1A is a show for a changing America.
Every day, host Joshua Johnson convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time. The show takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world.
With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports and humor. 1A’s goal is to act as a national mirror — taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
The conversation isn’t just on air. 1A invites you to join in. We’ll regularly post questions and requests for feedback on this page. And you can talk to us on Twitter, Facebook, or by texting 1A to 63735.
1A is produced by WAMU 88.5, and distributed by NPR.
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World leaders react to the inauguration. Mike Pompeo says China is committing genocide. -
Joe Biden becomes president. Donald Trump spends his final moments in office on last-minute pardons.
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The senator is also urging the new administration to focus its homeland security efforts on domestic terrorism.
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D.C. is locked down before Joe Biden's inauguration. But it's not the first time a president has been sworn into office against a backdrop of unease or disorder.
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After an insurrection, a global pandemic and an economic downturn, Americans are ready for change.
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Deaths have reached such a high level that local officials are temporarily lifting restrictions on the number of bodies that are allowed to be cremated.
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We're talking to young people about how they feel about this moment in American history.
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“Run faster, stretch out your arms farther, beat on against a current that is always pulling you towards the past.”
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We talk about the pro-Trump extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol with BuzzFeed's Zoe Tillman. Who were they? And why did they do it?
