A calm daily roundup that connects politics, war, and courts with clear context.
News Du Jour starts by situating Annie Bowles in the frame before moving through U.S.-Japan ties, the sentencing of Allen Weisenberg, and the Iran-Israel attack.

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Annie Bowles connects laws and court decisions to the people living with their consequences, with particular attention to domestic violence survivors.
News Du Jour follows politics into the places where legislation meets lived experience. Annie Bowles repeatedly examines how courts, prosecutors, and lawmakers respond to domestic violence survivors, using conversations with Colleen McCarty, Nikki Addimando, and Michelle Horton…
One word in a sentencing bill, 'retroactivity,' asks how much justice you're willing to leave in the past.
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A calm daily roundup that connects politics, war, and courts with clear context.
News Du Jour starts by situating Annie Bowles in the frame before moving through U.S.-Japan ties, the sentencing of Allen Weisenberg, and the Iran-Israel attack.
A calm, context-rich news briefing in plain language.
News Du Jour is anchored by Annie Bowles's perspective, and that comes through immediately. She begins with her own political background before moving into Columbia University protests and broader conflict coverage, keeping the tone measured and easy to follow.
A direct fertility story that makes the medical process feel human, costly, and immediate.
Annie Bowles gives a direct account of fertility and motherhood that begins with an unexpected pregnancy at 18 and moves through the way family life kept shifting after that, including a split from her first partner and a fast moving relationship with her husband.
A personal, plainspoken legal-news update with clear stakes.
Annie Bowles opens by situating News Du Jour as a show that tracks politics and the wider world, then turns to a domestic-violence legal dispute that clearly lands hard for the people involved. The episode is strongest when it stays with the facts.
A survivor-centered advocacy conversation that connects one family's experience to policy pressure.
The episode stays close to Nikki and Michelle, showing how their bond held through domestic violence, prison, and a long push for change. Annie Bowles keeps the attention on support, advocacy, and the Oklahoma Senate Bill 1470 effort, which gives the conversation a clear point…
A calm, plainspoken political briefing that gives public warnings and campaign theater equal weight.
Annie Bowles opens by tying the show to her own political background, then runs through a tight daily-news set that moves from public health to campaign politics without losing its footing.
A serious, grief-tinged dispatch that names repression plainly while staying honest about what cannot be fully verified.
News Du Jour treats Iran as a place where protest, journalism, and ordinary survival keep colliding. Annie Bowles keeps the focus on people who were lost or harmed under repression, then turns Amnesty International's language about detention, lethal force, discrimination,…
A survivor-centered political update that ties the Oklahoma Survivors Act to real consequences and a concrete set of cases.
Annie Bowles uses the episode to connect the Oklahoma Survivors Act and Senate Bill 1835 to the work that still has to get done. She keeps the focus on the 14 cases the team plans to start with and on the clock facing survivors, which gives the update real weight without turning…


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Host Annie Bowles returns to News Du Jour after a hiatus to recap the recent U.S.
Host Annie Bowles covers Kate Middleton's cancer announcement, EU plans to fund Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, China's massive solar investment, and the rise of climate cafes, while also promoting a previous episode about a criminalized survivor and advocating for an Oklahoma bill.
Host Annie Bowles reads her op-ed for The Oklahoman about Senate Bill 1470, the Oklahoma Survivors Act, which would allow domestic abuse survivors to receive reduced sentences if their crimes stemmed from documented abuse.
Host Annie Bowles provides updates on three major stories: the progress of a bill in Oklahoma legislature, the medical examiner's ruling that Nex Benedict died by suicide, and Senator Chuck Schumer's call for elections in Israel.
Host Annie Bowles delivers a weekday news digest covering a wide range of current events, from updates on the Israel-Hamas conflict and U.S.
Host Annie Bowles provides a personal news roundup, starting with an update on stalled Oklahoma legislation (Senate Bill 1470) before covering major international stories: the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, Israel's move to ban Al Jazeera, escalating tensions with Iran after a strike in Syria, and the major earthquake in Taiwan.
This episode covers major news stories including Trump's hush money trial starting, updates on Senate Bill 1470 in Oklahoma, and mini-stories on Boeing, a mall stabbing in Australia, a truck attack in Texas, U.S.-Japan relations, and Allen Weisenberg's sentencing.
Host Annie Bowles covers multiple news stories including an exclusive interview with domestic violence survivor Nikki Adamondo, updates on Israel-Gaza conflict negotiations, the humanitarian crisis of malnourished children in Afghanistan, and Biden's executive order on women's health research.
Brit Bowles describes getting pregnant with Peyton at 18, then later facing infertility after she and Charles began trying again before their 2019 marriage.
Host Annie Bowles updates listeners on Oklahoma Senate Bill 1470's progress, tours a groundbreaking women's health center in Oklahoma City, and covers news stories including a deadly heart pump warning, a presidential fundraiser, Florida's social media ban for kids, and Israel-Gaza conflict updates involving facial recognition technology.
Host Annie Bowles provides an update on a domestic violence bill in Oklahoma, detailing its passage through the House despite a co-author's surprising no vote, the importance of retroactivity for incarcerated survivors like April Wilkins, and an upcoming floral event to raise awareness.
Host Annie Bowles provides a calm, accessible news roundup covering three major stories: the diplomatic fallout from a U.S.
Host Annie Bowles delivers a weekday news roundup covering medical breakthroughs like a successful pig transplant and Ozempic's potential for Parkinson's, the earthquake felt in Manhattan, the solar eclipse, and updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict including a new aid corridor and a foraging leafy green becoming a lifeline in Gaza.
Host Annie Bowles provides a conversational daily news roundup covering U.S.
Host Annie Bowles provides a calm, conversational news roundup covering updates on a pending bill she's advocating for, severe weather in the U.S.
Host Annie Bowles provides updates on Trump-related court cases, aid to Gaza, and a novel legal approach to fentanyl deaths in San Francisco, while also sharing exclusive interviews about criminalized survivorship and a quirky story about a snake catching boom due to climate change.
Annie Bowles returns with a delayed bonus episode.
Annie Bowles opens the show by explaining why she is hosting News Du Jour.
Annie Bowles opens News Du Jour by introducing herself through a personal political biography.
News Du Jour turns to Iran for a bonus episode.
Annie Bowles opens a bonus News Du Jour conversation by introducing Michelle Horton and Nikki Adamondo, two sisters whose lives were shaped by domestic violence.
Annie Bowles starts by introducing herself and explaining why she hosts News Du Jour.
Host Annie Bowles recounts the intense, behind-the-scenes effort to pass the Oklahoma Survivors Act after an unexpected gubernatorial veto, detailing the public petition drive, negotiations, and final legislative victory.
Host Annie Bowles provides an urgent update on the status of Senate Bill 1470, the Oklahoma Survivors Act, detailing the governor's unexpected veto, the successful Senate override, and the current pressure campaign targeting House Speaker McCaul to send the bill for a final vote.