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Teen births are plummeting — and economists are judging your Christmas gifts
Episode 15
In a very merry Christmas day episode of the Weeds, Ezra and Matt talk to Sarah about how why teen birth rate fell in half since the mid-200…
10 years, 5 months ago
Gentrification, a budget deal, and the decline of floating voters
Episode 14
Matt, Sarah, and Ezra lay out what is and isn't troubling about gentrification, break down congress' latest fiscal deal, and discuss a paper…
10 years, 6 months ago
Ezra interviews Ben Bernanke
Episode 13
In this special episode of The Weeds, Ezra interviews former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about what it's like to manage the most p…
10 years, 6 months ago
Why health premiums rise, and how partisans discriminate
Episode 12
Ezra, Sarah, and Matt are reunited at last for a deep dive into why patients in and out of Obamacare are paying more for health insurance, t…
10 years, 6 months ago
Dietary fat and climate change
Episode 11
Matt is joined by special guest stars Julia Belluz and Brad Plumer to discuss the science of eating fat, the Paris climate conference, and t…
10 years, 6 months ago
Childbirth, retirement, and terror in between
Episode 10
This week, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt discuss the flaws in the DC elite's favorite idea: raising the retirement age, consider how to respond to t…
10 years, 7 months ago
We know how to eliminate poverty. So why don't we?
Episode 9
On this week's episode of the Weeds, fellow Vox editor Dylan Matthews joins Sarah and Matt for what is certainly the most in-depth discussio…
10 years, 7 months ago
How politics is making us stupid
Episode 8
Facts rarely seem to win any political debate — and on this episode of the Weeds, Matt, Ezra, and Sarah use political science research to ex…
10 years, 7 months ago
Are we counting poverty all wrong?
Episode 7
This week, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt finally deliver the equivocal takes on gerrymandering that America has been waiting for, dive into the weed…
10 years, 7 months ago
Want to fix inequality by taxing the rich? Good luck.
Episode 6
In this week's episode of the Weeds, Ezra, Matt, and Sarah dive head first into a new Brookings white paper about income inequality (and how…
10 years, 7 months ago