Midterms and missing baby formula: 5 news podcast episodes from this week’s headlines

We are back with another roundup of news podcast episodes about the biggest headlines of the week. This week, the baby formula shortage still continues to effect many parents across the United States while the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade continues to effect all sectors of the country. Plus, a mass shooting in Buffalo over the weekend has sparked conversations about a racist replacement theory.

Also, big midterm primary elections happened this week in Kentucky, Idaho, and Oregon, with the most contentious races happening in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Plus, more news from the Russia-Ukraine war. Hear about all of this and more with these news podcast episodes from the headlines.

5 Things

In this “5 Things” episode from this morning, reporters Aleszu Bajak and Marisa Kwiatkowski investigate why adoptions fail despite billions being funneled into adoption assistance and government agency incentives.

Plus, Ukrainian fighters leave the Mariupol steel plant where they had been holed up, a look into critical race theory after the Buffalo shooting, and there may be a recount on the way in Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary race.

The Refresh from Insider

On this episode of “The Refresh from Insider” from Wednesday, hosts Dave Smith and Rebeca Ibarra cover all of the biggest news stories of the day before jumping into the hows, whys, and what-nows of the baby formula shortage affecting families across the country.

The Daily

On Saturday, May 14th, an 18-year-old drove hours to a Buffalo supermarket and live-streamed himself shooting 13 people. 10 of them died. It quickly became clear that he had deliberately driven to a predominantly Black area of the city with the intent to kill as many Black people as possible, motivated by a racist replacement theory. Along with political and investigative reporter Nicholas Confessore, “The Daily” looks into the origins of this theory and how it’s become more extremist and more mainstream.

Recode Daily

The Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade draft leak continues to shake up the country, even the business sector. “Recode Daily” looks at how major corporations in America have been scrambling to respond to the leak as they prepare for a post-Roe era where their employees across the country won’t have the same healthcare benefits nor rights.

The NPR Politics Podcast

In a big round of voting this week, North Carolina and Pennsylvania saw some Trump-endorsed representatives and governors win big in both gubernatorial elections and GOP Senate primaries. Democratic primaries also occurred this week. On this episode of “The NPR Politics Podcast,” the team is joined by three political correspondents to discuss.