This week, the scandal spotlight shines on Trump’s influential (and strangely quiet) son-in-law. We talk to national security correspondent Spencer Ackerman of The Daily Beast about Jared Kushner’s alleged meetings with Russian officials to establish back channel communications. Organizer and scholar Mariame Kaba offers a people’s history of prisons in the US and the politicians—both Democrats and Republicans—who have made them what they are today. And we hear an incredible rendition of “The Partisan” from composers and musicians Leo Heiblum of Mexico and Tenzin Choegyal of Tibet.
Chris Berube with three things: 1) Senate Republicans clear the way for Trump nominees; 2) Rodrigo Duterte pulls back in the war on drugs; 3) An iconic American brand changes course.
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Feb 1, 2017
DoubleX editors Hanna Rosin, Allison Benedikt and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss the second season of Girls; female linguistic trends on Twitter; and Slate senior editor Emily Bazelon’s new book, Sticks and Stones.
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Feb 21, 2013
The British satirist reboots his influential comedy show The Bugle, just in time for Brexit and a Trump White House.
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Feb 17, 2017