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The Marines’ Sexual Assault Problem Feb 24, 2021

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The U.S. military has long had a sexual assault problem. And the Marine Corps - the final service branch to gender-integrate - is no exception. Though multiple scandals have rocked the Marines, continued abuses make it clear that deeper changes are needed to make all service people safe.

Guest: Erin Kirk-Cuomo, founder of #NotInMyMarineCorps.

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Should Student Debt Be Canceled? Feb 23, 2021

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Democrats are divided over student debt forgiveness. President Joe Biden is trying to get $10,000-per-borrower canceled, while more progressive members of the party want $50,000 wiped out. So whom would these proposals help? And what can be done to keep the student debt crisis from happening all over again?

Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate's senior business and economics correspondent.

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Will Andrew Cuomo Say Sorry? Feb 22, 2021

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has attracted national praise for his buck-stops-here leadership throughout the pandemic. But he's made some major missteps in his coronavirus response - the lack of transparency around COVID-related deaths in nursing homes is only the latest example. And his efforts to evade scrutiny have drawn fire from critics and constituents.

Guest: Jimmy Vielkind, reporter for the Wall Street Journal covering New York politics and government.

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Why Texas Went Dark Feb 19, 2021

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Over the last week, millions of Texans have been forced to live without power or heat. At least 16 have died since Monday. In a state that’s no stranger to extreme weather and high power demand, how did it all go so wrong?

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Josh Rhodes, research associate at the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin

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Lizzie O’Leary

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TBD | Why Texas Went Dark Feb 19, 2021

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Guest:

Josh Rhodes, research associate at the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

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What Rush Limbaugh Left Behind Feb 18, 2021

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Rush Limbaugh’s radio show provided a roadmap that the Republican Party has been following, more or less faithfully, for decades.

Guest: Nicole Hemmer, author of Messengers of the Right and co-host of This Day in Esoteric Political History.

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A Year of Anti-Asian Violence Feb 17, 2021

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In the year since the pandemic began, the number of attacks against Asian Americans has skyrocketed. The most recent wave of assaults left a number of victims injured and one man dead. Many Asian American activists say the attacks reflect a pattern of violence “as old as America itself.”

Guest: Kim Tran, an anti-oppression consultant and the author of the forthcoming book, The End of Allyship: A New Era of Solidarity.

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When the Vaccine Skeptic Is Your Dad Feb 16, 2021

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Gustavo Arellano’s father is what he would call a ‘pandejo’ - someone who doesn't take COVID safety seriously. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Gustavo has been fighting the uphill battle to dissuade him of his skepticism. And two weeks ago, his father finally got vaccinated.

We all know a ‘pandejo.’ What can we learn from Gustavo’s relationship with his father?

Guest: Gustavo Arellano, columnist for the LA Times

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How Clubhouse Cracked China’s Firewall Feb 12, 2021

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For most of the last year, Clubhouse—the audio-only social media app—has been dominated by conversations about business, branding, and Elon Musk. But as users picked up the app around the globe, something extraordinary happened.

Censors in mainland China overlooked it. And for two weeks in February, it hosted a series of unusual, unfiltered conversations. Han Chinese, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese, and Uighurs all flooded to the app to speak freely about authoritarianism, democracy, and propaganda.

Here’s what happened when the censors looked the other way.

Guest:

Melissa Chan, journalist with the Global Reporting Centre

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TBD | How Clubhouse Cracked China’s Firewall Feb 12, 2021

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Here’s what happened when the censors looked the other way.

Guest:

Melissa Chan, journalist with the Global Reporting Centre

Host