Today explained is on the radio in partnership with WNYC and we are part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. If you were a senator in the United States Congress, what would you be pushing for? We use music by Breakmaster Cylinder and Noam Hasenfeld and had a little extra help from Patrick Boyd on the ones and twos this week.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin managed to rally bipartisan support for a marriage equality bill, but she’s the first to admit the legislation is “humble.” An activist wonders if there’s an overemphasis on the institution of marriage.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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