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Episode 193
Dylan Scott joins Sarah and Matt to talk about Paul Ryan's retirement, his legacy, and the Weedsiest health reform of all. References: Sarah…
8 years, 2 months ago
The imprudent Scott Pruitt
Episode 192
Sirens galore, as the team races through Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt's many, many scandals and a white paper …
8 years, 2 months ago
Sinclair’s alarming takeover of local TV news
Episode 191
Dylan Matthews joins Sarah and Matt to break down the history of Sinclair Broadcast Group, its politics, and the regulatory favors that fuel…
8 years, 2 months ago
Is Donald Trump ruining the Census?
Episode 190
Sarah, Dara, and Matt talk about the citizenship question, funding, and the potential consequences of a botched enumeration. Plus a weedsy d…
8 years, 2 months ago
The optimistic take is things have always been bad (Worldly crossover)
Episode 189
The Weeds/Worldly crossover event continues: Jennifer Williams tries to persuade Dara and Matt they're wrong about an Islamophobic shift in …
8 years, 2 months ago
Is Facebook bad?
Episode 188
Matt, Sarah and Ezra on a new, blockbuster study on racial mobility — and whether Mark Zuckerberg should shut down Facebook. References: Rac…
8 years, 2 months ago
Cambridge Analytica: Scandal, hype, or both?
Episode 187
Andrew Prokop, senior politics reporter for Vox.com, joins Dara and Matt to break down the scandal that’s rocking the worlds of technology a…
8 years, 2 months ago
The opioid debate: could reversing overdoses worsen the epidemic?
Episode 186
An economics working paper finds that access to Naloxone, a drug to reverse opioid overdoses, may increase opioid abuse. Sarah and Ezra expl…
8 years, 3 months ago
Abolish ICE
Episode 185
Dara and Matt break down the history of Immigration & Customs Enforcement: how it got this way, and why some on the left want it to go away.…
8 years, 3 months ago
Trigger warning: Discussion of White House chaos and political correctness
Episode 184
Vox senior politics reporter Jane Coaston joins Ezra and Matt to talk about Trump turmoil, political correctness and the latest research on …
8 years, 3 months ago