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Explain It to Me episodes
- Into the weeds with Elizabeth Warren
The Massachusetts senator joins Ezra Klein to explain her plans, and her plan to make the plans happen.
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50 min - A user's guide to antitrust
Matt sits down with Public Knowledge policy counsel Charlotte Slaiman to explain how US antitrust enforcement works and how it might better wrestle with Big Tech.
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1 hr 8 min - Trump’s tariff triple option
Jane, Dara, and Matt discuss Trump's efforts to halt unauthorized immigration through Mexico by threatening tariffs, and a white paper on private prisons.
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Dara’s “remain in Mexico” explainer
Trump’s plan, explained
Mexican president’s response to Trump
White paper
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57 min - Monetary mysteries revealed
Bloomberg’s Karl Smith joins Matt to explain how the Federal Reserve’s errors discredited capitalism and how full employment can fix almost everything.
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1 hr 10 min - Building the Trump state
Jane, Dara, and Matt break down Trump's multi-front resistance to congressional oversight and increasing pressure on the civil service.
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Trump vs. IRS lawyers
The shift at USCIS
White Paper
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1 hr 1 min - Rethinking education reform
Libby Nelson and Dylan Scott join Matt to talk about 2020 Democrats' K-12 policy
Bernie's charter school plan - link
Harris' teacher pay plan - link
Elizabeth Warren's case against the neighborhood school - link
Online charter schools are bad - link
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57 min - The loneliness of Justin Amash
Jane, Dara, and Matt analyze the Michigan Republican's call to consider impeaching Trump.
White paper
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58 min - America's two housing crises
Brookings's Jenny Schuetz joins Matt to discuss subsidies, zoning reform, and much more.
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1 hr 4 min - Make America 2015 Again
Jane, Dara, and Matt discuss Joe Biden's claim that Trump is an aberration, plus some fresh research on the macroeconomics of bankruptcy.
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Biden/aberration explainer
Biden/bankruptcy explainer
MOVE bombing
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58 min - Green New Weeds
David Roberts joins Ezra and Jane to explain the policy and politics of the Green New Deal. Plus: Which candidate has the better climate plan, Beto O’Rourke or Jay Inslee?
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The Green New Deal, explained
David Roberts on what’s in the Green New Deal
The Green New Deal critics
The case against incremental climate policy
Gov. Jay Inslee’s climate policy
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About Explain It to Me
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Should I buy a house? Why do I say “like” so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement?
Explain It to Me is the hotline for the issues that matter to your life. Send us your questions about health, personal finance, relationships, and anything else that matters to you. Host Jonquilyn Hill will take you on a journey to find the answers, whether it's to the halls of Congress or the local bar. You’ll get the answers you were looking for, and sometimes ones you didn't expect — and always with a dose of humor. New episodes every Sunday. Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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