The Weeds

Politics is how people achieve power. Policy is what they do with it. 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.


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Politics
News Commentary
Social Sciences
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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
705
The Supreme Court vacancy and the possible coll...
66 min
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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
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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
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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
717
Dietary fat and climate change
57 min
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Childbirth, retirement, and terror in between
74 min
719
We know how to eliminate poverty. So why don't we?
66 min
720
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
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Would single payer health care work in America?
63 min