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Episode 225 - Previewing the 2026 midterms with Steve Kornacki
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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Episode 224 - Midterms on the mind: what issues top the list in 2026?
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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Episode 223 - Are data centers really that bad? with Julia Cartwright
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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Episode 222 - Breaking down the 2026 Massachusetts ballot questions
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Episode 221 - The dangers of legislating by ballot initiatives with Jennifer Nassour
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Episode 220 - The history & future of capitalism with Dr. Alan Green
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Episode 219 - Never forget
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Episode 218 - Are we living in a post-reputation world?
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Episode 217 - An economic storm appears to be brewing
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Episode 216 - Imagining a democracy with no parties with Metin Pekin
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Episode 215 - Nobody is talking about The Odyssey with Eliana Dockterman
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Episode 214 - A summer of corruption & communism
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Episode 213 - A roundup of the SCOTUS '25-'26 term with Nicholas Stephanopoulos
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Episode 212 - Fairness & power in sport & politics
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Episode 211 - Celebrating the United States at 250 with Robert Allison
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Episode 210 - Reforming the welfare system with Commissioner Clarence Carter
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Episode 209 - How the FIFA World Cup reflects the economy with Nia Law & Emily DiVito
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Episode 208 - Massie's misfortune & a loss for the liberty movement with Dan Fishman
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Episode 207 - Military reflections on Memorial Day with William Thompson
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May 25, 2026 |
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Episode 206 - From pipe dream to possibility: the national popular vote takes a quiet leap forward with Jason Willick
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May 08, 2026 |
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Episode 205 - It's a crazy time to be alive
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Episode 204 - Global warming & energy prices & microplastics, oh my! with Shannon Osaka
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 203 - Navigating the AI revolution: an approach to the uncertainty with Dave Friedman
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Episode 202 - Why aren't more conservatives against this war?
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Episode 201 - Conflicted: working through the complex realities of the U.S. strikes on Iran
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 200 - On the ground in Minneapolis with congressional candidate Dalia al-Aqidi
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Episode 199 - A draft of the most significant years in U.S. history
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Episode 198 - The cost of congestion (pricing) with Abdallah Fayyad
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Episode 197 - The case for a new (and recurring) constitutional convention with Tom Teicher
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Episode 196 - A New Gilded Age with Edward O'Donnell
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Episode 195 - Government's role in regulating social media & AI with John Wihbey
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Episode 194 - Are we sure we're the good guys?
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Episode 193 - The many facets of affordability with WaPo's Julie Weil
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Episode 192 - The top stories of 2025
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Episode 191 - Venezuela: the latest chapter in American interventionism?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Episode 190 - Thanksgiving thoughts: reflections on friendship and the importance of conversation
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Episode 189 - The return to a Christian nation with Jackson Lahmeyer
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 188 - Mamdani mania, Dem dubs, and a deep dive into Boston politics with Larry DiCara
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Episode 187 - From molehills to mountains: the rise of Christian nationalism with Matthew Boedy
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Episode 186 - The tragedy & horror of Palestine & Israel two years in
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 185 - From makers to takers: neofeudalism and the new class struggle with Jodi Dean
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 184 - We have to do better: Kirk, Kimmel, and the future
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Episode 183 - Back to school choice with Shaka Mitchell
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 182 - How tariffs are affecting the global economy and geopolitics with Lydia DePillis
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 181 - Six in Sixty: creeping authoritarianism
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Episode 180 - A SCOTUS '24-'25 term review with Professor Jack Beermann
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 179 - Not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead with Ansley Skipper
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Episode 178 - Birthrates are falling and the sky might be too with Marc Novicoff
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Episode 177 - Democracy takes work: media literacy with Nolan Higdon
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 176 - Six months in, promises made, promises broken?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Episode 175 - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the OBBB
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 174 - Creating an independent (voter) identity with Lura Forcum
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Episode 173 - Totally obliterated: Iran's nuclear program and any semblance of international law
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Episode 172 - What to make of the Trump-Musk fallout and more
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Episode 171 - The news is making me depressed: tell me it ain't that bad
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Episode 170 - The price of tariffs with Dr. Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan
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May 26, 2025 |
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Episode 169 - The intersection of AI & climate change with Dr. Joseph B. Keller
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May 19, 2025 |
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Episode 168 - The first 100 days with Matthew Knych
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Episode 167 - The life, legacy, and politics of Pope Francis with Father Oliver Rafferty
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Episode 166 - The making of "The Apprentice" with Benjamin Kramer & Gustavo Nascimento
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Episode 165 - Stopping the stadium steal with Emily DiVito & Elizabeth Pancotti
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Episode 164 - AOC, Schumer, and the Democratic split screen
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Episode 163 - Stock down: Tesla; The First Amendment
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Episode 162 - 46 days of 45 & 47
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Episode 161 - Global & domestic decolonization with Sam Klug
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 160 - A draft of the most influential works of U.S. literature
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Episode 159 - Cabinets & chaos: making sense of the madness with David A. Graham
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 158 - Nuclear is the only option with Suriya Jayanti
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 157 - Coronation Day, or A Resurrection Complete
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 156 - Biden's legacy with Charles Sykes
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Episode 155 - On antitrust & competition with Bob Levy
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Episode 154 - The top stories of 2024
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Episode 153 - Self-defense at home and abroad
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Episode 152 - Six in Sixty: Murder, Pardon, Crypto; Syria, South Korea, France
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 151 - Was Trump right? Am I tired of winning?
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 150 - A Court unlike any other with Kevin J. McMahon
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 149 - Making the case for a national popular vote with Patrick Rosenstiel
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 148 - Reactions to the 2024 election results with Ray Mooney
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Episode 147 - It's the economy, stupid with TIME's Alana Semuels
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Episode 146 - A psychiatrist's take on psychedelics with Dr. John Fromson
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 145 - Breaking down the Massachusetts ballot questions
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Episode 144 - Analyzing the 2024 elections with Steve Kornacki
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 143 - A conversation with the Libertarian Presidential Ticket: Chase Oliver & Mike ter Maat
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Episode 142 - The wild west: the landscape of college athletics with Austin Jackson
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 141 - Reactions to the second first presidential debate
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 140 - Discontent with democracy with Dr. Rachel Navarre
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Episode 139 - The reinvention of Kamala Harris with Jacquetta Van Zandt
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Episode 138 - 1968 & 2024: parallel politics and protests at the DNC with Nick Proctor
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Episode 137 - What is Harris's platform?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Episode 136 - The Olympic spirit v. the political spirit
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Episode 135 - What. A. Week.
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Episode 134 - A SCOTUS '23-'24 term review with Professor Renee Landers
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Episode 133 - Debate reaction & election issues 2024: foreign policy
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Episode 132 - Juneteenth reflections: lessons and legends from the Negro Leagues
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 131 - The power of people in the age of AI with Dr. Po-Shen Loh
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 130 - Haiti: the conversation no one is having, with Brian Concannon
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Episode 129 - The U.S.-China relationship & rivalry with Dr. Michael Beckley
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode 128 - Election Issues 2024: Crime & Guns
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May 28, 2024 |
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Episode 127 - A conversation on the state of journalism with TIME editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs
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May 20, 2024 |
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Episode 126 - Debating the campus protests
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May 08, 2024 |
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Episode 125 - Election Issues 2024: Taxing & Spending
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Episode 124 - Mental health & the epidemic of loneliness with Dr. Eugene Beresin
