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Around the country, states are casting off pandemic restrictions. But for millions of immunocompromised people, the pandemic isn’t nearly over.

Guest: Dr. Lindsay Ryan, internist at San Francisco General Hospital and San Francisco VA Medical Center in California. 

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The clock is winding down on the CDC’s eviction moratorium. The moratorium will lift in less than two weeks, marking an end to the pandemic-era protection. What happens to vulnerable tenants when the clock runs out? 

Guest: Henry Granville Widener, rent strike organizer in Maryland  

Alieza Durana, reporter for Princeton’s Eviction Lab 

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The clock is winding down on the CDC’s eviction moratorium. The moratorium will lift in less than two weeks, marking an end to the pandemic-era protection. What happens to vulnerable tenants when the clock runs out? 

Guest: Henry Granville Widener, rent strike organizer in Maryland  

Alieza Durana, reporter for Princeton’s Eviction Lab 

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Turn on your favorite business news channel, and it seems like all anyone can talk about is inflation. Prices are rising, but is it anything to worry about in the long term? 

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

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Turn on your favorite business news channel, and it seems like all anyone can talk about is inflation. Prices are rising, but is it anything to worry about in the long term? 

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

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As U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland approaches 100 days of leading the Department of Justice, the department’s recent legal positions in support of former President Trump have mystified onlookers. Is the department lost at sea, and can Garland right the ship? 

Guest: Ankush Khardori, attorney and former federal prosecutor.

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As U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland approaches 100 days of leading the Department of Justice, the department’s recent legal positions in support of former President Trump have mystified onlookers. Is the department lost at sea, and can Garland right the ship? 

Guest: Ankush Khardori, attorney and former federal prosecutor.

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Over the last decade, billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson have come to embody the future of space travel and exploration. What does it mean when the ideas and ambitions of a few powerful men come to dominate the conversation so thoroughly?

Guest: Lucianne Walkowicz, astronomer at the Adler Planetarium and founder of the Just Space Alliance

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

This episode is sponsored by Teamistry. You can listen here

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Over the last decade, billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson have come to embody the future of space travel and exploration. What does it mean when the ideas and ambitions of a few powerful men come to dominate the conversation so thoroughly?

Guest: Lucianne Walkowicz, astronomer at the Adler Planetarium and founder of the Just Space Alliance

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

This episode is sponsored by Teamistry. You can listen here

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Over the last decade, billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson have come to embody the future of space travel and exploration. What does it mean when the ideas and ambitions of a few powerful men come to dominate the conversation so thoroughly?

Guest: Lucianne Walkowicz, astronomer at the Adler Planetarium and founder of the Just Space Alliance

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

This episode is sponsored by Teamistry. You can listen here

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