WSJ What’s News

Rank #1: Senate to Vote on Bills to End Shutdown. P.M. Edition for January 23: The Senate votes Thursday on two competing bills that would reopen the government. The Wall Street Journal's Kristina Peterson talks about both bills - one from President Trump, the other from congressional Democrats.

Rank #2: Toymakers Optimistic, Despite Sales Declines Without Toys 'R' Us. A.M. Edition for February 11th: Toymakers continue to struggle, but are optimistic about growth in 2019, as the industry adjusts to a changing landscape that no longer includes Toys "R" Us. The Wall Street Journal's Paul Ziobro has more details.

Global News Podcast

Rank #1: Spain's Socialists claim victory in the general election. Pedro Sanchez's party will need the help of either left-wing Podemos and regional parties or the centre right to form a government. Also, aid workers in northern Mozambique say they've not yet been able to reach many of the people affected by Cyclone Kenneth and the Kenyan athlete, Eliud Kipchoge, has won the London Marathon in the second fastest time.

Rank #2: Desperate Appeal to End Slaughter in Yemen. The UN envoy to Yemen makes an impassioned plea for a ceasefire, the prominent radio journalist shot dead in the rebel-held province of Idlib and the Chinese campaign to encourage women to have more children.

Can He Do That?

Rank #1: Will President Trump's immigration ban survive?. Is President Trump's executive order temporarily barring entry into the U.S. from seven majority-Muslim countries within the bounds of presidential power? With Marc Fisher, Post senior editor and author of "Trump Revealed," we answer that and more.

Rank #2: Should Trump be spending weekends at Mar-a-Lago?. President Trump frequents his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, has a triplex penthouse in Trump Tower in downtown Manhattan and has his last name blazoned on dozens of properties around the world. Does that change things for the office of the presidency?

The Rachel Maddow Show

Rank #1: Bonus Bag Man, Episode 1: An Unsettling Secret. He was brash. Politically incorrect. An “outsider” political candidate who rose to the White House, out of nowhere, with a reputation as a “counter-puncher.” But Vice President Spiro Agnew was also something else… an active criminal whose secrets were about to be exposed. What happens when a “counter-puncher” in the White House suddenly sees his political future directly threatened by investigators inside his own Justice Department? Reference links, transcripts and more at MSNBC.com/BagMan. Contact us via e-mail at BagManPod@gmail.com.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rank #2: After two years of no oversight, Democrats send wave of document requests. 9:00 Democrats launch wave of inquiries after GOP oversight abdication 9:23 Nadler: 'Our job is to protect the rule of law in this country' 9:35 Inslee builds 2020 presidential campaign on climate change agenda 9:52 Gov. Inslee: Climate change is a 'true national emergency' 9:59 WSJ: Cohen lawyer discussed question of pardon after FBI raidsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBC Nightly News

Rank #1: Friday, March 29, 2019. Attorney general says redacted Mueller report will be released by mid-April, officials investigating two deaths at Grand Canyon in one week, and lawmakers reject Brexit deal amid protests in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rank #2: Sunday, February 3, 2019. Virginia Gov. Northam faces growing calls to resign over racist yearbook photo, Pres. Trump addresses dispute with intelligence officials in new interview, and crisis in Venezuela grows as Maduro refuses outside aid.

The Daily

Rank #1: The (Misunderstood) Story of NATO. On a combative opening day of the NATO summit in Brussels, President Trump called other member countries “delinquent” on military spending and attacked Germany as a “captive” of Russia. We examine where his frustration is coming from. Guest: David E. Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times and the author of “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age.” For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Rank #2: The Whistle-Blowers at Boeing. After two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets, regulators and lawmakers began asking whether competitive pressure may have led the company to miss safety risks, like an anti-stall system that played a role in both crashes. In reporting that story, our colleagues began to look into whether the problems extended beyond the 737 Max. Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, a business reporter for The New York Times, spoke with John Barnett, a former quality manager at Boeing. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:In an industry where safety is paramount, concerns involving two crucial Boeing plane models — the 737 Max and the 787 Dreamliner — point to potentially systemic problems at the company.

60 Minutes

Rank #1: Sunday, March 25, 2018. Adult film star Stormy Daniels sits down for her first interview with Anderson Cooper.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rank #2: Sunday, November 29, 2015. Alan Gross tells Scott Pelley about his five years as a prisoner in Cuba and his activities that led up to his arrest in his first interview.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FiveThirtyEight Politics

Rank #1: President Trump. The day after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, our podcast crew gathered to discuss the path he took to secure the Electoral College while losing the popular vote.

