German elections, the disaster in Puerto Rico, Equifax hack, Trump and Facebook and the 1st amendment, the North Korea pickle. Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's MPA, share their take on the week's news.

You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bpPasrCi9b-O8-TaqZs1nsEwqMym4NlO/view?usp=sharing]