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Updates on the Florida and Georgia Races
Last week, the NAACP sent a letter to Georgia elections officials demanding a prompt investigation into reports of voter disenfranchisement. Derrick Johnson, NAACP President, and Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University a
The Journey of Gratitude
A.J. Jacobs, NPR contributor, contributing editor at Esquire and author of many books including Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey (Simon & Schuster/ TED, 2018), decided to trace the journey of his morning cup of coffee, thanking each person who
Trump, Inc. — Now What?
Trump, Inc. co-host Andrea Bernstein, WNYC senior editor for politics and policy, Ilya Marritz, WNYC reporter and host of Trump Inc., and editor Eric Umansky, deputy managing editor of ProPublica, discuss investigations into the president's finances and
An Obama Staffer's 'Good Idea'
Alyssa Mastromonaco, co-host of Crooked Media's Hysteria Podcast, former assistant to President Obama and the author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House (Twelve, 2017), tal
Tuesday Morning Politics with MSNBC's Ari Melber
Ari Melber, MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent and the host of "The Beat with Ari Melber" airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC, talks about the vote count in Florida, the Mueller investigation and more.
The Science of BFFs
Science writer Jacqueline Mroz looks at what research reveals about women and friendships in her new book, Girl Talk: What Science Can Tell Us About Female Friendship (Seal Press, 2018), and listeners call in to share their experiences.
How Combat Influenced Their Worldviews
For Veterans Day, Brittany Ramos DeBarros, US Army Reserves psychological operations officer, deployed to Afghanistan 2012-2013, takes a closer look at the social services we owe our veterans. Then, Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative-Elect (D NJ-11) and
An Argument Against a Citizenship Question on the Census
Executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition Steven Choi talks about their lawsuit (now on trial) against the citizenship question that the Trump administration is planning to add to the 2020 census.
Monday Morning Politics: Nationalism At Home and Abroad
Ana Marie Cox, host of the podcast With Friends Like These and columnist for the SYFY channel Fangrrls, talks about the latest news coming out of Washington. Then, Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker who writes the weekly online column, "Letter
(Still) Counting Votes in Florida and Georgia
Ari Berman, senior reporter at Mother Jones and author of Give us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (Picador, reprint 2016), discusses the potential recounts in Florida's gubernatorial and senate races, as well as the tight gub