How to Survive This Heat

How to Survive This Heat

Air-conditioning can feel like the only way to get through increasingly hot summers, but it’s an expensive, power-hungry way to keep cool.


How necessary is it? And how necessary is it to raise our thermostats up from 72 degrees?


Guest: Adam Clark Estes, senior technology correspondent at Vox.


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Trump is Trying to Kill Obamacare, Again

Trump is Trying to Kill Obamacare, Again

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27 Mar 201919min

New York City’s School Segregation Problem

New York City’s School Segregation Problem

New York City’s top public high school has a diversity problem. How did the crown jewel of the city’s public education system come to look so unlike the public?Guest: Mara Gay, writer for the New York...

26 Mar 201918min

About That Mueller Report

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What we know about the Mueller report. Spoiler: not a whole lot.Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s legal correspondent and host of the Amicus podcast.  Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, ...

25 Mar 201926min

How Long Will It Take the Death Penalty To Die?

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California has a new moratorium on executions, despite the fact that voters upheld capital punishment twice in recent statewide elections. Could this mark the beginning of a lasting policy change? Gue...

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