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 123 - The importance of ballot access & RFK Jr. with Larry Sharpe
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 122 - Election Issues 2024: Abortion
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 121 - Six in Sixty: SCOTUS, Super, Senate, SOTU, Gaza, Caitlin Clark
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Episode 120 - Embrace debate: should we continue to send aid to Ukraine?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 119 - A draft of the most significant speeches in U.S. history
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 118 - Election issues 2024: Immigration
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Episode 117 - A conversation on climate with Dr. Yi Ming
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Episode 116 - A conservation success story: the return of the great white shark to the Atlantic with Dr. Greg Skomal
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Episode 115 - Six in Sixty: MLK, Yemen, Iowa, Primaries, Harvard, Patriots
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 114 - Does the 14th Amendment bar President Trump from office?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 113 - The top stories of 2023
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Episode 112 - In Memoriam: Henry Kissinger & Sandra Day O’Connor
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 111 - Pulling back the curtain on polling with David Paleologos
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 110 - Six in Sixty: Republican field, Mike Johnson, George Santos, SCOTUS ethics, debt, & Israel-Palestine
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 109 - Parallel Troubles: Ireland & the Middle East with Professor Larry Donnelly
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 108 - A tale of two cities: a conversation with former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 107 - Running for local office with Framingham City Council candidate Brandon Ward
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 106 - A ’23-’24 SCOTUS term overview with Professor Renee Landers
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 105 - The tragedy & horror of Israel & Palestine
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Episode 104 - On Capitalism
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Episode 103 - The immigration crisis with Carine Hajjar
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 102 - Six in Sixty: UAW strike, impeachment, abortion, North Korea, Iran, Morocco & Libya
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Episode 101 - Equal justice under the law
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Episode 100 - Reactions to the first Republican debate
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Episode 99 - Parental rights, safe schools, & more hot button issues in education with Kiera Butler
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Episode 98 - A legal analysis of SCOTUS’s ’22-’23 term with Professor Barry McDonald
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Episode 97 - Debating term & age limits
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 96 - Six in Sixty: NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Greece, & Sudan
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 95 - Reflections on the Supreme Court’s ’22-’23 Term
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 94 - Opportunity & Agency: a conversation with St. Louis Treasurer Adam Layne
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Episode 93 - The things we thought we knew: Juneteenth, reparations, & the idea of a meritocracy
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 92 - LIV-PGA merger, debt ceiling crisis averted, & more
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Episode 91 - Academic freedom in higher education with Dr. Bertha Madras
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May 30, 2023 |
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Episode 90 - Social media & mental health with Wendy-Myrbell Napoleon
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 89 - A draft of Republican presidential candidates
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May 15, 2023 |
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Episode 88 - Six in Sixty: Fox, SCOTUS, Debt Ceiling, First Republic, Biden, & Guns
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 87 - Fiscal conservatism and the current Republican Party with Jennifer Nassour
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 86 - A pulse check on democracy: India, Israel, Tennessee, and Wisconsin
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Episode 85 - Beyond a reasonable doubt?
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Episode 84 - Reflections on the media, Carter, Trump, and much more with Dan Rea
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 83 - 20 year anniversary of Iraq War, Trump arrest, Xi in Russia
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 82 - The first domino?
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 81 - The Ukraine war at one year with Dan Fishman
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 80 - A draft of the most significant dates in U.S. history
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 79 - It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s...a balloon?
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Episode 78 - A conversation with former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode 77 - Looking back on January
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 76 - The changing of the guard with Jacquetta Van Zandt
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 75 - A mile wide and a mile deep: analyzing the economy with Matthew Knych
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Episode 74 - The Top Stories of 2022
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Episode 73 - Unions & the labor movement with Rand Wilson
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 72 - Six in Sixty: Warnock, Sinema, Primaries, Marriage, Griner, Trump
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Episode 71 - Protests of and in Qatar, Iran, & China
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 70 - The rises of antisemitism & political violence with Jeffrey Robbins
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 69 - A Red...Wedding?
