A platinum get out of jail free card
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the real causes of mass incarceration, Trump's move to roll back contraceptive coverage, and the mysterious world of high-end credit cards.Links!German Lopez’s piece about John Pfaff’s “Locked in” Mark A.R. Kleiman, Angela Hawken, and Ross Halperin on graduated reentry as prison reform.Today’s white paper, "Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards" Our Weeds in the Wild Episode about birth control Ezra Klein’s conversation with Chris Hayes about “A Colony in a Nation” Jon Bois excellent video, The Dumbest Boy in the WorldBooks!"Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration" by John Pfaff"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander"A Colony in a Nation" by Chris Hayes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
31 Mai 201757min
Weeds in the Wild: Tennessee's Healthcare Bald Spot
Sarah Kliff travels to Tennessee to see what it looks like when Obamacare explodes.Links!Sarah's piece about her trip to Tennessee More details about the Missouri bald spotAn interactive map of the counties most at risk of losing all their insurers Our lovely Weeds Facebook groupEmail us at weeds@vox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
29 Mai 201719min
CB--Oh, this bill stinks
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the new CBO score of Trumpcare and the results of this week's special election in Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
26 Mai 201753min
Trump's budget has landed, and it's terrible
A tanned and rested Ezra joins Matt and Sarah to talk budget, auto-enrollment in health care, and some eye-popping research on zoning.Links:Sarah's piece on auto-enrollmentJeff Stein's piece on reactions to Paul Ryan's agenda The wonderful Weeds Facebook group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
24 Mai 20171h 4min
All the Trump scandal drama you've been craving
Yochi Dreazen and Jennifer Williams join Matt to talk about the new Trump/Russia special counsel and the latest scandal swirling around Michael Flynn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
19 Mai 201748min
Trump chaos, UBI, and the fracking baby boom
Dylan Matthews joins Sarah and Matt to talk about Trump's latest problems, his reporting on basic income in Kenya, and new research on fracking's impact on marriage and childbearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
17 Mai 20171h 16min
Weeds in the Wild: Free Money... For Everyone!
One of the world’s first universal basic income experiments is happening right now in a small Kenyan village. Dylan Matthews went there to investigate.Links!Dylan Matthew's piece about his Kenya tripTwo economists make the case for and against an American UBIA longer UBI explainerPlease send us feedback! Post your thoughts in our Facebook group or email us at weeds@vox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
12 Mai 201715min
The wall in our hearts
Vox's Dara Lind joins Sarah and Matt to talk about James Comey's firing, the border wall, and whether incomes have really been as stagnant as they seem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10 Mai 20171h 3min
