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Explain It to Me, 828 episodes. Page 9 of 9.

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801

What the hell is going on with tax havens, explained

802

A medical struggle to digitize, a tax calculator, and a paper that explains Trump

803

Replacing No Child Left Behind, wonky March Madness, and Uber's productivity

804

Super(b) Tuesday special

805

The productivity slowdown, TrumpCare, and better textbooks

806

Super Tuesday/Exhausted Wednesday special!

807

TPP, the Nevada Caucus, and the Great Texas Abortion clinic shutdown.

808

The Supreme Court vacancy and the possible collapse of American democracy

809

Could more corruption fix American politics?

810

The Iowa Caucuses

811

Will taxing the rich hurt growth – and will third parties save politics?

812

Ross Douthat on campus conservatism, being thankful for Donald Trump, and how to write so liberals will read you

813

Campaign finance and global inequality — with lead poisoning in between

814

Obama's Legacy, debating single payer, and Obamacare's jobs impact

815

Immigration and the minimum wage — with an armed stand-off in between

816

Teen births are plummeting — and economists are judging your Christmas gifts

817

Gentrification, a budget deal, and the decline of floating voters

818

Ezra interviews Ben Bernanke

819

Why health premiums rise, and how partisans discriminate

820

Dietary fat and climate change

821

Childbirth, retirement, and terror in between

822

We know how to eliminate poverty. So why don't we?

823

How politics is making us stupid

824

Are we counting poverty all wrong?

825

Want to fix inequality by taxing the rich? Good luck.

826

The Weeds: Can the government trick you into dieting?

827

Arthur Brooks on think tanks, happiness, and management

828

Would single payer health care work in America?

829

Ezra, Matt and Sarah Try to Podcast