Why isn't the Justice Department releasing the Epstein files?

Because the political winds shifted.

DOJ is supposed to be independent.

And now that principle is so far gone and so far degraded.

We don't even talk about it.

We don't even talk about it, right?

I'm Prit Barrara.

In this week, lawyers and former government officials, Mimi Roka, Ellie Honig, and Asherangapa, join me on my podcast, stay tuned with Preet, to discuss the perplexing questions raised by the Epstein Files saga.

The episode is out now. Search and follow, stay tuned with Preet, wherever you get your podcasts.

We're ashamed that the United States has not got on the train,

the plan intended.

The experience is really bad.

All aboard.

Explain it to me, Express.

This is Explain It to Me from Vox.

I'm John Flynn Hill, and and today we're taking the train.

Because trains take a route that roads can't. So you can see a lot of the terrain changes.

You can see the stars at night and it's just so peaceful.

Now I grew about West so I didn't get familiar with trains until I was in college.

And honestly, I was wowed by the fact that I could take the Amtrak from D.C. to Philly.

But a lot of you aren't nearly as impressed as I was with the state of passenger trains here in the U.S.

You know, 99% of travel, you're not going to be able to use rail in the American heartland.

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