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.
1
The Devil wears fast fashion
Can we make the garment industry better?
37 min
2
Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future...
President Obama sits down with The Verge’s Nilay Patel
45 min
3
Why everything is (still) so expensive
A charcuterie board, in THIS economy?
39 min
4
BDS and the history of the boycott
Do boycotts even work?
43 min
5
Will school choice change the future of education?
School choice, parental rights, and the future of public education
42 min
6
The sandwich generation: Caring for kids and se...
Baby boomers are aging. Their kids aren’t ready.
34 min
7
Why your health insurance is tied to work
The wartime policy that changed health insurance forever
41 min
8
Conservative socialism?
A conservative makes the case for democratic socialism.
52 min
9
How (not) to budget
The no-good-very-bad federal budget problem
42 min
10
NYC’s not-so-sudden migrant surge
What New York City tells us about our broken immigration system.
48 min
11
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
12
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
13
Why isn’t school lunch free?
School is back. So is lunch debt.
34 min
14
Trump’s RICO problem
How a law targeting organized crime trapped Trump
43 min
15
Biden messed with Texas
The Texas buoy border battle
40 min
16
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
17
A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
18
Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min
19
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
The unknowns of weed and pregnancy
39 min
20
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
21
The Republican plot to defund public libraries
Move over book bans — why not just get rid of libraries?
44 min
22
A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Gre...
Taped live from TruCon 2023
31 min
23
We need to rethink discipline in schools
Discipline, segregation, and the achievement gap
48 min
24
The kids suing their state for climate change
The first constitutional climate lawsuit is going to trial
38 min
25
The fate of affirmative action
What you need to know about the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action
55 min