Rank #2: Still Processing.... Nate and Harry report on a post-election forum where it was clear that emotions are still very raw. Then, economics editor Ben Casselman discusses Trump's new deals.

The New Yorker: Politics and More

Rank #1: The World View of James Mattis. Dexter Filkins joins Evan Osnos to discuss Secretary of Defense James Mattis, his view of the Middle East, and what this means for U.S. foreign policy.

Rank #2: The Sackler Family, Purdue Pharma, and the Lawsuits Threatening Opioid Manufacture. Purdue Pharma, the Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company owned by the Sackler family, brought OxyContin to market in 1995. The Sacklers dismissed warnings that the drug was addictive and unleashed a well-funded marketing campaign to sell it to doctors. Since then, Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers have been sued thousands of times for the role they played in the opioid epidemic, and now some fifteen hundred civil cases against the company and its founders have been bundled together into a multi-district litigation that could cost the Sacklers billions of dollars. Patrick Radden Keefe joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma participated in the proliferation of opioids and what the new round of lawsuits may mean for the company’s future.

Vox's The Weeds

Rank #1: Trump Cabinet, Obamacare Update, and Heroin. Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the rush to hold hearings on Trump's cabinet appointees, the sudden emergence of trouble in repeal paradise, and an effort to cut down on pill abuse that backfired massively. 

Rank #2: Ask Weeds Anything!. Matt, Ezra, and Sarah answer your questions.

PBS NewsHour - Segments

Rank #1: News Wrap: Trump’s inaugural funds reportedly under investigation. In our news wrap Friday, federal prosecutors are reportedly in the early stages of investigating potentially illegal contributions to Trump’s inaugural committee, while Michael Cohen spoke out for the first time since being sentenced. Also, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis met with their Canadian counterparts to denounce China’s detention of two Canadian citizens.

Rank #2: Special Episode: State of the Union Aftershow. The State of the Union fanfare is gone. What now? Join the PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor and Daniel Bush as they dig into President Donald Trump’s speech and the Democratic response. Which statements have traction and which are just rhetoric? As always, you can expect smart analysis, useful insights and the kind of conversation you won’t get anywhere else.

NBC Meet the Press

Rank #1: December 23 - Government shutdown and Mattis resignation with Sen. Pat Toomey, Sen. Dick Durbin and Julian Castro.

Rank #2: March 31 - Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. Dick Durbin, and Fmr. Gov. John Hickenlooper. Today on “Meet the Press,” Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso and Illinois Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin discuss the Mueller report and health care. Former Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper talked about his presidential bid. And NBC News chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson, Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and National Review editor Rich Lowry joined the panel.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Rank #1: Maggie Haberman: Gang War in the White House. Maggie Haberman and Donald Trump go way back.  

Rank #2: James Comey Makes His Case to America. In a long career in law enforcement, the former F.B.I. Director James Comey aimed to be above politics, but in the 2016 election he stepped directly into it.  In his book, “A Higher Loyalty,” Comey makes the case to America that he handled the F.B.I. investigations into Hillary Clinton’s e-mails and Donald Trump’s campaign correctly, regardless of the consequences. Even after being fired by President Trump, the former F.B.I Director says he doesn’t dislike the President; he tells David Remnick that what he feels is more akin to sympathy.  Trump “has an emptiness inside of him, and a hunger for affirmation, that I’ve never seen in an adult,” Comey says. “He lacks external reference points. Instead of making hard decisions by calling upon a religious tradition, or logic, or tradition or history, it’s all, ‘what will fill this hole?’ ” As a result, Comey says, “The President poses significant threats to the rule of law,” and he chides Congressional Republicans for going along with the President’s aberrations. “What,” he rhetorically asks Mitch McConnell and others, “are you going to tell your grandchildren?”  Nevertheless, Comey remains hopeful about the resilience of American institutions. “There isn’t a ‘deep state,’ [but] there is a deep culture,” he believes. “It is [about] the rule of law and doing it the right way,” and it serves as “a ballast” during political turmoil. David Remnick’s interview with James Comey was taped live at New York’s Town Hall on April 19, 2018.

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition

Rank #1: Did Trump Just Botch His Border Wall Negotiation on Live TV? | Meek Mill. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer debate border security with President Trump, Ronny Chieng addresses the addictiveness ofexamines "Fortnite," addiction, and Meek Mill discusses talks prison reform and "Championships."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rank #2: Netflix vs. Having Sex, CNN's Democratic Town Halls & Impeaching Trump | Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman. Five Democratic presidential candidates participate in CNN town halls, Michael Kosta weighs in on impeachment, and Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman discuss "The Hill to Die On."Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices