A Weeds farewell to Paul Ryan

Explain It to Me

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Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jane, Ezra, and Matt consider Paul Ryan’s legacy and new research on crime and the minimum wage. References and further reading: Ezra’s piece on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s legacy Matt’s essay following the announcement of Paul Ryan’s retirement Ted Cruz’s confusing tweet of Beto O’Rourke speaking on the shooting of Botham Jean A white paper examines the effects on criminal recidivism when states increase minimum wages Annie Lowrey’s piece in the Atlantic on a jobs guarantee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	About a decade ago, it felt like we were in this golden age of television, with the
0:05.4	rise of streaming and shows like Oranges a New Black.
0:09.3	But now...
0:10.3	The model pioneered by Netflix, which was move fast, green light, dozens and hundreds
0:15.0	of shows without actually knowing how you're going to make money from them.
0:19.8	That model is largely broken.
0:23.2	How TV went from pretty great to not that pretty at all.
0:27.8	This week on Intuit, Vultures Pop Culture Podcast.
0:31.8	Alright.
0:34.8	You okay, Jay?
0:37.2	I'm good.
0:38.2	I'm good.
0:39.2	Let's podcast.
0:40.2	Okay.
0:41.2	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:56.8	I'm Matthew Glacias.
0:57.8	Here with me today, we have Ezra Klein, we have Jane Kostin, and we would like to talk...
1:03.8	It makes me sad actually thinking going forward.
1:06.1	This may be one of our last opportunities on the Weeds to ever talk about Paul Ryan,
1:11.4	a favorite subject in mind, because he is on his way out the door in Congress.
1:16.9	And Ezra has written a great Paul Ryan retrospective that I think is a good starting point for
1:22.8	conversation.
	...

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