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Sep 28, 2017

Political: The “Everyone Listens to Women When They Speak Around Here” Edition

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Emily Bazelon, Ruth Marcus and Ross Douthat discuss Trump’s tax plan, shifting Republican power and pro athletes using their influence to inspire social change.

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Sep 28, 2017

Studio 360 | Does Laughter Yoga Work?

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Sure, laughing makes us feel good in the moment. But could it have enduring health effects?

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Sep 28, 2017

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Sep 28, 2017
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Rebecca Lavoie, Carvell Wallace and Gabriel Roth sit down with Suzanne Bouffard, author of THE MOST IMPORTANT YEAR: Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of Our Children to discuss the state of pre-K education. Plus, "triumphs and fails", and recommendations.

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Sep 28, 2017
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Josh Voorhees takes a look at Donald Trump’s new tax proposal—and counts all the ways it would help Donald Trump cut his own tax bill.

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Sep 28, 2017
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The editor of ‘The New Yorker’ on what ails the NFL and whether the New Yorker could go web-only.

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Sep 27, 2017
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Being a territory helped Puerto Rico. Just not enough.

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Sep 27, 2017
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Jacob Weisberg talks to Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School about his new book, Impeachment: A Citizens Guide, and the complexities involved in removing a President from office.

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Sep 27, 2017
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Josh Voorhees explains just how bad things are in Puerto Rico—and takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s seeming disinterest in the situation on the ground there.

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Sep 27, 2017
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The populists are winning in Latin America. Nick Casey explains why Americans should be worried.

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Sep 27, 2017
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Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf discuss the new film mother! with Slate's Jack Hamilton, Ken Burns Vietnam documentary series with Willa Paskin, and the art of theme park caricatures with producer Benjamin Frisch.

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Sep 26, 2017
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Laura Bennett, Katy Waldman, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Sally Rooney's debut novel Conversations with Friends, and idea-driven novel about a group of four young people in Dublin struggling with ideology and identity.

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Sep 26, 2017
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Dear Prudence: The "Hot Mess" Edition

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Sep 26, 2017
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Josh Voorhees explains why, in hindsight at least, the latest GOP repeal effort looked doomed from the very start. And he tells you about the odd type of consensus the bill did build: opposition to it.

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Sep 25, 2017
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Jacob Weisberg, Virginia Heffernan, and Jamelle Bouie are joined by Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and former executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson, to discuss white supremacy, Democrats in Texas, and the 2016 election coverage.

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Sep 25, 2017
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A former Obama speechwriter on why a president needs to get the joke.

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Sep 25, 2017
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Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin and Marcus Thompson of The Athletic discuss the wave of protests against Donald Trump’s remarks about the NFL.

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Sep 25, 2017
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Josh Voorhees takes you through the other, non-NFL news from a busy weekend.

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Sep 25, 2017
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Autistic children grow up to be autistic adults. Our society doesn’t give them the support they need.

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Sep 23, 2017
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Slate Money on Toys R Us filing for bankruptcy, the new startup Loftium, and sukuk bonds

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Sep 22, 2017
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In 2007, hip-hop and R&B dominated the charts, but digital sales are what mattered.

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Sep 22, 2017
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Josh Voorhees breaks down Jimmy Kimmel’s role in the current debate over Obamacare and the GOP’s latest attempt to gut it.

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Sep 22, 2017
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Bryan Clay trains hard, and works hard. It's what earned him a gold medal at the Olympics, and the title of "Greatest Athlete in the World." But his training only prepared him to win – it didn't teach him to deal with failure.

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Sep 22, 2017
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Twists and plot holes in Darren Aronofsky's movie Mother!

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Sep 22, 2017
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Jacob Weisberg, Phillip Gourevitch, and Katie Roiphe are back for the Trumpcast Book Club to discuss Arlie Russell Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land.

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Sep 21, 2017
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On crossing over to Hollywood, his new film Victoria & Abdul, and what it means to represent India at home and abroad.

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Sep 21, 2017
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If you’ve gone through the trouble to craft a perfect joke about American girth, why dial it back for an American audience?

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Sep 21, 2017
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David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson dig into the remix of the Obamacare repeal, Bob Mueller's shock and awe investigative tactics and Trump's visit to the U.N.

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Sep 21, 2017
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Spielberg’s greatness, “Bojack Horseman’s” edginess, the worst seat at the symphony.

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Sep 21, 2017
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Josh Voorhees on Sean Spicer’s prodigious note-taking, Paul Manafort’s cryptic emailing, and everything else you need to know about the new twists in the FBI’s investigation into Russia, Trump, and the 2016 election.

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Sep 21, 2017
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Gabriel Roth, Carvell Wallace, and Rebecca Lavoie discuss how to deal with a longterm toddler beef, how to feel about well subsidised adult stepchildren, teen street harassment, and more. Plus "Triumphs and Fails" and recommendations.

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Sep 21, 2017
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Virginia Heffernan talks to Vanity Fair's Sarah Ellison about Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, and just what life in the administration has been like for the First Daughter.

