The Weeds
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 the way. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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The sandwich generation: Caring for kids and se...
Baby boomers are aging. Their kids aren’t ready.
34 min
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Why your health insurance is tied to work
The wartime policy that changed health insurance forever
41 min
28
Conservative socialism?
A conservative makes the case for democratic socialism.
52 min
29
How (not) to budget
The no-good-very-bad federal budget problem
42 min
30
NYC’s not-so-sudden migrant surge
What New York City tells us about our broken immigration system.
48 min
31
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
32
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
33
Why isn’t school lunch free?
School is back. So is lunch debt.
34 min
34
Trump’s RICO problem
How a law targeting organized crime trapped Trump
43 min
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Biden messed with Texas
The Texas buoy border battle
40 min
36
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
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A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
38
Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min
39
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
The unknowns of weed and pregnancy
39 min
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It's an HOA world; you're just living in it
Don’t like your HOA? Good luck. We dive into how HOAs became an unnecessary necessary evil and why these tiny unregulated governments are likely here to stay.
47 min
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The Republican plot to defund public libraries
Move over book bans — why not just get rid of libraries?
44 min
42
A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Gre...
Taped live from TruCon 2023
31 min
43
We need to rethink discipline in schools
Discipline, segregation, and the achievement gap
48 min
44
The kids suing their state for climate change
The first constitutional climate lawsuit is going to trial
38 min
45
The fate of affirmative action
What you need to know about the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action
55 min
46
Why is child labor making a comeback?
America’s history with child labor, explained
49 min
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The Weeds, Live – Anti-trans legislation, expla...
Live from the Crosscut Ideas Festival
42 min
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Policymaking on the high seas
Getting into the (sea) weeds of the high seas treaty
40 min
49
How Secretary Buttigieg wants to make America’s...
Transportation policy is cool now. Thanks, Pete.
49 min
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Mifepristone and the FDA’s exhaustive approval ...
The fight over the abortion pill and the future of the FDA
33 min