Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.

On this episode:

• The mass shooting in Uvalde, TX, and America’s mourning rituals around gun violence
• What the potential end of Roe v. Wade means for the US, and what it says about the Supreme Court
• Transitioning from an old inflation myth to our current inflation reality
• 100 Days of grinding war in Ukraine
• Harry and Megan attend the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and Mark doesn’t care
• Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: where toxic social media meets toxic masculinity
• An ode to the summer blockbusters of yore

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