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A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.

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“When you have a war, you're going to be using up weapons. And when you use up weapons, that means that certain stockpiles are going to be depleted. And it turns out that these Patriots and THAADs are some of the most important ones that you need, given that this has really become a long-distance war.” — Louis Martinez, Start Here
Louis Martinez · 30 Oct 2026 Listen →
“As more people are buying everything in apps, and sometimes now as these apps are merging in one super app, the idea is that those companies have so much of your personal information, and that personal data is currency.” — Elizabeth Schulze, Start Here
Elizabeth Schulze · 30 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Half of all of the growth in the economy for the most recent quarter was business investment. And what that means is spending on AI. Data centers, the build-out of whatever the infrastructure is needed to power cloud and AI computing. That is showing up very clearly in the data… Of course, the concern is this is so much money that's being invested. Is that an investment that's ultimately going to pay off?” — Elizabeth Schulze, Start Here
Elizabeth Schulze · 30 Oct 2026 Listen →
“The outside money was paused on behalf of that race. They pulled it out in terms of ad spending in North Carolina in early October. The president himself has said that he is worried about that race. He's worried about Michael Whatley, the Republican candidate, but thinks that he'd be a great senator.” — Karen Travers on Michael Whatley, Start Here
Karen Travers · 21 Oct 2026 Listen →

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Start Here is hosted by Brad Mielke , Mike Dubusky , Mike DeBusky , Steven Portnoy , Michelle Franzen , Luke Barr , Ashan Singh , Laura Romero , Mike Debuski , Emily Guskin , Kelly Teres and Maggie Rulli .

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  3. 30 Oct 2026

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  5. 28 Oct 2026

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  6. 27 Oct 2026

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  7. 26 Oct 2026

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  8. 23 Oct 2026

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  9. 22 Oct 2026

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  10. 21 Oct 2026

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Guests

Elizabeth Schulze (19 episodes), Devin Dwyer (9 episodes), Alex Mallon (9 episodes), Louis Martinez (8 episodes), Karen Travers (7 episodes), James Longman (7 episodes), Mary Bruce (7 episodes), Jay O'Brien (7 episodes), Sony Salzman (5 episodes), Alex Stone (5 episodes), Rachel Scott (5 episodes), Aaron Katersky (5 episodes), and 140 more.