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How do you solve a problem like Harvey Weinstein?
Episode 143
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt dig into the Harvey Weinstein story, talk a bit about tax reform, and cover new research on Medicaid expansion and sav…
8 years, 8 months ago
Trump couldn't repeal Obamacare, so he's making it worse
Episode 142
Dylan Scott joins Sarah and Matt to dive into the newest forms of Obamacare sabotage, and to talk about heroin.
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8 years, 8 months ago
CHIPping away at gerrymandering
Episode 141
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about CHIP reauthorization, the Supreme Court's big gerrymandering case, and a seminal Richard Thaler paper (Ment…
8 years, 8 months ago
Republicans have big dreams and big problems on tax reform
Episode 140
Dylan Matthews and Andrew Prokop join Matt to talk about Republicans hopes, dreams, and nightmares on tax reform.
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8 years, 8 months ago
Australia solved its gun problem. Could America?
Episode 139
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about gun control in the wake of Las Vegas, the GOP tax reform blueprint, and job-sharing in Germany. White paper…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Puerto Rico disaster and Trump's inadequate response
Episode 138
Eliza Barclay and Alexia Fernández Campbell join Matt to talk about Hurricane Maria and its aftermath.
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8 years, 8 months ago
What's budget reconciliation, and how did it eat the Senate?
Episode 137
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt delve into Senate procedure arcana, break down the latest GOP repeal bill, and talk about a surprisingly easy way to r…
8 years, 8 months ago
Weeds Live: Canadian immigration and a health insurance experiment
Episode 136
Dara Lind joins Matt and Sarah at the Now Hear This Festival to discuss the Canadian immigration system, and the audience chooses a white pa…
8 years, 9 months ago
The worst GOP healthcare bill yet
Episode 135
Ezra and Sarah parse through Graham-Cassidy, the latest Republican repeal bill. White paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstrac…
8 years, 9 months ago
White House Chinese food summit leads to congressional chaos
Episode 134
Congressional reporters Jeff Stein and Tara Golshan join Matt to talk about congressional Democrats' hopes and Republicans' fears.
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8 years, 9 months ago