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Nov 6, 2018 • 22min

Why is voting optional?

For answers, we head to Australia where it isn't. Turnout surpasses 90% and elections are celebrated with democracy sausages on the barbie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 5, 2018 • 26min

Everything you need to know about tomorrow’s midterms

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the midterm elections are tomorrow. A pair of Vox’s congressional reporters take a tour of key races before Ezra Klein takes a deep breath and talks stakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 2, 2018 • 22min

Can I hack it? (Yes, you can.)

Hacking our elections is so easy, a 7-year-old can do it. (Really.) How we got here and why the best solution is one you might not expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 1, 2018 • 21min

$$ FREE MONEY FREE MONEY $$

What if the government just gave everyone money? No strings attached. Crazier things have happened. Nixon even tried to implement such a program once. The Atlantic's Annie Lowrey explains how universal basic income could work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 31, 2018 • 23min

What the frack is up with Colorado

Colorado's Proposition 112 is dividing the state. The ballot measure could severely limit oil and gas production, including fracking. Sean Rameswaram speaks with Cody Doane, who's Team Fracking, even though there was a lethal natural gas explosion near his kids' pre-school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 30, 2018 • 23min

One week to midterms, 5000 troops to border

THE CARAVAN IS COMING! DISEASE! MUSLIMS! DANGER! LOCK THE BORDER! Or maybe just listen to this episode in which Vox’s Dara Lind separates truth from fiction about the migrant caravan heading to the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 29, 2018 • 25min

Tree of Life

A mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue has confirmed what many believed to be true: Anti-Semitism is on the rise in America, and it's fueling white nationalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 26, 2018 • 23min

The Purge

More than 50,000 voters in Georgia have found themselves on a “pending list.” One candidate for governor is responsible for it. The other is fighting it. The outcome could turn Georgia purple and make Stacey Abrams the first black woman to run an American state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 25, 2018 • 18min

Bombs in the mail

America’s favorite Democrats are getting pipe bombs in the mail. Who even mails bombs anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 24, 2018 • 23min

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Kill the Treaty

The Trump administration announced it’s throwing out a decades-old arms treaty with Russia. Arms control specialist Alexandra Bell explains why this news pairs well with a stiff drink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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