Affirmative reaction
17 Oct 2018
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Harvard is on trial. A group of Asian Americans is facing off against the college in court, where it...
Beto and Ted's Excellent Adventure
16 Oct 2018
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Everything’s bigger in Texas, including a Senate race that feels more like a presidential one. Tex...
Remember, remember the 6th of November
15 Oct 2018
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Midterm elections are three weeks and a day away. Vox’s Dylan Scott says if you think the country'...
The $629 Band-Aid
12 Oct 2018
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Imagine a world where a Band-Aid costs $629. Bad news: you live in that world. Vox’s Sarah Kliff e...
Disappeared
11 Oct 2018
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Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week, but he never lef...
Earth is cancelled due to weather
10 Oct 2018
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The United Nations now says the planet has 12 years to avoid catastrophic climate change. Vox’s Um...
Nikki out
09 Oct 2018
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Surprise! Nikki Haley, President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned. Vox’s A...
The death penalty and the gopher frog
08 Oct 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh starts his new job tomorrow. The Washington Post’s Robert Barnes previews the Supr...
All my friends are robocalls
05 Oct 2018
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Why even answer the phone anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...
The Kavanaugh report is here and no, you can't see it
04 Oct 2018
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The FBI has finished its investigation of Brett Kavanaugh. Today, senators entered a highly secured ...
How to run for president from a hospital bed
03 Oct 2018
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One candidate was stabbed. Another is sitting in jail. His replacement was slapped with corruption c...
Good news for Canadians who like milk
02 Oct 2018
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The United States, Mexico, and Canada have a new trade deal. It’s called USMCA, or “the new NAFT...
Internet fist fight
01 Oct 2018
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California passed the strongest net neutrality law the country’s ever seen this weekend. The Depar...
"Somebody's gotta explain this to Trump"
28 Sep 2018
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After tense words and a walkout, the Republicans got their man and the Democrats got their FBI inves...
Testimony (Part 2 of 2)
27 Sep 2018
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Today, Brett Kavanaugh responded to Christine Blasey Ford's testimony that he tried to rape her in h...
Testimony (Part 1 of 2)
27 Sep 2018
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Today, Christine Blasey Ford publicly testified about her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh attempted...
The ghost of Florence
26 Sep 2018
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Dozens died, millions of animals drowned, billions of dollars worth in damage done, and Hurricane Fl...
Red light, green card
25 Sep 2018
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The Trump administration wants to make it a whole lot harder to get a green card. Vox's Dara Lind ex...
Accusers, plural
24 Sep 2018
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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is facing more accusations of sexual misconduct. Learn mo...
Chicago on trial
21 Sep 2018
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Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times. His murder trial began this wee...
elon r u ok
20 Sep 2018
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Elon Musk is having a bit of a week, a month, a year. Now the Department of Justice is investigating...
China's concentration camps
19 Sep 2018
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China has a secret that’s slowly slipping out: roughly a million Uighurs are being held in “reed...
Now’s a great time to commit some white-collar crime
18 Sep 2018
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The Mueller investigation has revealed how easy it is to get away with white-collar crime in the Uni...
What the letter said
17 Sep 2018
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Christine Blasey Ford has come forward to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Vox's Li Zhou re...
Back to Juul
14 Sep 2018
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The FDA announced this week it’s cracking down on e-cigarettes, demanding that manufacturers like ...
Have you talked to God about this?
13 Sep 2018
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Today, Pope Francis met with American bishops at the Vatican to discuss the fallout from a report on...
CAROLINAS, PLEASE EVACUATE
12 Sep 2018
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Meteorologist Angela Fritz forecasts the catastrophic storm that's about to slam the Carolinas. Lear...
Deadname
11 Sep 2018
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Three transgender women of color have been murdered in the past two weeks. ProPublica’s Lucas Wald...
Game, Upset, Match
11 Sep 2018
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Naomi Osaka defeated her lifelong hero Serena Williams to win the US Open on Saturday. The match mig...
Arrested for reporting a massacre
07 Sep 2018
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Two Reuters reporters have been sentenced to seven years in prison for calling attention to a recent...
But his emails!
06 Sep 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh’s emails are spilling out and they’re causing waves on Capitol Hill. Learn more ...
Bad blood
05 Sep 2018
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The scandal-plagued blood-testing startup Theranos is shutting down. The Wall Street Journal’s Joh...
Confirmation screamings
04 Sep 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings for the United States Supreme Court began today. Slate's D...
America's worst defense attorney
31 Aug 2018
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Who is Robert Mueller? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Don't call it a comeback
30 Aug 2018
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Louis CK surprised New York City's Comedy Cellar with a fresh set of jokes Sunday night. Some were n...
Take a penny, take a penny
29 Aug 2018
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New York investigators are turning up the heat on the Trump Foundation this summer. The Washington P...
False profit
28 Aug 2018
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The top student loan officer in the country kicked off the school year by quitting. He says the Trum...
The empty seat in Arizona
27 Aug 2018
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Love him, hate him, or both, Senator John McCain will be remembered as a towering figure of American...
Kill me maybe
24 Aug 2018
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The EPA is rolling back Obama-era regulations on coal-fired plants. It says its decision will kill 1...
Insecurity complex
23 Aug 2018
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The president has threatened to revoke the national security clearances for current and former gover...
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty?
22 Aug 2018
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In an unprecedented one-two punch Donald Trump’s personal lawyer pleaded guilty to and his campaig...
19 cents per hour
21 Aug 2018
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Inmates nationwide go on strike today to protest conditions they call “modern-day slavery": incarc...
No fair, ride share
20 Aug 2018
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New York City has approved the first cap in the U.S. on Uber and Lyft vehicles. WIRED’s Aarian Mar...
Never tweet
17 Aug 2018
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Twitter temporarily banned Alex Jones and Infowars this week. Why'd it take so long? Learn more abou...
Saw something, said nothing
16 Aug 2018
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A Pennsylvania grand jury has released a 1300-page report on child sex abuses within the state's Cat...
Crazy. Rich. And finally seen.
15 Aug 2018
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Crazy Rich Asians hits theaters today. Los Angeles Times film critic Jen Yamato says it's been 25 ye...
Democracy Dies in Daylight
14 Aug 2018
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Democracies can fall many ways: military coups, assassinations, mass protests. But what does it look...
NASA shoots a billion dollars at the sun
13 Aug 2018
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You might have missed it this weekend, but NASA shot a spaceship at the sun. Once it gets there, the...
"These bastards tried to kill me"
10 Aug 2018
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Aubtin Heydari tells the story of how he was almost murdered by a white supremacist at the Unite the...
This too shall MoviePass
09 Aug 2018
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MoviePass is changing the way we see movies, but it's going to have to get its act together. Vox’s...
When a season lasts a year
08 Aug 2018
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California’s Mendocino Complex Fire is now the biggest in the state’s recorded history, surpassi...
Wrestling with Ohio State
07 Aug 2018
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Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan wants to be the next Speaker of the House, but a pack of wrestlers could...
HQ2
06 Aug 2018
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Amazon will soon announce which city will land its second headquarters along with 50,000 new jobs. T...
Is the economy great again?
03 Aug 2018
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The US economy is booming, unemployment keeps dropping, and the country is in the midst of one of th...
You must sign here
02 Aug 2018
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An immigration lawyer at the border says ICE agents are pressuring parents into being deported with ...
Ready, print, fire
01 Aug 2018
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Today was supposed to be a big day for people who wanted to make their own guns with 3D printers. Bu...
How to solve the opioid crisis
31 Jul 2018
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Vox's German Lopez explains America's opioid crisis and goes looking for a solution. Learn more abou...
Manafort, day in court
30 Jul 2018
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The first trial of the Mueller investigation begins tomorrow. Vox’s Andrew Prokop runs through the...
Delete your account
27 Jul 2018
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Dan Harmon quit Twitter. James Gunn was fired by Disney. Sarah Silverman defended a nine-year-old jo...
Cricketer-in-Chief
26 Jul 2018
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A thrice-married, nightclub-loving cricket star just won Pakistan’s election. Mehreen Zahra-Malik ...
Soy Story
25 Jul 2018
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The Trump administration stirred up a flurry of trade disputes that threatened to put farmers in the...
Graduating Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
24 Jul 2018
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What’s up with the Parkland teens? Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School inspired ove...
The Endangered Endangered Species Act
23 Jul 2018
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The White House has proposed stripping the Endangered Species Act of key provisions - the same legis...
Mr. Trump's wild week
20 Jul 2018
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What a week. President Trump sided with President Putin, then he didn’t, then he did, then he didn...
The Stanford Prison Correction
19 Jul 2018
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In 1971, a professor locked a bunch of young men in a basement to understand evil. The results were ...
Open casket, reopened case
18 Jul 2018
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One of the most brutal murder cases in American history has been reopened. The Washington Post’s W...
Does America need Sacha Baron Cohen?
17 Jul 2018
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Bernie Sanders, Sarah Palin, and Dick Cheney walk into an interview. Sacha Baron Cohen is waiting fo...
Vladimir's best day ever
16 Jul 2018
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Vladimir Putin flatly denied Russian interference in the United States’s 2016 elections and Presid...
What are Democrats doing even?
13 Jul 2018
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Republicans control the White House, Congress and most state legislatures. Pod Save America’s Dan ...
I can't believe it's not breastmilk
12 Jul 2018
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Breastmilk. Research says it’s the best, so why did the U.S. threaten to shut down a breastfeeding...
Brexiting is hard to do
11 Jul 2018
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British Prime Minister Theresa May is losing cabinet members left and right. She can’t figure out ...
The New Justice
10 Jul 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh is President Trump’s pick to replace Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme ...
Roe v. Wade v. Trump
09 Jul 2018
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Tonight the president announces who might replace Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court...
Say goodbye to Pruitt
06 Jul 2018
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It’s official: Scott Pruitt will no longer lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Vox’s Umair...
Tonight. Midnight. Trade war.
05 Jul 2018
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When the clock strikes twelve tonight, the US government plans to hit Chinese goods with $34 billion...
Abolish ICE?
03 Jul 2018
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#AbolishICE has gone from an online murmur to a national movement, but a lot of Americans are confus...
They call him AMLO
02 Jul 2018
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Meet Mexico’s next president: Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Call him AMLO. He’s a leftist, a po...
We need to talk about Yemen
29 Jun 2018
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The Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s travel ban this week, making it all but impossible for ...
Born to run
28 Jun 2018
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to become the youngest woman to ever serve in Congress this November...
The most powerful man in America retires
27 Jun 2018
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After 30 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement today. Slate’...
Yes we ban
26 Jun 2018
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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s travel ban. Emily Bazelon from The N...
Controversy for controversy's sake
25 Jun 2018
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A 32-year-old from Santa Monica, California, helped President Trump conceive of the most divisive im...
Redesigning life on Earth
22 Jun 2018
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Bill and Melinda Gates are messing with nature. But they’re doing it to save the world. This week,...
What the executive order doesn't fix
21 Jun 2018
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President Trump signed an executive order which aims to end his own policy of family separation at t...
UNHRC ya later
20 Jun 2018
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The United States has been threatening to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council for ...
Happy Juneteenth!
19 Jun 2018
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It's Juneteenth! What is this holiday that hardly anyone fully understands? UCLA's Brenda Stevenson ...
2,000
18 Jun 2018
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That’s how many kids have been separated from their parents at border crossings over a six-week sp...
Little summer vampires
15 Jun 2018
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Tiny blood-sucking Lyme-disease-carrying ticks are out to ruin your summer. Since 1991, Lyme disease...
Mo Salah will make you care about soccer
14 Jun 2018
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The World Cup kicks off today. Looking for a country to cheer for? Consider Egypt. The team might no...
The Sessions Doctrine
13 Jun 2018
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On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions made it harder for Central Americans fleeing gang violence...
How do you solve a problem like Korea?
12 Jun 2018
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un made history today. Or did they? NPR’s Elise Hu was there. She explai...
Will work for healthcare
11 Jun 2018
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Good news for poor Americans: Medicaid is expanding in several states. Bad news for poor Americans: ...
Riding in cars without boys
08 Jun 2018
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This week, the Saudi government issued driver’s licenses to women for the first time in the countr...
You're tariffing us apart
07 Jun 2018
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North America isn't getting along anymore. Canada's Prime Minister is having testy phone calls with ...
Pardon me
06 Jun 2018
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Scooter Libby. Dinesh D'Souza. So far, none of President Donald Trump’s pardon...
When your president acts like a dictator
05 Jun 2018
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Nicaragua is spiraling into a state of national catastrophe, as clashes between police and student p...
You can't have your cake
04 Jun 2018
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Today the Supreme Court issued a decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Com...
2 Big 2 Fail
01 Jun 2018
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Congress is rolling back the bank regulations implemented after the 2008 financial crisis. Vox’s M...
Why does everyone hate George Soros?
31 May 2018
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There are three things you need to know about George Soros: 1) You’re pronouncing his name wrong. ...
Roseanne gets canned
30 May 2018
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ABC canceled the popular reboot of Roseanne after its star likened President Obama’s former adviso...