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Here We Go Again With Kal Penn

Here We Go Again With Kal Penn

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Each week, Kal Penn takes today’s trends and headlines and asks: Why does history keep repeating itself? From the new space race and plane delays to fad drugs and movie remakes, our guest's answers will make you feel better about everything.

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Episodes
  • Nithya Raman on running for Mayor of Los Angeles

    Nithya Raman on running for Mayor of Los Angeles
    Apr 7 2026

    LA City Council Member Nithya Raman is running for mayor. On this episode, she joins Kal for a candid conversation. She opens up about how she got into politics, LA's homelessness crisis, and being compared to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. What does being a democratic socialist mean to her? And, what does it take to implement real change in her city?

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    43 mins
  • Spacecraft Failures with Bobak Ferdowsi

    Spacecraft Failures with Bobak Ferdowsi
    Mar 31 2026

    Bobak Ferdowsi is more than just the NASA Mohawk guy. He's a Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with an incredible aptitude for studying spacecraft failures so we can learn from them. Kal breaks down Bobak's career through the spacecrafts that defined them, from the Mars Curiosity Rover to a brand new satellite. Plus, why our failures aren't always bad and how to keep the worst ones from happening again.

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    42 mins
  • Distrust in Traditional Media with Mehdi Hasan

    Distrust in Traditional Media with Mehdi Hasan
    Mar 24 2026

    Does anyone completely trust the media landscape anymore? Mehdi Hasan, a broadcaster, journalist, and newly minted CEO & Editor-in-Chief of independent media company Zeteo, has a few insights that might shed light on how we've gotten to where we are, and how distrust has shaped his very specific, highly uncompromising style of reporting.

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    45 mins
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Enjoy learning how history ties into the craziness around us to day. Gives perspective. Love the intellectual curious discussions.

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