Wilson alliance
The episode links disputed evidence around Charlie Kirk’s final moments to a wider argument over privacy, institutional judgment, and public accountability.
Sep 24, 2026 · 53 min
Global News Podcast
Xi tests America’s trade truce as China gains leverage
The summit tests whether Washington and Beijing can convert economic interdependence into limited cooperation while other stories expose widening security and governance dilemmas.
Sep 24, 2026 · 29 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI infrastructure faces a trust test on two fronts
Oracle’s delayed data center and the race to deploy autonomous AI expose who bears the financial, political, and security risks of rapid technology expansion.
Sep 24, 2026 · 54 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI’s next frontier runs from model costs to robot power
The episode connects cheaper frontier models, uncertain safety coordination, robotics investment, and health hardware to a broader contest over economic and geopolitical power.
Sep 23, 2026 · 56 min
Global News Podcast
Typhoon exposes Japan’s fragile urban routines
The episode connects a dangerous storm in Tokyo with wider stories about political control, displacement, public safety and institutional failure.
Sep 21, 2026 · 29 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI’s self-improvement debate collides with a multibillion-dollar buildout
The episode tests whether AI’s emerging risks require extraordinary new controls or better enforcement of existing laws as investment accelerates.
Sep 18, 2026 · 53 min
Today, Explained
A Gaza documentary exposes the politics of who gets heard
The episode examines how testimony, unequal access, government retaliation, and cultural boycotts shape public understanding of Israel’s war in Gaza.
Sep 17, 2026 · 28 min
Up First from NPR
El Niño, vaccine failures and Iran’s wartime strain
The episode connects a climate threat, public-health breakdown and prolonged conflict to the pressures shaping everyday life and policy.
Aug 29, 2026 · 18 min