2025 Year in Review

Episode #246

This week, Bill and Phil look back at the significance of 2025 and discuss the many ways that it broke precedents - both good and bad, and then make some predictions for 2026.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Trump Promised Radical Change in His Second Term. Here’s What He’s Done So Far.” by Charlie Savage and Zolan Kanno-Youngs in The New York Times

• “Are Trump’s Actions Unprecedented? We Asked Historians (Again).” by Francesca Paris, Alicia Parlapiano and Josh Katz in The New York Times

• “In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up” by Nicholas Kristoff in The New York Times

• “What went right in 2025: the top 25 good news stories of the year”

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