Explain It to Me

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How we pick a president Feb 07, 2020

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University of Maryland political scientist David Karol joins Matt to explain the consequences of presidential nomination reform.

Guest:

David Karol, (@DKarol) Government & Politics professor, University of Maryland

Host:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

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Iowapocalypse Now Feb 04, 2020

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Vox politics reporter Andrew Prokop joins Dara and Matt to explain Monday night's disaster.

Hosts:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica

Andrew Prokop (@awprokop), Senior politics correspondent, Vox

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Fix recessions by giving people money Jan 31, 2020

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Claudia Sahm from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth joins Matt to explain a surprisingly simple strategy to stabilize the economy.

Guest:

Claudia Sahm, (@Claudia_Sahm) Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Host:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

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A conversation about anti-Semitism Jan 28, 2020

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Matt, Dara and Jane talk about the rise in anti-Semitic violence aimed at Hassidic communities, and what the political implications may be.

Hosts:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica

Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics reporter, Vox

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The road to polarization Jan 24, 2020

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Ezra Klein joins Matt to discuss his forthcoming book; Why We're Polarized.

Guest:

Ezra Klein, (@ezraklein) Co-founder and Editor-at-Large, Vox

Host:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

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Green New Germany Jan 22, 2020

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Introducing season 3 of The Impact!

The 2020 candidates have some bold ideas to tackle some of our country's biggest problems, like climate change, the opioid crisis, and unaffordable health care. A lot of their proposals have been tried before, so, in a sense, the results are in.

This season, The Impact has those stories: how the big ideas from 2020 candidates succeeded — or failed — in other places, or at other times. What can Sen. Elizabeth Warren's proposal to fight the opioid crisis learn from what the US did to fight the AIDS epidemic? How did Germany — an industrial powerhouse that invented the automobile — manage to implement a Green New Deal? How did public health insurance change Taiwan?

In this bonus episode Jillian and team fly to Germany to investigate a law that looks a lot like part of the Green New Deal some Democrats are proposing in the US.

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Three roads to universal coverage Jan 21, 2020

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Dylan Scott and special guest Sarah Kliff join Matt for a close look at health care in Taiwan, Australia, and the Netherlands.

Recommended reading:

"Everybody Covered" by Dylan Scott, Ezra Klein, and Tara Golshan, Vox

"Taiwan’s single-payer success story — and its lessons for America" by Dylan Scott, Vox

"Two sisters. Two different journeys through Australia’s health care system." by Dylan Scott, Vox

"The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it’s all private" by Dylan Scott, Vox

Hosts:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

Dylan Scott (@dylanlscott), National security reporter, Vox