Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWTF is happening with USPS
Episode 448
Jane, Dara, and Matt on the health and history of the postal service, the political games being played, and what it means for November's election.
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5 years, 10 months ago
What the hell is the Republican party doing?
Episode 447
Ezra and Matt on Republican policy nihilism and the Kamala Harris pick.
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"Kamala Harris Is Biden’s Choice for Vice President" by Alexander Bu…
5 years, 10 months ago
What is the economy, stupid?
Episode 446
Vox's Emily Stewart joins Dara and Jane to discuss the relationship between "the market" and the "real economy."
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"The Stock Market Is an Eng…
5 years, 10 months ago
Veepstakes
Episode 445
Ezra and Matt on Susan Rice, Kamala Harris, and Trump’s increasingly chaotic authoritarianism.
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"What we know about Joe Biden’s possible vice…
5 years, 10 months ago
The stimulus standoff
Episode 444
Jane, Dara, and Matt on the congressional deadlock over economic aid.
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"“The jobs aren’t there”: Why cutting off enhanced unemployment benefi…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Great Awokening
Episode 443
John McWhorter joins Matt to discuss the changing way we talk about racism in America.
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"“Latinx” is growing in popularity. I made a comic to…
5 years, 10 months ago
Trafficking, and trafficking panics
Episode 442
Dara, Jane, and Matt on Wayfair, massage parlors, and reality.
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"The modeling industry is filled with exploitation—this labor activist is fig…
5 years, 10 months ago
The evidence on crime and policing
Episode 441
Texas A&M's Jennifer Doleac joins Matt to explain what we know (and don't know) about criminal justice.
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"How to Fix Policing" by Jennifer Do…
5 years, 11 months ago
Bad for the Jews?
Episode 440
Dara, Jane, and Matt on Nick Cannon, Louis Farrakhan, and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
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"The conspiracy theories behind the anti-Semitic …
5 years, 11 months ago
Biden reloaded
Episode 439
Ezra and Matt on Joe Biden’s unification strategy with the left.
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"How Joe Biden and Bernie San…
5 years, 11 months ago