Podcast Episodes

Nan Whaley

Episode 16

The mayor of Dayton, Ohio, on how badly America's cities need a bailout—and how painful the impact could be if they don't get one.

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Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Bill Cassidy

Episode 15

Senator (and doctor) Bill Cassidy discusses the coronavirus response, vaccines, and how states like his own Louisiana hope to reopen.

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Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Phil Murphy

Episode 14

The governor of one of the hardest-hit states discusses the coronavirus response, how he thinks about reopening New Jersey, and his conversations with President Trump. (In fact, the president called …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Andrew Yang

Episode 13

The former presidential candidate discusses universal basic income, coronavirus-linked bigotry against Asian Americans, and how the pandemic has accelerated the automation trends he's long worried ab…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Stacey Abrams

Episode 12

Georgia politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams discusses elections in a pandemic, vice presidential aspirations, and Star Trek.

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Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Voter Suppression By Pandemic

Episode 11

Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund discusses Wisconsin’s election debacle and how the coronavirus has become a new tool of voter suppression. Ifill says Wisconsin legislators “created a …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

‘The Woman From Michigan’

Episode 10

Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins to discuss Michigan’s coronavirus response and her relationship with President Trump. Elected in the state’s 2018 wave election, the popular young governor is consider…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Risking Exposure in Congress

Episode 9

Grace Meng represents New York in Congress. Her Queens district is at the center of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, where its hospitals face an ‘apocalyptic’ situation. She spent the day flying to and…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Pandemic Response

Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked everyone to stay home. He's issued PSA videos, with his mini donkey and mini horse, and from his jacuzzi, urging people to socially distance.

Besides his celebrity, he …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

The Coronavirus Response, with Senator Sherrod Brown

Episode 8

Senator Sherrod Brown discusses the Trump administration's response to the pandemic and what he thinks Congress needs to do now. The progressive Ohio senator believes that, as Americans rely on expan…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago