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With borders wide open
Episode 213
Ezra returns from the wilds of book leave to talk about open borders with Dara and Matt. References and further reading: Dara's piece on th…
7 years, 11 months ago
The messy drama queens of the Supreme Court
Episode 212
While Sarah, Matt and Ezra are away Dara is joined by Dylan Matthews and Andrew Prokop to talk about the friction between how the Supreme Co…
8 years ago
Which children matter?
Episode 211
Senior politics reporter Jane Coaston joins Dara and Matt to talk about the ideological roots of Donald Trump's family separation policy. Re…
8 years ago
Ask Weeds Anything...Again!
Episode 210
Sarah, Dara and Matt answer your questions.
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8 years ago
Why 12-step programs work — and family separation doesn’t
Episode 209
While Sarah and Matt are away Dara is joined by Vox.com congressional reporters Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen to talk about immigration and f…
8 years ago
Can we get tough on rapists without being “tough on crime”?
Episode 208
Sarah, Dara and Matt talk about the recent recall of Judge Aaron Persky, the California judge who sentenced former Stanford University swimm…
8 years ago
Cake Wars, Supreme Court edition
Episode 207
Dara, Sarah and Matt trace the Supreme Court Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling back to peyote and then discuss a Swedish study about lottery winne…
8 years ago
Trump isn’t losing immigrant kids, but he is taking them from their parents
Episode 206
Sarah and Matt are joined by Vox.com Congress reporter Tara Golshan to talk about missing children, separated families, and the latest immig…
8 years ago
The debate over “no excuses” charter schools, explained
Episode 205
Libby Nelson, Vox.com news editor and former education reporter, joins Matt and Sarah to talk about the discipline practices and educational…
8 years ago
Nobody has babies anymore (except Sarah)
Episode 204
Sarah and Matt talk about America’s rapidly falling birthrate, and a study on the long-term benefit of the 1980s Medicaid expansion. Referen…
8 years, 1 month ago