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Explain It to Me

AMA time with Dylan, German, and Jerusalem

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.47.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Dylan, German, and Jerusalem sit down to answer listener questions. In our first AMA episode of the post-Matt-Yglesias Weeds era, the trio discusses constitutional amendments, climate change, how we could fix global poverty, influential books, and more. Resources: Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Ascendancy by Nina J. Easton The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach by Alice Kaplan Night by Elie Wiesel The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World’s Most Troubled Drug Culture by Richard DeGrandpre Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Cochrane The Journalist’s Resource, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy Jim Tankersley, the New York Times (@jimtankersley) Victoria Guida, Politico (@vtg2) Eric Levitz, New York magazine (@ericlevitz) Hosts: Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox Jerusalem Demsas (@JerusalemDemsas), policy reporter, Vox German Lopez (@germanrlopez), senior correspondent, Vox Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Amber Hall, deputy editorial director, talk podcasts Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Support for this podcast comes from Equifax.

0:03.6

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0:08.2

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0:13.0

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0:16.3

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0:21.4

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0:23.9

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0:28.2

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0:29.7

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0:33.4

It's quick and easy.

0:34.4

Plus, you don't have to create an account.

0:36.4

Try it today at Equifax.com slash offers.

0:40.0

Terms and conditions may apply.

0:41.6

Offers not available in all states.

0:43.6

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Weeds.

1:00.0

I'm Dylan Matthews and today I'm joined by Vermont Lopez, Senior Correspondent at Fox.

1:05.0

Hello, glad to be here.

1:06.8

And Jerusalem Demsys, Policy Reporter at Fox.

1:09.6

Hi there.

1:10.6

You also know them both as co-host of the Weeds and they're here with me dropping into

1:14.3

your feed on a Friday for a special AMA episode.

1:18.5

As you know, Fridays are traditionally an interview show and today we're flipping

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