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Sep 21, 2017
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Hanna Rosin, June Thomas, and Noreen Malone discuss Hillary Clinton's new book, campus sexual-assault, and the benefits of having a best friend.

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Sep 21, 2017
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The editor of ‘The New Yorker’ on Hillary hatred and the problem with Obama cashing in on Wall Street.

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Sep 20, 2017
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The credit reporting bureaus don’t care about you. Why should they?

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Sep 20, 2017
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A surprising moment of bipartisan deal-making and what can be learned from the 1990's.

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Sep 20, 2017
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Josh Voorhees tells you what you need to know about the GOP’s latest, and maybe last, attempt to repeal Obamacare—including which two GOP senators could deliver the deciding votes and why Mitch McConnell is almost out of time.

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Sep 19, 2017
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Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and Stephen Metcalf are live in Toronto to discuss Justin Trudeau as dreamboat meme factory, the critical under-recognition of Joni Mitchell with critic Carl Wilson, and the film Mudbound with director Dee Rees.

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Sep 19, 2017
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Fraternities protect themselves, but not their members.

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Sep 19, 2017
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Virginia Heffernan talks to former FBI special agent & current CNN Legal and National Security analyst, Asha Rangappa, about the Manafort wiretap & the more detailed account of the raid on his home earlier this summer.

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Sep 19, 2017
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Dear Prudence: The "Sunk Cost" Edition

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Sep 19, 2017
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Josh Voorhees unpacks two new blockbuster reports about the FBI’s Russia investigation, and explains why the devil’s in the details for both.

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Sep 19, 2017
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John McWhorter discusses the process by which some new languages are born.

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Sep 18, 2017
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Actor Curtis Armstrong on the deeper message within Revenge of the Nerds.

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Sep 18, 2017
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Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by NPR’s Gene Demby to discuss Jemele Hill and ESPN’s conservative trolls, by HBO’s Eric Raskin to talk about Golovkin-Alvarez, and by Ninja Warrior’s Josh Levin for a conversation about obstacle course stardom.

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Sep 18, 2017
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Josh Voorhees talks about the latest revelations about the FBI’s Russia investigation—and the awkward ways in which the Trump White House is reacting to it.

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Sep 17, 2017
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Jacob sits down with Seth Mann, a freelance inker who recently worked on Tom King's Batman.

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Sep 16, 2017
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Inside the fractious campaign to canonize the 9/11 icon.

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Sep 16, 2017
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Josh King talks to Philippe Reines, longtime spokesman and adviser to Hillary Clinton, about playing Donald Trump in debate prep and his former boss' book What Happened.

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Sep 16, 2017
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As is so often the case, all eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy.

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Sep 16, 2017
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Slate Money on Equifax, SoFi, and sex robots

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Sep 15, 2017
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The musician’s latest album offers a serenity prayer for political obsessives.

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Sep 15, 2017
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Josh Voorhees brings you three new anecdotes about the president, all of which remind us that—regardless of the topic—Donald Trump’s first and last thought is always about Donald Trump.

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Sep 14, 2017
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Author Gretchen Rubin sorts people into four major personality types: Rebel, Obliger, Questioner, and Upholder.

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Sep 14, 2017
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Virginia Heffernan talks to Matt Miller, formerly of the DoJ and currently an MSNBC Justice and Security Analyst, about the latest surrounding the Trump-Russia investigations.

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Sep 14, 2017
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Why B.J. Novak loves “Fuller House,” John McPhee’s writing tips, Amadou & Mariam live.

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Sep 14, 2017
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David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon discuss President Trump's potential to destroy the two-party system, criticism of Hillary Clinton's new book and Franklin Foer joins in to talk about the power and influence of large technology companies.

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Sep 14, 2017
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Josh Voorhees tries to make sense of the conflicting info coming out of Washington about a potential—key word there—deal on immigration and DACA.

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Sep 14, 2017
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The author of 'Stay With Me' on using fiction to fight gender norms.

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Sep 13, 2017
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Jamelle Bouie talks to Julia Azari, a professor of political science at Marquette, about Trump's relationship with the GOP and why the Republicans can't govern.

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Sep 13, 2017
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Josh Voorhees has all the wonky details of Bernie Sanders’ new Medicare-for-all proposal. He also previews the nasty messaging battle to come, and explains why this bill matters even if—or more likely, when—it dies a slow death in Congress.

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Sep 13, 2017
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The Liars Are Winning. They Don’t Have To Be.

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Sep 12, 2017
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Dear Prudence: The "Rumpelstiltskin" Edition

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Sep 12, 2017
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Josh Voorhees takes a look at new reports that a group of White House lawyers tried to force Jared Kushner out this summer, and explains how Florida got meteorologically lucky with Irma.

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Sep 12, 2017
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We have a spoiler-filled discussion about the emotional Season 2 ending of Issa Rae’s hit show.

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Sep 11, 2017
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The former NFL cornerback says football prepared him to be an actor.

