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This season on Working, we’re speaking to individuals employed in fields potentially imperiled by the Trump presidency. These are the stories of people doing difficult but important jobs—jobs that may get much more difficult and much more important in the years ahead.

Since his election, Trump has been dismissive of the intelligence community, reportedly neglecting briefings and sometimes even insulting the efforts of its members. We wanted to understand what it means to actually work in that secretive world. And while we couldn’t, for obvious reasons, get an active intelligence officer to talk to us, we did score the next best thing. Our guest this week is Aki Peritz, who worked as an intelligence analyst for the C.I.A., focusing for much of his time there on counterterrorism. He talks to Jacob Brogan about what that job actually involved, and about the importance of getting things right. He also tells us about everything from office culture at the CIA to the burden of secrecy. And, of course, he shares some thoughts about Trump.

Then, in a Slate Plus extra, Peritz tells us about Hunted, the reality TV show that he’s working on now. If you’re a member, enjoy bonus segments and interview transcripts from Working, plus other great podcast exclusives. Start your two-week free trial at slate.com/workingplus.

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Chris Berube with three things to know: 1) Logan Airport is the best place for refugees; 2) But Canada actually can't accept them; 3) Who's going to the Oscars, travel ban edition.

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Virginia Heffernan talks to David Miliband, the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), about the effects of President Trump's executive order on refugees worldwide.

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Hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, discuss:America’s about-face on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and what that means for the country. How Citigroup and Wells Fargo were caught giving homeowners “the runaround.”Cathy’s announcement that she’ll be leaving Slate Money soon (yes, we’re as sad as you are).

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Live from the Skirball Center at New York University – A handful of New York's top editors talk about how journalists and the media at large can play a bigger role in making sure that fact prevails over fiction in the coming months and years under a Trump administration.

This conversation was moderated by CNN's Brian Stelter.

And the panel included:

Jacob Weisberg, Chairman of The Slate Group and host/creator of Trumpcast,

Lydia Polgreen, Huffington Post

Borja Echevarría, VP and Editor in Chief, Univision Digital

and David Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker

Profits from this event went to benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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In one tweet, George W. Bush appointee Eliot Cohen became the face for anti-Trump conservatives: “After exchange with Trump transition team, changed my recommendation: stay away. They’re angry, arrogant, screaming ‘you LOST!’ Will be ugly.” With the news this week that senior State Department officials have resigned en masse, Cohen says there are reasons to be very worried about America’s role on the world stage. Cohen is the author of The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force.

For the Spiel, more and more reasons to distrust Vladimir Putin.   

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Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Evaluating the potential import of President Trump's first executive actions, 2) Norms in the news, and 3) Those pranksters at Fox and Friends. 

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On this episode of Represent, Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to April Reign about how she inadvertently started the #OscarsSoWhite movement and what work still needs to be done. Also, Slate Double X writer, Christina Cauterucci comes on to chat about Hidden Figures and the Women's March.

Check out:

-Slate: Hidden Figures Is a Powerful Statement Against Bathroom Discrimination

-Represent producer Veralyn Williams discussing Hidden Figures on the Culture Gabfest

-April’s Ebony OpEd: Here’s Why Lee Daniels Is Wrong About #OscarsSoWhite

-Slate: Finally, the Academy Acknowledges Black Stories Don’t All Have to Be About Oppression or Slavery

-Some of the Best Memes of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama’s Awkward Exchange

-Jezebel: I Want to Trust the Women's Marchers

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Jamelle Bouie talks to The Atlantic's Vann Newkirk about the dangers being proposed to voting rights by the Trump administration.

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David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the actions President Trump has taken already in his first week, what projects may become priorities for the nation's infrastructure and lying- what significance do lies have to the new administration and its future?

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