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- Republicans' plan for health care: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Dylan Scott joins Dara and Matt to talk about the Trump administration’s latest moves to destabilize health insurance markets.Dylan's piece on risk adjustment payments, and another piece on the Trump administration’s latest steps to undermine the Affordable Care Act.Dylan also specifically referenced Nicholas Bagley. Read him on risk adjustments here.
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49 min - Brett Kavanaugh and the future of the Supreme CourtDara, Ezra, and Matt break down what we know about Trump’s pick for the Supreme CourtReferences and further reading:Paper about Norwegian immigrants, mentioned by Matt"Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions that Forged Modern Greece and Turkey" good book with background on the refugee paper
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57 min - 1,2,3,4 Trump declares a trade warStaff writer Zeeshan Aleem joins Dara and Matt to break down what's really happening with Trump and trade, and how much it matters.References and further reading:Zeeshan's piece on the US-China trade war
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50 min - Family detention is the new family separationMatt, Dara and Ezra talk about the Trump administration's use of family detention as an alternative to family separation. Then they turn to a white paper that looks at racial attitudes and white privilege.References and further reading:Tara Golshan's piece on the latest immigration billPolitico piece on the Senate efforts to fix family separation"Racial attitudes in response to thoughts of White privilege" white paperKate Manne's piece on Bernie Sanders' white male problem mentioned by MattKate Manne's book "Down Girl" mentioned by MattProfessor Ashley Jardina's dissertation on white identity and American politics mentioned by EzraMichael Tesler's book “Post-Racial or Most-Racial?" mentioned by Ezra
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1 hr - America’s Next Top Supreme Court JusticeVox senior politics reporter Jane Coaston joins Matt and Dara to talk about the future of the Supreme Court without Justice Kennedy.References and further reading:NYT piece on Justice Kennedy's son's connections to the Trump familyDara's piece on the most likely picks for Kennedy's replacementJane's piece on Senator Mike LeeJane's piece on polling that show's Trump voters were motivated by the Supreme Court vacancyExaminer piece on overturning Roe v. Wade
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49 min - With borders wide openEzra returns from the wilds of book leave to talk about open borders with Dara and Matt.References and further reading:Dara's piece on the 1996 immigration bill"Trillion dollar bills on the sidewalk" white paperBryan Caplan paper on open bordersEzra's interview with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti
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47 min - The messy drama queens of the Supreme CourtWhile Sarah, Matt and Ezra are away Dara is joined by Dylan Matthews and Andrew Prokop to talk about the friction between how the Supreme Court says it makes its decisions, and the way everyone assumes it really works. Is it time for the Court to stop getting polite and start getting (legal) real(ist)?References and further reading:Andrew’s explainer on the gerrymandering decisionThe “efficiency gap,” explained by one of its creatorsDylan on the public-sector union case Janus v. AFSCMEDara’s piece on Trump v. Hawaii, the travel ban caseSonia Sotomayor endorsed legal realism before joining the CourtKENNEDYWATCH, 2018 Edition
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56 min - Which children matter?Senior politics reporter Jane Coaston joins Dara and Matt to talk about the ideological roots of Donald Trump's family separation policy.References and further reading:Dara's piece on "operation wetback" the immigration policy Donald Trump lovesJane's piece on Stephen MillerJamelle Bouie's piece on Stephen MillerPolitico piece about Trump possibly shutting down the government in September over border wall, mentioned by JaneDara's piece on the number of families separated at the border dailyDara's piece on how asylum officers are being told to implement Sessions' new rule
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49 min - Ask Weeds Anything...Again!Sarah, Dara and Matt answer your questions.
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1 hr 23 min - Why 12-step programs work — and family separation doesn’tWhile Sarah and Matt are away Dara is joined by Vox.com congressional reporters Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen to talk about immigration and family separation. Then she's joined by Vox.com criminal justice reporter German Lopez to talk about a white paper that looks at the effectiveness of 12- step programs.References and further reading:Ella's piece on Democrats trying to stop family separation at the borderTara's piece on the chaos in the House over immigrationSarah's piece on the missing children and family separationMiriam Jordan's NYT piece on transitional foster care placements for migrant childrenWhite paper on the effectiveness of 12-step programsGerman's piece on Alcoholics Anonymous
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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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