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Let's talk about Hillary Clinton's policy ideas, with Jonathan Cohn
Let's talk about Hillary Clinton's policy ideas, with Jonathan Cohn

Episode 40

The overwhelming focus of this election has been Donald Trump — the things he does, says, tweets. But the next president is likely to be Hillary Clin…

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Francis Fukuyama on whether America's democracy is decaying
Francis Fukuyama on whether America's democracy is decaying

Episode 39

Francis Fukuyama is a political scientist, a public intellectual, and progenitor of the famed "End of History" thesis. But his recent work is his mos…

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Tyler Cowen interviews Ezra Klein about politics, media, and more
Tyler Cowen interviews Ezra Klein about politics, media, and more

Episode 38

A number of you have asked that we turn the tables and have someone interview me for the show. So when Tyler Cowen — economist at George Mason Univer…

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The best conversation I’ve had about the election, with Molly Ball
The best conversation I’ve had about the election, with Molly Ball

Episode 37

This election season has left pretty much everything I thought I knew about politics in doubt. Both parties nominated unpopular candidates, even when…

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HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell on running Obamacare, Medicare, and Medicaid
HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell on running Obamacare, Medicare, and Medicaid

Episode 36

This week, I've turned over the mic to The Weeds' Sarah Kliff. She went to Capitol Hill to interview HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell about all things he…

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Dr. Leana Wen on why the opposite of poverty is health
Dr. Leana Wen on why the opposite of poverty is health

Episode 35

There are a couple of ideas that drive how I see policy and politics. One of them is that most of what drives health outcomes has nothing to do with …

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Arlie Hochschild on how America feels to Trump supporters
Arlie Hochschild on how America feels to Trump supporters

Episode 34

I’ve been reading sociologist Arlie Hochschild’s writing for about a decade now. Her immersive projects have revolutionized how we understand labor, …

9 years, 6 months ago

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Stewart Butterfield on creating Slack, learning from games, and finding your online identity
Stewart Butterfield on creating Slack, learning from games, and finding your online identity

Episode 33

If you came by the Vox office, you would find it oddly quiet. That's not because we don't like each other, or because we're not social, or because we…

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W. Kamau Bell on the lessons of parenthood, Twitter, and fame
W. Kamau Bell on the lessons of parenthood, Twitter, and fame

Episode 32

W. Kamau Bell is a comedian and a writer. But you probably know him from one of his podcasts(Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Peri…

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Malcolm Gladwell on the danger of joining consensus opinions
Malcolm Gladwell on the danger of joining consensus opinions

Episode 31

Malcolm Gladwell needs no introduction (though if you didn't know the famed author has launched a podcast, you should — it's called Revisionist Histo…

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