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.

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Politics
News Commentary
Social Sciences
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Replacing No Child Left Behind, wonky March Mad...
65 min
652
Super(b) Tuesday special
51 min
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The productivity slowdown, TrumpCare, and bette...
84 min
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Super Tuesday/Exhausted Wednesday special!
83 min
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TPP, the Nevada Caucus, and the Great Texas Abo...
69 min
656
The Supreme Court vacancy and the possible coll...
66 min
657
Could more corruption fix American politics?
72 min
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The Iowa Caucuses
73 min
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Will taxing the rich hurt growth – and will thi...
84 min
660
Ross Douthat on campus conservatism, being than...
73 min
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Campaign finance and global inequality — with l...
72 min
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Obama's Legacy, debating single payer, and Obam...
79 min
663
Immigration and the minimum wage — with an arme...
77 min
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Teen births are plummeting — and economists are...
63 min
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Gentrification, a budget deal, and the decline ...
76 min
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Ezra interviews Ben Bernanke
40 min
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Why health premiums rise, and how partisans dis...
76 min
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Dietary fat and climate change
57 min
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Childbirth, retirement, and terror in between
74 min
670
We know how to eliminate poverty. So why don't we?
66 min
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How politics is making us stupid
68 min
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Are we counting poverty all wrong?
73 min
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Want to fix inequality by taxing the rich? Good...
51 min
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The Weeds: Can the government trick you into di...
81 min
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Arthur Brooks on think tanks, happiness, and ma...
54 min