Libby Nelson and Dylan Matthews join Matt to talk about the global nationalist tide, forcing integration across class and ethnic lines, and research on gender and foreign policy dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 26, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 95
In front of their first-ever live audience, Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Trump surprises, Singapore's health care system, and the impact of longevity inequality on retirement programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 19, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 94
Sarah and Byrd take a look at some policy experiments working to drive down teen pregnancy and abortion rates. They're showing promising results — but they're also under threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 14, 2017•23 min•Ep. 93
Sarah and Matt are joined by Dara Lind for a discussion of the United fiasco, Trump-era immigration enforcement, and pre-K's surprising health benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2017•55 min•Ep. 92
Jim Tankersley joins Sarah and Matt to talk tax reform, senate procedure, and the most exciting Swedish administrative data yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 05, 2017•57 min•Ep. 91
Ezra, Sarah, and Matt pick apart Trump's next executive order on climate, exhume the AHCA's corpse, and read a white paper about death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 31, 2017•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 90
It was the biggest workplace immigration raid the U.S. had seen to date. 389 workers, almost all of them Hispanic, were detained at a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa on May 12, 2008.On this episode of Weeds in the Wild, we look at the effects that this raid had across the state of Iowa, and then take a step back to understand how our immigration policies made this kind of raid possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Mar 24, 2017•27 min•Ep. 89
Ezra and Matt are joined by Yochi Dreazen to talk about national security policy in the Trump era, the latest on ACA repeal, and research indicating the internet's not to blame for political polarization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 21, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 88
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Donald Trump's taxes, the disastrous CBO score of the GOP health care bill, and a study on how Chinese imports reduce Americans' marriage rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 15, 2017•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 87
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt discuss how to pronounce the big new Republican health law, plus analyze its content and the puzzling politics surrounding its introduction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 08, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 86
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt try to discuss Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress through the lens of actual policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 01, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 85
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk fake news, town hall protests, and research on why your cell phone bill is so high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2017•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 84
In another episode of their new podcast, Sarah and Vox's Liz Scheltens explore why Obamacare enrollees in Kentucky voted for Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 17, 2017•14 min•Ep. 83
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the latest Russia-related scandal engulfing the Trump administration, the White House's lack of progress on policy, and new research on how Medicaid expansion reduced the divorce rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 15, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 82
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about anti-Trump protests, cabinet confirmations, and health insurance age rating (exciting!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 09, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 81
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Neil Gorsuch, a controversial tax reform idea, and Nazi infrastructure building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 80
Dara Lind joins Ezra and Matt to discuss Donald Trump's latest crackdown on immigrants and refugees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 30, 2017•42 min•Ep. 79
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about widely-misunderstood Trump administration efforts to shut up career civil servants, talk about infrastructure, and ask journalism's most pressing question: What's up with eggs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 26, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 78
Shortly after the inauguration ceremonies ended, Ezra, Matt, and Sarah gathered to analyze what it all means in the first Trump-era Weeds episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 21, 2017•43 min•Ep. 77
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt are joined by Libby Nelson to discuss Trump's not-so-great hires, not-so-great polls, and new research into how career staff act during presidential transitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 18, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 76
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the rush to hold hearings on Trump's cabinet appointees, the sudden emergence of trouble in repeal paradise, and an effort to cut down on pill abuse that backfired massively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 10, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 75
Two weeks before he leaves office, President Obama sits down for a lengthy conversation about the lessons of the Affordable Care Act and the law's uncertain future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 06, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 74
Sarah and Matt offer predictions for 2017, and offer tax wonk tips about when to time your child's birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 04, 2017•51 min•Ep. 73
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt each review one big thing they learned in a tumultuous year for policy and politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 72
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about what Obamacare-using Trump voters are hoping for, which regions really need help, and a massive overview of the evidence on globalization and inequality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 21, 2016•53 min•Ep. 71
Ezra and Matt discuss Russian hacking, Rex Tillerson, and inequality's role in reducing social mobility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 14, 2016•58 min•Ep. 70
Matt is joined by Libby Nelson to discuss Donald Trump's big plans for K-12 education and his massive financial conflicts of interest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 07, 2016•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 69
Sarah and Matt take a deep dive into what Trump's cabinet picks say about how he will govern, with a particular focus on HHS Secretary-designate Tom Price. Also: an exciting white paper on recessions and health outcomes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 30, 2016•55 min•Ep. 68
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt consider the extraordinary possibility of corruption during the Trump administration, the president-elect's unusual relationship with the media, and a new study debunking the old study about 16 and Pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 23, 2016•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 67
This is a pilot episode of a new show Sarah has been working on, looking at the real-life stakes of policymaking. The show's name? That's for you to help us decide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 21, 2016•23 min•Ep. 66