Politics is how people achieve power. Policy is what they do with it. Every week on The Weeds, host Jonquilyn Hill and guests break down the policies that shape our lives, from abortion to financial regulations to affirmative action to housing. We dive deep and we get wonky, but we have fun along th… read more
Dylan, German, and Jerusalem sit down to answer listener questions. In our first AMA episode of the post-Matt-Yglesias Weeds era, the trio discusses constitutional amendments, climate change, how we could fix global poverty, influential books, and more.
Resources:
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Ascendancy by Nina J. Easton
The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach by Alice Kaplan
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World’s Most Troubled Drug Culture by Richard DeGrandpre
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Journalist’s Resource, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Jim Tankersley, the New York Times (@jimtankersley)
Victoria Guida, Politico (@vtg2)
Eric Levitz, New York magazine (@ericlevitz)
Hosts:
Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox
Jerusalem Demsas (@JerusalemDemsas), policy reporter, Vox
German Lopez (@germanrlopez), senior correspondent, Vox
Credits:
Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer
Amber Hall, deputy editorial director, talk podcasts
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