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 68 - SCOTUS term overview with Professor Barry McDonald
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Episode 67 - Midterm trends & more with Joan Vennochi
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 66 - Analyzing the Massachusetts Ballot with Samantha Gross
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Episode 65 - Previewing the midterms with Steve Kornacki
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Episode 64 - The through lines connecting the crises in Puerto Rico, Jackson, and Martha’s Vineyard
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Episode 63 - In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II & Mikhail Gorbachev
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Episode 62 - Your Government Has Forgiven (Some of) You
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Episode 61 - A variety pack: al-Zawahiri, Taiwan, Griner, Trump, Dems, Kansas
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 60 - Dan Fishman on the liberty movement and third parties in a two-party system
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Episode 59 - It’s Getting Hot In Here
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Episode 58 - Jamie Kirchick on the Hidden History of D.C., the End of Europe and the News Media
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Episode 57 - Egregiously Wrong (pt. 2)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Episode 56 - Egregiously Wrong (pt. 1) with Mikaela Louie & Jessica Vandervort
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 55 - On guns (and violence) in the U.S.
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Episode 54 - The Rise of Ron with Austin Jackson
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May 30, 2022 |
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Episode 53 - Problems That Persist
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 52 - Elon’s Twitter Takeover; Election Season in the U.S. & Europe
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May 11, 2022 |
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Episode 51 - Unionization, Immigration, and Ukraine
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 50 - Sports, Money, & Global Politics
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Episode 49 - The Ukraine Is Not Weak
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 48 - Let’s Go to Mo
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 47 - A Draft of the Most Influential Non-presidential 20th Century Americans
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Episode 46 - Affirmative Action in the NFL, college admissions, and the Supreme Court
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Episode 45 - Talking Mandates with Matthew Knych
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode 44 - A Year Later
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Episode 43 - The Top Stories of 2021
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Episode 42 - Aerial Wars, Accountability, & Moral Authority
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Episode 41 - Global Rivals 1A & 1B
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Episode 40 - American Justice(?)
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Episode 39 - Red (the off-year election version)
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode 38 - A New Day in Boston
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Episode 37 - The Forest and the Trees
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Episode 36 - Hitting the Ceiling
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Episode 35 - Mandates, Mental Health, and Music with Brian Scully
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Episode 34 - Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Empires with Captain Colin Murphy
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 33 - Ask What Your Government Should Be Doing For You
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Episode 32 - Tokyo Risk
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Episode 31 - Ranked Choice Voting Faces Its Biggest Test
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode 30 - The Things We Never Learned
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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Episode 29 - Filibustering Bipartisanship
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 28 - What is Jerusalem worth? Nothing. Everything.
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode 27 - On the Census 2020, the purging of the GOP, and new guidelines from the CDC
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May 18, 2021 |
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Episode 26 - Policing in the United States with Salome Kassini and Ratko Aleksis
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May 03, 2021 |
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Episode 25 - The Pullout That Was Promised
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Episode 24 - The Mayor, the T, and Nicaela Chinnaswamy
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Episode 23 - America's Pastime Confronts America's Present
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Episode 22 - The Best Laid Plans
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 21 - Think Left & Think Right & Think Low & Think High
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Episode 20 - Voting Rights & GOP Fights
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 19 - The Weather Messed with Texas
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Episode 18 -- The Presidential Draft
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Episode 18 - The Presidential Draft
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Episode 17 - A Week of Gambling
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Episode 16 - The Show Goes On
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 15 - A New Day
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Episode 14 - American Carnage, Four Years Later
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Episode 13 - This is America
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Episode 12 - Not Going Quietly
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Episode 11 - The Biggest Stories of 2020
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Episode 10 - Do We Deserve to Kill?
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Episode 9 - Getting the Band Back Together
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Episode 8 - In the Time of Corona
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Episode 7 - The Aftermath
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Episode 6 - The Home Stretch
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Episode 5 - On the Ballot
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Trailer - A Gentlemen's Disagreement
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Episode 4 - The "Presidential" "Debate"
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Episode 3 - A Higher Court
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode 2 - Law & Order
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Episode 1 - Reasonable People
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Sep 02, 2020 |