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
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
2
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
3
Why isn’t school lunch free?
School is back. So is lunch debt.
34 min
4
Trump’s RICO problem
How a law targeting organized crime trapped Trump
43 min
5
Biden messed with Texas
The Texas buoy border battle
40 min
6
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
7
A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
8
Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min
9
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
The unknowns of weed and pregnancy
39 min
10
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
11
The Republican plot to defund public libraries
Move over book bans — why not just get rid of libraries?
44 min
12
A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Gre...
Taped live from TruCon 2023
31 min
13
We need to rethink discipline in schools
Discipline, segregation, and the achievement gap
48 min
14
The kids suing their state for climate change
The first constitutional climate lawsuit is going to trial
38 min
15
The fate of affirmative action
What you need to know about the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action
55 min
16
Why is child labor making a comeback?
America’s history with child labor, explained
49 min
17
The Weeds, Live – Anti-trans legislation, expla...
Live from the Crosscut Ideas Festival
42 min
18
Policymaking on the high seas
Getting into the (sea) weeds of the high seas treaty
40 min
19
How Secretary Buttigieg wants to make America’s...
Transportation policy is cool now. Thanks, Pete.
49 min
20
Mifepristone and the FDA’s exhaustive approval ...
The fight over the abortion pill and the future of the FDA
33 min
21
How corporations got all your data
The history of how corporations and governments became so interested in collecting our personal data — and how they got away with it
49 min
22
Do assault weapons bans work?
Revisiting the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.
40 min
23
Medicaid’s “Great Unwinding”
Medicaid’s continuous enrollment, discontinued.
42 min
24
Why Illinois wants to end cash bail
A look at the cost of pretrial justice and what it means for public safety.
48 min
25
The debt ceiling drama
Build back … budget?
38 min