Trump isn’t losing immigrant kids, but he is taking them from their parents
Sarah and Matt are joined by Vox.com Congress reporter Tara Golshan to talk about missing children, separated families, and the latest immigration action on the Hill. References and other reading: S...
1 Juni 201852min
The debate over “no excuses” charter schools, explained
Libby Nelson, Vox.com news editor and former education reporter, joins Matt and Sarah to talk about the discipline practices and educational outcomes at so-called "no excuses" charter schools. Then th...
29 Maj 201857min
Nobody has babies anymore (except Sarah)
Sarah and Matt talk about America’s rapidly falling birthrate, and a study on the long-term benefit of the 1980s Medicaid expansion. References and further reading: National Center for Health Statis...
22 Maj 201851min
Caught in the Intellectual Dark Web
Senior politics reporter Jane Coaston joins Dara and Matt to debate the “identity politics” backlash and the prospects for pluralism. References and further reading: Bari Weiss' piece on the 'intell...
18 Maj 20181h 1min
Drugs! (But not the fun kind)
Sarah, Dara and Matt discuss the the exorbitant cost of prescription drugs and a white paper that looks at the correlation between counties that vote Republican and the number of low and high-skilled ...
15 Maj 20181h
The many scandals of Michael Cohen
Vox.com senior political reporter Andrew Prokop joins Dara and Matt to explain the strange tale of Donald Trump’s lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, who now seems to be in serious legal hot water. Ref...
11 Maj 20181h 19min
Did you read the memo about the TPS reports?
Sarah, Dara, and Matt analyze Trump’s drastic rollback of Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador, and Haiti and discuss new research on the never-ending “economic anxiety...
8 Maj 201858min
Should psychiatrists diagnose Trump? Should journalists?
Vox's science reporter Brian Resnick joins Dara and Sarah to talk about psychiatry's Goldwater Rule, which has never met a test like Donald Trump. References and further reading: Brian's piece on wh...
4 Maj 201850min
