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Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) The State Department brain trust gets a lobotomy, 2) President Trump's orders haven't been reviewed for legality, & 3) The Mook-Lewandowski odd couple is not coming to town, after all. 

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Hanna Rosin, June Thomas, and Noreen Malone discuss the Woman's March, why men aren't taking jobs traditionally done by women, and a poll showing republic men think women have it better.

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The Dow hitting 20,000 might sounds like great news to you, but to anthropologist Arthur Demarest, it’s an ominous echo of what he’s seen befall the Maya, the Aztecs, and the Inca: a spectacular apogee followed by collapse. Demarest studies the decline of civilizations. He says his research has shown that societies that avoid total disintegration undergo some other kind of major political or economic crisis.

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Jacob Weisberg talks to the press critic, Jay Rosen, about developing a strategy for journalists to cover the Trump administration.

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Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) Investigating voter fraud, 2) The U.S. falls prey to the "democracy recession," and 3) The Department of Defense joins the rogue ranks on Twitter.

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Host John Dickerson visits January 11, 2017 and also the campaign of Gerald R. Ford and Nelson Rockefeller. With it came along concerns of economic entanglements that a rich family might not be able to untangle.

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Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and guests discuss the film Hidden Figures, Oscar nominations, and whether or not it's ok to punch a Nazi. 

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The Southern Poverty Law Center rushed to track the surge in reported hate incidents after the election—a surge that appears to have died down. Heidi Beirich explains the SPLC’s plans to weed any hoaxes out of its data and why it’s a bad idea to minimize incidents of hate just because they don’t rise to the level of a crime.

For the Spiel, getting acquainted with Canada’s Trump(s).

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Prudie says it’s okay to ghost your social media followers, but not a child who thinks you’re her family. Then, MTV writer Jane Coaston joins in to advise on what to do if your mom uses surviving cancer as an excuse to spoil your kids. How to tell a family friend her husband is being a creep. And, how to tune out a loud co-worker. And finally, Prudence outlines more of the “Lost at Sea” dating handbook.  Hear more Prudence by joining Slate Plus: Slate.com/Prudiepod.

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Mary Wilson fills in for Mike Pesca with today's three things: 1) President Trump backs off from his deportation promise, 2) State lawmakers tee up measures to criminalize protesting, and 3) Primates face an existential crisis. 

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