The Explanation Episodes Episode guide
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The President’s Path: Trump’s Latino base
Will Trump’s Latino base hold in the 2026 midterms?
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The President’s Path: Trump’s grievances
From Biden to windmills: Who’s on Trump’s grievance list?
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The President’s Path: Trump’s first six months back in office
Navigating trade wars, immigration policies, and rising international tensions
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The President’s Path: Trump's troubles
Trump enters a new political season as Congress returns from its summer recess
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The President’s Path: Trump's diplomacy
President Trump’s visit tests Sir Keir Starmer’s handling of the “special relationship”
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The President’s Path: Trump v California
Donald Trump is challenging the state of California. Its governor is returning the favour
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The President’s Path: Trump the peacemaker?
Trump’s quest for peace and a shot at the Nobel Prize
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The President’s Path: The political consequences of war and peace for Trump
How Americans view the Iran conflict, how they see Israel and President Trump's conduct
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The President’s Path: The killing of Charlie Kirk
The killing of Charlie Kirk and reaction from across the political divide
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The President’s Path: The health of healthcare
The state of US healthcare under RFK Jr
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The President’s Path: Supreme Court shapes Trump's powers
How Supreme Court could define the scope of Donald Trump's presidential authority
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The President’s Path: Shutdown and teardown
Trump tears down the White House's East Wing as the federal shutdown continues
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The President’s Path: Redistricting
The political pros and cons of redistricting
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The President’s Path: Minneapolis unrest
Minneapolis unrest grows after federal agents fatally shoot Alex Pretti
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The President’s Path: Maga coalition cracks
A look at what the divisions in the Maga coalition mean for Trump.
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The President’s Path: Is Trump facing a Republican rebellion in Congress?
Is President Trump facing a GOP rebellion in Congress?
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The President’s Path: How many wars has Donald Trump ended?
How many wars has President Trump ended?
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The President’s Path: Epstein files
Political pressure on President Trump after the release of more Epstein files
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The President’s Path: Electoral battlegrounds 2025
What will the first big elections of Trump’s second term reveal?
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The President’s Path: Elections fallout
How Republicans and Democrats fared in this year’s elections
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The President’s Path: Democratic offensive
The Democrats’ new playbook to reshape America’s political map
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The President’s Path: After Venezuela, what next for Trump?
US seizes Maduro, while Trump eyes up next targets
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The President’s Path: Affordability
How the Trump administration is addressing affordability in America
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The President's Path: Why are Epstein files dividing MAGA and Trump?
Trump faces backlash from his base as demands grow for Epstein file transparency
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The President's Path: Trump’s mixed messages over war on Iran
Mixed messages leave more questions than answers over the US-Israel war with Iran
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The President's Path: Trump’s midterm messaging
Trump's ratings are at an all-time low. What does that mean for the midterms in November?
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The President's Path: Trump’s address over the Iran war
What the president said and didn’t say in his address over the Iran war
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The President's Path: Trump’s address over the Iran war
What the president said and didn’t say in his address over the Iran war
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The President's Path: Trump's legacy
Will the war in Iran be President Trump's legacy?
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The President's Path: Trump slams allies over Iran war help
The US-Israel war on Iran has put strain on some of Washington's closest global alliances