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Sep 11, 2017
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Jacob Weisberg talks to Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes about who's saying what in the Trump-Russia investigation and why it's important to know the difference.

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Sep 11, 2017
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Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the New York Times’ Mark Leibovich to discuss the NFL’s opening weekend, by Racquet’s Caitlin Thompson to assess Sloane Stephens’ U.S. Open win, and by Mike Pesca for a debate about the Red Sox’s sign-stealing.

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Sep 11, 2017
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Josh Voorhees has the latest on Irma’s path—and takes a look at some stealth killers that may come after the skies clear.

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Sep 9, 2017
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Jacob sits down with David Finch, the penciler of Batman, to discuss his process of wringing images out of his writer's scripts, what he's passionate about drawing, and what he's learned along the way.

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Sep 8, 2017
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Virginia Heffernan talks to WIRED's Issie Lapowsky about the news from this week that Russian-linked accounts bought political ads on Facebook during the 2016 election.

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Sep 8, 2017
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The comedian known as Ms. Pat started doing standup 15 years ago. Her caseworker got her into it.

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Sep 8, 2017
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Josh Voorhees takes a closer look at this week’s unexpected alliance between the president and Democratic leaders.

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Sep 8, 2017
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On her process of finding the right musical cues for some of the biggest movies and TV shows of the last few years.

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Sep 8, 2017
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Twists and plot holes in director Andy Muschietti's take on the Stephen King classic.

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Sep 7, 2017
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The ABC News anchor reveals her reporting on white nationalists, and what can be learned from talking to extremists.

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Sep 7, 2017
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The ABC News anchor reveals her reporting on white nationalists, and what can be learned from talking to extremists.

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Sep 7, 2017
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The ABC News anchor reveals her reporting on white nationalists, and what can be learned from talking to extremists.

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Sep 7, 2017
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John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz discuss DACA, the September legislative pileup and the future of relations between the U.S. and North Korea

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Sep 7, 2017
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For most people, money is impossible to escape. But Megan Jasper is not ‘most people.’ She’s the CEO of SubPop Records and one of those rare people who put her dreams before dollars.

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Sep 7, 2017
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Natural disaster experts are marveling at the low death toll in southeast Texas. What accounts for it?

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Sep 7, 2017
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This week: Kurt calls up his favorite high school teacher, novelist Nicholson Baker fills in as a substitute, and scientists turn their research into dance.

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Sep 7, 2017
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Rebecca Lavoie and Gabriel Roth answer listener questions about how to help other kids understand her son with Down's Syndrome, and sharing household responsibilities.

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Sep 7, 2017
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Josh Voorhees explains why Hurricane Irma may be worse than either Katrina or Harvey, and he examines the role a Russian troll farm may have had in the U.S. election.

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Sep 7, 2017
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The DoubleX Gabfest on Teen Vogue, the 20th anniversary of Lady Diana’s death, and One Mississippi

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Sep 6, 2017
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From gospel to rock, it’s all about sex.

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Sep 6, 2017
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Jacob Weisberg talks to Bloomberg's Caleb Melby about Jared Kushner, the Kushner Company, and the mounting debt at their building – 666 Fifth Ave.

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Sep 6, 2017
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Josh Voorhees explains the secret to Hurricane Irma’s strength, and reads from leaked pages from Hillary Clinton’s new book, in which she makes an unexpected reference to a ‘90s gross-out comedy to illustrate her point.

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Sep 6, 2017
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Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the 40th anniversary re-release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, whether Taylor Swift represents Trump-era art with critic Jody Rosen, and fan fiction with Laura Miller.

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Sep 6, 2017
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Jacob Weisberg talks to Julia Preston of The Marshall Project about the end of DACA, its political motivations, and what this all means for the dreamers.

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Sep 5, 2017
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NPR’s Wade Goodwyn surveys the damage after Harvey.

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Sep 5, 2017
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Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by SB Nation’s Spencer Hall to discuss college football. Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders also joins to talk about NFL tanking, and Ed Cunningham explains his move to quit his job as a football announcer for ESPN.

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Sep 5, 2017
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Josh Voorhees on Trump’s decision to end DACA, and the terrifying historical comparison evoked by a new U.S. plan to pressure North Korea.

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Sep 5, 2017
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Dear Prudence: The "Checking In" Edition

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Sep 5, 2017
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Old English was arguably more complicated than Modern English. Is that true of all languages?

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Sep 3, 2017
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On this season on Working, Jacob Brogan talks to the team behind DC's Batman comic book. He'll be speaking to the penciler, colorist, editor, and more. In this episode, he sits down with Tom King, the current writer of Batman.

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Sep 2, 2017
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Josh King talks to Nicholas Confessore of The New York Times about the new breed of lobbyists getting rich in Trump's Washington.

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Sep 2, 2017
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Slate Money on Hurricane Harvey, construction productivity, and tax reform

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Sep 1, 2017
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NPR’s Robert Smith wonders whether tech giants like Amazon and Google really need to be reined in.

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