The 1600 is an unfiltered guide to the politics and culture defining the Trump era. Newsweek's Carlo Versano explores the forces reshaping our world with help from lawmakers, experts and modern thinkers.
Get your jalapeño poppers ready. Carlo Versano sits down with More Perfect Union's Alec Opperman to talk his viral investigation into the world of corporate flavor, break down Sysco's food industry dominance, and answer the question: Why is restaurant food starting to taste the same?
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How profitable is OpenAI? Is the bubble about to burst? Ed Zitron of "Where's Your Ed At?" pulls back the curtain on the AI industry.
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It's not just you. It seems like every product in the digital age is getting worse. "Enshittification" author Cory Doctorow joins Carlo Versano on "The 1600" to break down the decay.
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Curtis Sliwa isn't going anywhere. The New York City GOP mayoral candidate told Carlo Versano on "The 1600" why he won't cave into demands to exit the race.
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Derek Davison of "Foreign Exchanges" joins Carlo Versano on "The 1600" to discuss theaters of war across the world, including President Donald Trump's strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, the fragile Gaza ceasefire and unfolding conflicts in Africa.
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Carlo Versano connects with critic and author W. David Marx, whose new book "Blank Space" explores how the 21st century became a wasteland of cultural stagnation.
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In this episode, host Carlo Versano quizzes conservative columnist Josh Hammer about Charlie Kirk, 2025’s biggest winners and losers, and how the right wing is really digesting Trump’s second term.
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Carlo Versano is joined by Gabe Fleisher of "Wake Up To Politics" to dissect Donald Trump's foreign policy doctrine after a stunning U.S. attack in Venezuela that captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday. Newsweek's Jesús Mesa also joins to share reactions from the Venezuelan diaspora in Miami, Florida.
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Gabe Fleisher of "Wake Up to Politics" joins Carlo Versano to talk Tim Walz, Jeffrey Epstein, 2026 midterms and the big stories to watch this year.
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