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Civil Liberties in the Time of COVID-19 Mar 17, 2020

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Richard Lazarus, a law professor at Harvard and a leading Supreme Court advocate, discusses where public health stops and our individual liberties begin. Plus, what does it mean that the Supreme Court has postponed oral arguments?

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The Economic Impact of COVID-19 Mar 16, 2020

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Stefanie Stantcheva, Professor of Economics at Harvard, discusses the economic harms of COVID-19 and measures governments can take to soften the blow of a recession.

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What We Know About How Coronavirus Spreads Mar 11, 2020

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Siddhartha Mukherjee, physician, researcher, and author of the 2011 Pulitzer-Prize winning book The Emperor of All Maladies, discusses what we know about how coronavirus spreads and what we don’t know. Plus, he offers advice on canceling travel plans.

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The View from Beijing Mar 04, 2020

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In an effort to curtail the spread of coronavirus, much of China is essentially under lockdown. Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Ian Johnson talks about what life is like in the capital city.

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The Coronavirus Isn't Going Away Feb 28, 2020

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Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at Harvard University, predicts that between 40 to 70 percent of adults in the world will become infected with the coronavirus.

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Elif Shafak's "Multiple Belongings" Feb 26, 2020

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Best-selling British-Turkish writer Elif Shafak discusses her latest novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, Turkey's "backward slide," and what it means to be a citizen of the world.

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An Interview with the Next Vice President of the United States Feb 19, 2020

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Stacey Abrams talks about how to create lasting social change, her thoughts on 2020, and her plans for the future.

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Malcolm Gladwell and "Magical Technical Fixes" Feb 12, 2020

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Malcom Gladwell and Noah Feldman discuss whether we should add more states to the union, and why Americans are always searching for "magical technical fixes." For further listening check out the "Divide and Conquer" episode of the Revisionist History podcast.

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Bonus: The Oscars Feb 07, 2020

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Charles Randolph, the screenwriter behind “The Big Short” and “Bombshell” discusses turning real life stories into Hollywood movies, and shares what he would like to change about the Academy Awards.

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We Testified for Impeachment and It Made No Difference Feb 05, 2020

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Noah Feldman and University of North Carolina School of Law Professor Michael J. Gerhardt both testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. They discuss everything from how they made their arguments to how they dealt with the hate mail.

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