Explain It to Me
Vox
Should I buy a house? Why do I say “like” so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement?Explain It to Me is the hotline for the issues that matter to your life. Send us your questions about health, personal finance, relationships, and anything else that matters to you. Host Jonquilyn Hill will take you on a journey to find the answers, whether it's to the halls of Congress or the local bar. You’ll get the answers you were looking for, and sometimes ones you didn't expect — and always with a dose of humor. New episodes every Sunday. Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Aug 25, 2017 • 50min
Donald Trump vs the congressional GOP
Tara Golshan and Andrew Prokop join Matt to talk about the bad blood between Trump and Mitch McConnell.
Links!
Andrew's interview with Dave Hopkins
Now Hear This registration (Promo code Weeds)
Weeds Facebook group
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Aug 23, 2017 • 49min
How the rich ate all the growth
Ezra and Matt discuss two big papers that help explain America's economic malaise:
Income and Wealth Inequality: Evidence and Policy Implications
The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications
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Aug 18, 2017 • 57min
Statue limitations
Libby Nelson and German Lopez join Matt to discuss the politics and history of Confederate monuments.
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Aug 16, 2017 • 1h 6min
A very meritorious podcast
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt break down Trump's plan to slash legal immigration, a new way to sabotage Obamacare, and research on ER scams.
Got a bill from an emergency room? We want to hear about it.
The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills from The New York Times
Surprise! Out-of-Network Billing for Emergency Care in the United States from NBER
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Aug 11, 2017 • 1h 5min
Can John Kelly fix the Trump administration? Can anyone?
Dara Lind and Andrew Prokop join Matt to talk about Kelly's record as DHS Secretary and Trump's bizarre Twitter feud with Mitch McConnell.
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Aug 9, 2017 • 1h 18min
Is Google in an "ideological echo chamber"?
The podcast explores the controversial Google memo regarding diversity in the company, the role of societal constructs in determining representation in computer programming, venture capital firms' hiring practices and lack of diversity in big tech companies, President Trump's focus on prescription drug pricing, health insurance rate increases and expensive medications, the importance of innovation and affordability in the medical system, and the correlation between medical school rank and opioid prescription practices.
Aug 2, 2017 • 55min
The bacon fat theory of school segregation, and some White House chaos
Ezra, Sarah and Alvin Chang talk about the quiet return of segregation in schools, chaos in the Trump White House, and taxing marijuana.
Links!The Washington Post article on school desegregation and the Supreme Court.Alvin's piece on school desegregation and gerrymanderingAlvin's article on living in poor neighborhoodsAlvin's article on white America self-segregatingAlvin's piece on Obamacare repeal splitting neighborhoods
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Jul 28, 2017 • 51min
ACA repeal is finally dead (maybe)
Sarah, Matt, and Dylan Scott analyze the night Trumpcare died and what's next for health care.
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Jul 26, 2017 • 1h 1min
Skinny repeal and Trump's management by tweet
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about yet another Obamacare repeal plan, Trump's feud with Jeff Sessions, and new research on retail health clinics.
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Jul 21, 2017 • 56min
A deep dive on basic income
Dylan Matthews joins Matt to discuss the three different version of universal basic income, and why only one of them is good.
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