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Episode 109: Bill Clinton, the NYC Subway, and GOP's Tax Plan

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Episode 108: Liz Smith, Interracial Friendships, and Roy Moore

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Episode 107: Democratic Wins, Twitter, and The Snowy Day

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Episode 106: Kevin Spacey, Company Towns, and the Reformation

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Episode 105: JFK Files, Joni Mitchell, and Anxiety

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Episode 104: Girl Scouts, #MeToo, and HIV/AIDS

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Episode 103: Harvey Weinstein, Pumpkin Spice, & the Dove Ad Controversy

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Episode 102: Bronx School Killing, Romance Novels, and Game Shows

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Flashback! Hawaii

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Bonus Episode 4: The Equifax Hack

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Episode 101: LIVE! Antifa, Cultural Appropriation, and Income Inequality

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Episode 100: DACA, Louise Hay, and an All-Female Lord of the Flies

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Episode 99: Hurricane Harvey, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Princess Diana

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Episode 98: Afghanistan, Plus-Size Clothing, and Swearing

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Episode 97: Nazis in Charlottesville, the Google Memo, and Blondeness

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Episode 96: Stolen Valor, MLMs, and Private Roads

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Episode 95: MS-13, R. Kelly, and Doctor Who

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Episode 94: Boy Scouts, Eugenics, and Eloping (Updated)

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Episode 93: LIVE! Libraries, the Hamptons, and the Summer of Love

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Episode 92: Higher Ed & the GOP, the Reverse Great Migration, and Immigration in California

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Episode 91: Charlie Gard, Xennials, and Trump's New York

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Episode 90: Coconut Oil, Genetic Testing, and Porn

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Episode 89: Amazon & Whole Foods, Summer Jobs, and Gerrymandering

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Episode 88: Theresa May, Goop, and Father's Day

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Episode 87: Pride Month, the Paris Accords, and Kathy Griffin

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Episode 86: Truckers, NATO, and Spelling Bees

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Episode 85: The Cosby Trial, Wonder Woman, and Fidget Spinners

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Episode 84: Comey's Firing, Teeth & Dentistry, and the Bachelorette

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Episode 83: HBCUs, Rebecca Tuvel, and Commencement Speeches

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Episode 82: Fyre Festival, the 1992 LA Uprisings, and North Korea

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Episode 81: The First 100 Days, Hawaii, and FGM

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Episode 80: Universal Basic Income, Scientific Racism, and Malls

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Episode 79: The Unfriendly Skies, Trump & Syria, and the Easter Egg Roll

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Episode 78: The Graham Rule, the Nuclear Option, and Pepsi Protesting

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The AHCA, Children's Sleep, and Planets

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Episode 76: Intersectionality, Beauty & the Beast, and Defunding the NEH & NEA

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Episode 75: The LSAT, George W. Bush, and Corporal Punishment

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Episode 74: Wiretapping, Wellness Real Estate, and Late-Night TV

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Episode 73: The Women's Strike, Anti-Semitism, and Robots

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Episode 72: Milo & CPAC, Professor Politics, and Momastery

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Episode 71: Paid Protestors, Secondhand Smoke, and Ivanka Trump

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Episode 70: Valentine's Day, Obama & Black History, and Andrew Jackson

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Episode 69: Refugees, Uber, and Dystopian Novels

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Episode 68: Betsy DeVos, Executive Orders, and Playgrounds

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Episode 67: Plagiarism, Ringling Bros., and Sugar & SNAP

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Episode 66: The Women's March, Russia, and Obama's Farewell

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Episode 65: North Carolina, Pot Legalization, and Alabama Football

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Bonus Episode 3: Michelle Obama

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Flashback! David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, and Phyllis Schlafly

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Episode 64: Aleppo, Japanese Internment, and Kwanzaa

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Episode 63: Taiwan, the Oakland Fire, and Black Santa

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Episode 62: Fidel Castro, Liberalism's Future, and Fake News

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Episode 61: Trump University, Pence and Hamilton, and Turkeys Gone Wild

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Episode 60: International Adoption, Steve Bannon, and Safety-Pin Politics

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Episode 59: Second Redemption, Glass Ceilings, and Global Populism

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Episode 58: Standing Rock, the FBI, and Political Pundits

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Episode 57: The World Series, Texting and Driving, and Vegas, Baby!

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Episode 56: Rigged Elections, Wikileaks, and Self-Care

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Episode 55: Sexual Harassment, Scary Clowns, and Pit Bull Bans

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Episode 54: Transparent, Wells Fargo, and Cable News

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Episode 53: Presidential Debates, Stop and Frisk, and Fat Shaming

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Episode 52: Brangelina, EpiPens, and Dr. Oz

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Episode 51: Presidential Health, Free Pre-K, and Star Trek

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Episode 50: Mother Teresa, the Alt-Right, and Taco Trucks

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Episode 49: Colin Kaepernick, Burkinis, and Crime at Walmart

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Episode 48: Baton Rouge, Christian Intellectuals, and Teaching Trump

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Gone Fishing

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Episode 47: Voting Rights, Olympics Coverage, and Think Tanks

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Episode 46: Khizr & Ghazala Khan, Roger Ailes, and Juicing

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Episode 45: Veeps, Beach-Going, and the Olympic Doping Scandal

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Episode 44: Pokemon Go, Turkey's Coup, and the Irony of Reform

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Episode 43: Dallas, Conventions, and Vaccines

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Episode 42: Elie Wiesel, Clinton's Emails, and Guns N Roses

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Episode 41: Pat Summitt, Hellerstedt, and the Democratic Sit-In

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Episode 40: Brexit, Camps for Grownups, and Trump's Missing Campaign

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Episode 39: Orlando - The City Beautiful, Histories of Violence, and Presidential Empathy

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Episode 38: Muhammad Ali, Brock Turner, and the First Woman Nominee

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Episode 37: Harambe the Gorilla, Baylor Football, and Peter Thiel's Gawker Vendetta

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Episode 36: Trump's Tax Returns, Hiroshima, and High Heels

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Episode 35: Lethal Injection, PC Culture, and Closeted Clinton Voters

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Episode 34: Multicultural Evangelicalism, the End of Running, and Facebook in India

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Episode 33: Dennis Hastert, Phyllis Schlafly, and Malia's Gap Year

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Episode 32: Prince, America First, and the Degree Divide

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Episode 31: Tubman Twenties, Adult Toys, and Whole Foods Politics

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Episode 29: Flashback! Woodrow Wilson, SoulCycle, and Bernie Sanders

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Episode 30: Political Violence, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Prisons for Profit

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Episode 28: Bathroom Politics, Spring Break, and the Heroin Crisis

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Episode 27: Hulk Hogan v Gawker, Parental Leave, and Bernie's Scandinavia

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Episode 26: Merrick Garland, Misty Copeland, and Contested Conventions

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Episode 25: Nancy Reagan, OJ Simpson, and Presidential Bodies

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Episode 24: Trump's Evangelicals, the KKK, and CrossFit

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Episode 23: Apple v. US, Michael Pollan, and Guantanamo Bay

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Episode 22: Antonin Scalia, Samantha Bee, and the Grammys

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Episode 21: The Zika Virus, Beyonce's Formation, and Hillary Clinton's Feminism Problem

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Episode 20: Clinton & Reconstruction, Curvy Barbie, and Bernie Sanders's (Un)Religion

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Episode 19: #OscarsSoWhite, Oprah & Weight Watchers, and the Iowa Caucuses

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Episode 18: Flint's Water, New York Values, and Wheaton College

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Episode 17: David Bowie, Bikini Bodies, and Natural Born Citizens

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Episode 16: The Oregon Standoff, Executive Orders, and Downton Abbey

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Episode 15: Star Wars, Marriage Inequality, and Tamir Rice