# Democracy Now! Thursday, August 20, 2026

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Podcast: [Democracy Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-now-1621212)
Published: 2026-08-20T14:45:22+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/democracy-now-566803170
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## Resource

Headlines for August 20, 2026; 5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women & Girls in Afghanistan Have Disappeared from Public Life; AI Superintelligence Is Not a Tool, It’s an Adversary Threatening Humanity: ControlAI’s Connor Leahy; “Love Machines”: James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships & the Global Workers Fueling AI Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

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