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Nicholas Kristof & Rohit Aggarwala Dec 30, 2022

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New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof stops by to talk to us about giving effectively and his favorite charities. New York City’s Chief Climate Officer, Rohit Aggarwala, tells us what NYC is doing to prepare for future climate disasters.

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Paulina Porizkova & Bill Keller Dec 28, 2022

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Supermodel Paulina Porizkova talks to us about her book No Filter: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful. The Marshall Project founder Bill Keller breaks down his book What Are Prisons For?

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Robin Marty & Dana Ballout Dec 26, 2022

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Robin Marty, author of New Handbook For A Post-Roe America, tells us about what she’s seeing on the front lines of women's reproductive care. Dana Ballout talks to us about The Last Resort, a podcast on California’s secessionist movement.

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David Wallace-Wells & Spencer Ackerman Dec 23, 2022

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David Wallace of the New York Times talks to us about the latest scientific insights into COVID and climate change. Forever Wars author Spencer Ackerman looks back at two years of Biden foreign policy and tells us what sets Biden’s team apart from past administrations.

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Keith Olbermann, Douglas Rushkoff & Matt Fuller Dec 21, 2022

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Countdown’s Keith Olbermann talks to us about what he saw with the final 1/6 Commitee hearing. Survival of the Richest author Douglas Rushkoff tries to make sense of the implosion of FTX and Elon Musk’s erratic behavior. The Daily Beast’s Matt Fuller tells us about the insane struggle for power happening in the Republican leadership.

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Nick Bilton, Roben Farzad & Molly White Dec 19, 2022

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NPR’s Roben Farzad talks to us about the latest economic news and the hidden economic indicators he’s seeing. Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter, gives us insight into the chaos at Twitter. And crypto researcher Molly White tells us what she’s seeing with the government’s newfound interest in crypto oversight.

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Gina Raimondo, Rep. Pramila Jayapal & Ian Dunt Dec 16, 2022

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United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo talks to us about the Biden administration’s actions to strengthen the economy. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal tells us how the Progressive Caucus and President Biden have productively collaborated. And Ian Dunt, host of Oh God What Now, talks us about the United Kingdom’s current government turmoil.

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Ruben Gallego, Maxwell Frost & Hunter Walker Dec 14, 2022

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Representative Ruben Gallego tells us all about how Senator Sinema has failed Arizona. Representative Gallego throws the maximum amount of shade allowed by congressional regulations. And Representative Maxwell Frost talks to us about his unlikely road to being the first Gen Z congressman. TPM’s Hunter Walker has pored over 2,000 of Mark Meadows’s texts and he offers some new revelations about just how nefarious the plotting of 1/6 was.

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Elie Mystal, The Good Liars & Nilay Patel Dec 12, 2022

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The Nation’s Elie Mystal talks to us about the Supreme Court’s ruling on Moore v. Harper and how horrific it could be for our democracy. Comedic duo The Good Liars speak with us about all the wacky things they encounter at MAGA rallies. And Nilay Patel, the editor of The Verge, talks us through Elon Musk & Bari Weiss’s pathetic attempts to make a controversy out of The Twitter Files.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Tim O’Brien & Jeet Heer Dec 09, 2022

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) stops by to talk to us about his new bill that attempts to prevent the gas companies from gouging consumers. Bloomberg Opinion’s Tim O’Brien fills us in on the likely consequences of the Trump Organization being convicted of tax fraud. And The Nation’s Jeet Heer talks to us about Herschel Walker’s defeat in the Georgia Senate run-off.

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