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 bipartisan bill that could protect elections
Why lawmakers are trying to reform a 135-year-old law.
41 min
27
The rebirth of industrial policy
Supply-side economics, explained.
36 min
28
It’s time to regulate crypto
The FTX crash, explained.
51 min
29
The Weeds’ weed episode
Let’s be blunt: Weed policy is complicated.
44 min
30
How to call an election
Hint: Let the math people do the work.
50 min
31
How to fix inflation
Hint: Let the Fed do the work.
55 min
32
Why scaring voters works
Republicans are hitting Democrats on crime. It’s working.
44 min
33
The most interesting issues on the ballot
The 2022 ballot initiatives, explained.
40 min
34
The candidates haunting the GOP
It’s campaign spooky season.
40 min
35
AMERICA HAS A (POLLING) PROBLEM
Why are the polls so wrong so often?
51 min
36
Abbott and DeSantis: Stunt queens or policy mak...
Could relocating migrants in the US be a policy solution?
44 min
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The fastest growing voting bloc in America
What do we know about how Latinos and Hispanics will vote in 2022 and beyond?
54 min
38
Who decides how we’ll save the future?
The case for – and against – longtermism
60 min
39
Vitamin X
The wild and unregulated west of dietary supplements.
32 min
40
It’s a policy team takeover!
Student loans, inflation, and back-to-school (oh my!)
38 min
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The rebirth of industrial policy
And a new era of industrialism.
46 min
42
Could the war on terror be over?
What Zawahiri’s death means for US foreign policy.
59 min
43
The new politics of abortion
Let’s talk about Kansas.
41 min
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Maybe we’re not doomed?
Maintaining climate optimism in a world on fire.
56 min
45
Weeds Time Machine: The ADA
The landmark civil rights policy, explained.
58 min
46
What the hell is up with SCOTUS?
The latest Supreme Court term, explained
58 min
47
The legal limbo of abortion rights
Roe v. Wade is gone, but its demise raises a whole host of new questions.
59 min
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Pregnancy in a post-Roe America
Our maternal mortality rate was already bad. What happens now?
43 min
49
ConGRADulations, fellow kids
Ten months ago, the faculty of Cramer Hill Elementary set out to get their kids back on track after a year of mostly remote learning.
24 min
50
How the world became rich
A quick recap of thousands of years of economic history.
57 min