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No, Trans Girls Don’t Become Athletes To Bully Other Kids

2024/02/26

As we close out the second month of the 2024 election year, numerous anti-trans laws have been enacted across the country. On today's show, Alejandra Caraballo, Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic, looks at the latest in anti-trans policies including an executive order in Nassau County that targets young trans women athletes as well as Oklahoma’s anti-trans laws that are under new scrutiny after a 16 year old nonbinary child died a day after an altercation in their school’s bathroom.

What NJ Rep. Mikie Sherrill Saw At The Rafah Crossing

2024/02/23

After a recent visit to the region, a local congress member, Navy veteran and House Armed Services committee member shares her thoughts on the situation in Gaza. On today's show, U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill (D, NJ-11) talks about U.S. foreign policy.

Elie Mystal On Trump Immunity, Embryos As Legal Children, And More

2024/02/22

With so much political news being bound up with legal cases and proceedings, we bring you some legal analysis. On today's show, Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation and the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution (The New Press, 2022), breaks down the latest on Trump's legal woes, Alabama's ruling on IVF and more.

A Liberal Muslim Perspective on Gaza and the U.S.

2024/02/21

How might the Israel-Hamas war impact the standing of the United States in the eyes of Muslim moderates around the world? On today's show, Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute focusing on Islam and modernity, and the author the forthcoming book The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet Inspired Jews and Muslims to Flourish Together and Change the World (St. Martin's Essentials, 2024), argues that perceived indifference to Palestinian suffering in Gaza is alienating the Islamic world and has the potential to tarnish the appeal of liberal democratic values in the United States and the West.

AOC On Five Years Of The Green New Deal

2024/02/20

Five years ago this month, progressives in Congress began pursuing the passage of a legislative package known as the Green New Deal. On today's show, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14th District), talks about the anniversary of the idea, its accomplishments so far, and the national and global priorities on climate change ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Idrees Kahloon From The Economist On Putin, Trump And The Rise Of 'National Conservatism'

2024/02/19

Democratic constituencies around the world appear happy to support 'strongman' style leaders, in the name of nationalism. On today's show, Idrees Kahloon, Washington bureau chief for The Economist, talks about his recent reporting on the rise of illiberal leaders, plus responses to the death of Alexei Navalny, the Munich Security Conference, Israel and Gaza and more.

Masha Gessen on Navalny, Ukraine and Putin

2024/02/16

Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner Alexei Navalny has died. On today's show, Masha Gessen, The New Yorker staff writer and the author of Surviving Autocracy (Riverhead Books, 2020), digests this news and offers analysis as Putin's war in Ukraine approaches its second anniversary.

Jon Stewart and Others Think We Need To Talk About The Candidates’ Age. Do You?

2024/02/15

Last week's news of comments from Special Counsel Robert Hur's report on Biden's age and mental agility hit a nerve. On today's show, Damon Linker, senior lecturer in political science at the University of Pennsylvania and writer of the Substack newsletter “Notes from the Middleground,” explains his argument expressed in a recently published piece for The Atlantic that "Democrats Should Pick a New Presidential Candidate Now."

How Democrat Tom Suozzi Won On Long Island And What It Does (and Doesn’t) Mean for November

2024/02/14

Last night, voters elected Tom Suozzi over Republican Mazi Pilip to replace disgraced House member George Santos in New York's 3rd congressional district. On today's show, Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, and Randi Marshall, editorial board writer and columnist for Newsday, talk about the results of the special election.

The Backlash Against Building The Solar Energy Grid

2024/02/13

To reach the target of 100% clean energy production by 2035, more wind and solar plants need to be built. On today's show, Elizabeth Weise, national correspondent for USA TODAY covering climate change and the energy transition, talks about her year-long investigation into why and how communities across the United States are banning wind and solar energy, despite clean energy goals and the consequences of a warming climate.

Biden's And Trump's Approaches To NATO, And Other Foreign Affairs

2024/02/12

Recent comments from former President Trump suggest that if re-elected, he would abandon the commitments inherent in the US's NATO membership. On today's show. Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021) and the forthcoming The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), rounds up the latest news from Biden's White House, the campaign trail, and more national headlines.

Should Colorado Get To Decide Whether Trump Can Run?

2024/02/09

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over Colorado's decision to disqualify Trump from the primary ballot. On today's show, Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (Random House, 2019,) offers her legal analysis.

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