Since we're all traveling this week, we decided to have a conversation with our friend, regular Gradient contributor and constitutional expert Joseph Williams on to discuss just one issue this week: the legislative battle over increased gun control regulation.

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This week, the Democrats held a 14-hour filibuster, Apple announced its new iOS, Gladwell announced his new podcast, and America's favorite Mexican food chain is not very good.

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Show Notes:

• Story Five: Chris Murphy led Senate Democrats on a 14 hour marathon filibuster for increased gun control measures following the Orlando tragedy. http://grdnt.is/1UEc0k2
• Story Four: Apple hosted its annual Worldwide Developer's Conference and rolled out a bunch of new software your annoying friends are going to want, like, immediately. http://grdnt.is/1Ugmfki
• Story Three: Malcolm Gladwell started a new podcast, just a little too late to make our list of the year's 16 best podcast episodes. http://grdnt.is/28C5xA1
• Story Two: Moe's Southwestern Grill is America's most popular Mexican chain. Better luck next year, Chipotle. (http://grdnt.is/1tue6wl)
• Story One: Studies suggest Americans are now more generous than they've ever been, so there, Bernie. (http://grdnt.is/261Rl4s)

This week, the Democrats mostly decided on a nominee, a judge came under fire for his ruling in the Stanford case, Buzzfeed made a tough advertorial call and The Greatest went home.  

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Show Notes:

• Story Five: Hillary Clinton is officially the first female candidate of a major party: (http://www.gradient.is/muhammad-ali-was-miraculous/)
• Story Four: A federal judge is under fire for giving a former Stanford athlete just six months in jail for raping an unconscious woman. (http://www.gradient.is/reactions/before-brock-turner-stanford-had-a-rape-every-two-weeks/)
• Story Three: Pretty much everyone got hacked on Twitter this week. Sorry, everyone! (http://www.gradient.is/reactions/3-ways-the-nfl-hacker-could-have-dramatically-improved-his-nfl-hacking/)
• Story Two: Buzzfeed called off an ad deal with the Republican Party over its impending nomination of Donald Trump. (http://grdnt.is/1UlNoR0)
• Story One: The late, great Muhammad Ali called himself the Greatest, and deserved it. (http://grdnt.is/1UqQL54) 

This week, Paul Ryan finally caved to Donald Trump, Kit Harington spoke out about how hard it is to be handsome in Hollywood, and people started to get real about the Zika virus.

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Show Notes:

• Story Five: The NBA Finals are in full swing, and we've all got thoughts. (http://grdnt.is/25F3tbA)
• Story Four: Just because we knew Paul Ryan would eventually cave doesn't make it any easier to talk about. (http://grdnt.is/1RRKQnH)
• Story Three: Jump Ball: What TV shows are we streaming this summer? 
• Story Two: The Zika virus has finally started to get some real attention. (http://grdnt.is/1t6nBlT)
• Story One: It's very hard out there for people who are as beautiful as Kit Harington says Kit Harrington. (http://bit.ly/1TOPnyT)

In the premiere episode of "The Sports with Tyler Huckabee," Gradient's resident expert in all non-sports related things gives us his unique take on the NBA Finals.

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This week, a new wrinkle in Hulk Hogan's Gawker lawsuit, and a new trailer for the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake. Also, Millennials are living at home more (surprise!) and we talk about the new seven-hour OJ Simpson documentary (bigger surprise!).

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Show Notes:

• Story Five: Millennials just can't seem to move out of their parents' house. (http://bit.ly/1P0Alnv)
• Story Four: An elusive billionaire funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker. (http://bit.ly/1Wq3bQE)
• Story Three: Beauty and the Beast has a live action remake in the works, starring Emma Watson. (http://bit.ly/1sxIiGk)
• Story Two: 'The Biggest Loser' has some very serious accusations being thrown its way. (http://bit.ly/1OTfqCM)
• Story One: ESPN has dropped a new seven-hour OJ Simpson documentary and it's fascinating. (http://bit.ly/24bzUs3)

This week, 'The Good Wife' came to a close, Washington Post released a controversial new study on the Washington Redskins, Facebook met with Conservative leaders and one of Nigeria's missing girls was found.

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Show Notes:

• Story Five: One of the missing Chibok girls was found: (http://bbc.in/1TkpnLr)
• Story Four: Facebook meets with Conservative leaders over accusations of news suppression. (http://bit.ly/1TjVo6i)
• Story Three: 'The Good Wife' calls it a quits, and we talk about other spinoffs we'd like to see (http://eonli.ne/20gHvVa)
• Story Two: Terrorist action is suspected in an AirEgypt's crash into the Mediterranean Sea. (http://bit.ly/1qwZHO1)
• Story One: A new poll found that nine out of ten Native Americans aren't offended by the Washington NFL team's mascot. (http://bit.ly/20bI4zy)

This week, Pope Francis said he'd explore the idea of female deacons in the Catholic Church, while Chance the Rapper took the whole world to church with his new album. Also, Lyft had to seriously up its settlement, and Paul Ryan began to swallow a bitter pill.

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Show Notes:

• Story Five: Paul Ryan has a closed door meeting with Trump that went fine, just fine, no more questions. thanks. (http://bit.ly/1R0rz2V)
• Story Four: Pope Francis is exploring the idea of allow women to be deacons in the Catholic Church. (http://cnn.it/1s84wyA)
• Story Three: Instagram has a new logo and a lot of people are not feeling it. (http://onforb.es/1NtBIL1)
• Story Two: Lyft is still trying to pay its drivers more, sort of. (http://bit.ly/1rI7gmo)
• Story One: Chance the Rapper released a new album this week and oh my God. (http://chanceraps.com/)

Just a short update to ICYMI listeners about some big goings-on in the Gradient world, and what to expect from the future.

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This week, Johnny Manziel was indicted, Cleveland's police union continued to make things so much worse for the family of Tamir Rice, India debuted a new plan for empowering women against violence and Beyonc�'s 'Lemonade' changed the world as we know it.

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Michael Romero ... @mromero

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Show Notes:

• Story Five: The Cleveland police union tells Tamir Rice's family how to use their settlement. (http://grdnt.is/1QD65sO)
• Story Four: Johnny Manziel was indicted in an alleged assault of his ex-girlfriend. (http://grdnt.is/1NXbSJL)
• Story Three: Hillary Clinton plans on making her cabinet at least half female. (http://grdnt.is/1Qz0PWU)
• Story Two: India introduced a new panic button on its smartphones for women. (http://grdnt.is/1SBJvD3)
• Story One: Ever heard of Beyoncé? She released a new album this week. (http://grdnt.is/1SHFK12)