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Feb 27, 2020 • 22min

The last stronghold in Syria

Idlib province in northwestern Syria is now the last stronghold of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad and one of the world’s greatest humanitarian crises. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 26, 2020 • 30min

Pandemic?

Covid-19 may be on the brink of becoming a pandemic. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what that p-word means and Brian Resnick breaks down what an outbreak response might look like in the United States. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 25, 2020 • 22min

Putin his thumb on the scale

Russian interference in U.S. elections could go from Vlad to worse as President Trump sidelines U.S. intelligence agencies. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 24, 2020 • 25min

Weekend at Bernie’s

Bernie Sanders took Nevada with a landslide coalition so diverse it has left Joe Biden feeling nervous heading into South Carolina. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 21, 2020 • 26min

The sixth sense (the real one)

A study at the National Institutes of Health offers a window into some of science’s biggest mysteries, from the origins of pain to how consciousness works. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 20, 2020 • 22min

Ok, Bloomberg

Enter the Bloomberg! Exit the Bloomberg? (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 19, 2020 • 22min

Where Medicare-for-all is real

The Democratic presidential candidates keep having the same argument over Medicare-for-all at the televised debates. To spice up the conversation, Vox’s Dylan Scott takes Sean on a journey to Taiwan to explore how the idea works in practice. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 18, 2020 • 25min

The floating petri dish

One coronavirus. Two cruise ships. Lots of mistakes. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 14, 2020 • 27min

Love Me Tinder

A new investigation reveals what you may have suspected: dating apps can be very dangerous. But there are safer ways to look for love online.(Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 13, 2020 • 30min

Between a Stone and a hard place

In this, the 500th episode of your favorite daily news podcast, Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains why the sentencing of Roger Stone has thrown the United States Department of Justice into disarray. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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