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Jen Rubin's Green Room
Jen Rubin's Green Room
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Takeaways:
The world is far more random, complex, and unpredictable than we often imagine.
Small, seemingly insignificant events can have significant consequences and shape the course of history.
Social science often oversimplifies the complexity of the world, leading to misleading predictions and models.
Policy experimentation and the use of randomness can lead to more effective solutions to social problems.
Individual actions and decisions, no matter how small, can have far-reaching effects and should be recognized as important. Individuals have a significant impact on shaping the future through their personal actions and involvement in social and political activities.
Taking action is more important than just worrying about the state of the world.
Social science research is subject to biases and uncertainties, and findings can vary depending on methodologies and interpretations.
A more nuanced understanding of the world and the recognition of individual power can lead to positive change.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, please tune in to another episode of hashtag sisters-in-law. |
| 0:03.3 | We had a great conversation this week. |
| 0:05.2 | Yes, we talked about a lot that's coming up, including the New York trial of Donald Trump |
| 0:11.1 | and what's coming up in the Supreme Court. |
| 0:14.2 | But also, we talked about how excited we are to be nominated for a Webby's Award. |
| 0:19.4 | And how excited we are to be together with each other and with you, our listeners, |
| 0:25.4 | at our live shows, May 2nd, 9 and 30th. |
| 0:29.5 | We hope to see you there, and we hope that you will take the time to vote for us |
| 0:34.6 | as the best podcast for news and politics on the Webby's. |
| 0:39.7 | It's the Oscars for us podcasters, and we really want to win. |
| 0:45.3 | We're very competitive, so please vote for us and get your friends to do the same. |
| 1:06.0 | Thank you. Hi, this is Jen Rubin, and this is Jen Rubin's Green Room. So we're at the beginning of a historic week because Donald J. Trump is facing a criminal case. |
| 1:14.8 | He is finally in court. There's a judge as we record this. They're in the midst of selecting a jury. |
| 1:21.9 | And he will have to sit there day after day after day and listen to people testify against him. |
| 1:29.3 | He may not like that. In fact, |
| 1:34.9 | there's a very good chance he's going to blow up. And we'll see how that affects the jury if he doesn't when they're present. And we'll see how it affects the judge. And there was already |
| 1:39.3 | emotion to hold him in contempt because, of course, he has violated the judge's gag order. |
| 1:46.0 | That order is pretty simple. You're not supposed to threaten the people who are going to be |
| 1:50.7 | witnesses. But no, Cernard was the ink dried on the original order and then the clarification |
| 1:57.2 | of the order. Then Donald Trump took to social media and started attacking |
| 2:01.5 | Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, two people who are certainly witnesses in this case. |
| 2:07.9 | And now the question is, what is Judge Mershahn going to do about it? |
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