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Axios Today
Weekday mornings, before 6 am ET
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Start your morning with news that matters — from White House scoops to analysis on the economy & insights into the trends shaping the world.
Niala Boodhoo is the host of Axios Today. She was the host & executive producer of The 21st, an award-winning news program, a Knight-Wallace fellow & board member for the AAJA.
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How it Happened
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How it Happened is an Axios podcast docu-series featuring instant histories. Each season, Axios reporters bring you behind closed doors to hear the people and decisions shaping the biggest stories of our time.

Season 1: Trump’s Last Stand

Jonathan Swan is a national political correspondent at Axios covering both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. In the first series of How it Happened, Swan reveals the story of Trump’s last months in office.
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Season 2: The Next Astronauts

Miriam Kramer is Axios’ space reporter covering the science and business of space. In the second season of How it Happened, Kramer brings listeners inside SpaceX and goes behind the scenes with the all-civilian crew launching into orbit on a space flight like no other.
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Season 3: Trump's Big Deal

Barak Ravid is Axios’ Middle East Correspondent based in Tel-Aviv covering everything that matters from Cairo to Tehran.
Jonathan Swan is a national political correspondent at Axios covering both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. In the third season of How it Happened, Ravid and Swan uncover the surprising negotiations that led to the Abraham Accords, the most significant Middle East peace agreement in a generation.
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Season 4: Putin’s Invasion

Dave Lawler is the world editor at Axios, covering the most important stories shaping the globe. In the fourth season of How it Happened, Dave pulls together analysis and reporting from across the Axios newsroom to explain how the invasion of Ukraine happened in slow motion over 8 years and then all at once.
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