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Feb 7, 2020 • 27min

Why the wrong movies win Oscars

Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson would like to blame the Academy. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 6, 2020 • 21min

How will coronavirus end?

In 2015, Dr. Vineet Menachery said a SARS-like virus could spread to humans more easily than previously believed. Now he explains what we can do to stop it. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 5, 2020 • 22min

Acquitted

The Senate has acquitted President Trump. Vox’s Ezra Klein argues it’s time to change the Constitution. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 4, 2020 • 23min

Iowhaaaaat?!

Iowa caucuses? More like caucus chaos. Or a raucous caucus. Or an Iowasca trip. Somebody's got some explaining to do. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 3, 2020 • 23min

Whyowa?

Iowa gets to take the first swing at nominating the Democratic presidential candidate today. But why? (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 31, 2020 • 30min

The invisible border

After nearly four years of acrimony, Britain finally Brexits tonight. But it risks plunging Northern Ireland back into a living nightmare. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 30, 2020 • 23min

Let’s talk about how to talk about Kobe

The podcast explores the global mourning and online debate following Kobe Bryant's death. It delves into advocacy for women in sports, navigating complex feelings towards public figures accused of wrongdoing, and the need for compassion and accountability in discussing influential figures like Kobe Bryant.
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Jan 29, 2020 • 33min

From Nobel Peace Prize to denying genocide

The International Court of Justice is ordering Myanmar to protect the Rohingya from genocide, but no one knows if Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will heed the call. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 28, 2020 • 29min

The Bolton's back in town

Vox's Andrew Prokop explains why John Bolton’s leaked manuscript has upended the GOP’s hopes to wrap up the impeachment trial quickly without calling witnesses. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 27, 2020 • 27min

Shaken like a polarized picture

The political polarization of America didn’t start with Donald Trump and it won’t end in 2020 either. Ezra Klein explains "Why We're Polarized." (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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