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The Christchurch shooter lurked in corners of the internet that most people don’t understand. But there are ways to fight extremists who are radicalized online -- and the U.S. has done it quite recently.
Guest: Robert Evans, writer for Bellingcat and host of the podcast Behind the Bastards.
Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.
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After weeks and weeks of mulling a decision, Beto O’Rourke finally entered the 2020 presidential race. What is he bringing to the table? Anything?
Guest: Josh Voorhees, Senior Writer at Slate.
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Dahlia Lithwick pans back this week to assess what’s holding and what’s buckling in terms of norms and institutions, two years and change into the Trump presidency. She’s joined by Ian Bassin of Protect Democracy, a new kind of litigation shop looking at global trends toward authoritarianism and trying to resist those trends in the United States.
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This week, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of 7½ years in prison. Here’s how his case is one of the best examples of a special counsel making sure that those who did wrong serve the time.
Guest: Jed Shugerman, a professor at Fordham Law.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.
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The FBI submitted indictments this week into the largest college admissions scam they’ve ever prosecuted. Celebrities, millionaire parents, and college sports coaches are among the dozens charged in a scheme that sought to get wealthy kids through a “side-door” of college admissions. One that guaranteed them entry to top-tier universities.
The admissions system has always favored the wealthy. Can that be fixed?
Guests: Andy Thomason, editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education. And Julie Lythcott-Haims, former Stanford dean and author of How to Raise an Adult.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin
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If you made your way up to 1185 Park Ave. on the Upper East Side of New York, you’d find an apartment building that looks like a castle. It’s the apartment of Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase. Back in February protesters stood on the sidewalk and chanted up at him hoping to end JP Morgan Chase’s business with the private prison industry.
It worked.
Who are the protesters looking at next?
Guests: Tracy Jan, reporter at the Washington Post, and emoji activist Jennifer 8. Lee.
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There's really never been a national political conversation about Joe Biden's record. Partly because much of the focus today is about the time he spent as Vice President under Barack Obama. If he decides to run, what other ugly skeletons will the public find?
Guest: Jamelle Bouie, New York Times Columnist
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Facebook is reshuffling its priorities and making moves that could help it evade antitrust regulators. Will it affect users that much? No. Is it solving a problem users have been talking about? Not really. So what is Mark Zuckerberg’s latest blog post all about?
Guest: Will Oremus, Slate’s senior tech writer and co-host of the podcast If/Then.
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A scandal involving Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is putting Canada’s warts on display.
Guest: Jesse Brown, publisher of the Canadaland news site and podcast network.
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House Democrats have scuttled a plan to chide Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks she made about the U.S.-Israel relationship. Why were her words so triggering? Is she making a fair point? And what should she do now?
Guest: Slate economics and policy writer Jordan Weissmann.
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