Today's episode of the Weeds is sponsored by the American Heart Association,

which is urging lawmakers to save physical education.

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Hi, I'm Julie Lifcaud Haymes, the host of Getting In.

I'm the former Dean of Freshman at Stanford and the author of How to Raise an Adult.

Getting in is a new podcast from Panoply following a group of high school seniors

through the college admission process. And right now is Crunch Time, especially for students

applying early decision. You know, when you put it all together, it's a lot. I don't really sleep.

I drink a lot of black coffee, but you know, I'm stressed, but I'm, I could be worse. I could be bored.

That's what you'll hear on the new episode of Getting In from Panoply,

available in iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app.

The following podcast contains explicit language.

Feeling good, I'm ready to do this.

Welcome to the Weeds, Vox's policy podcast on the Panoply Network.

I'm Matthew Glacias, here as usual, my colleague Sarah Cliff and his recline.

And we're going to start off this week talking about really what's one of the most evergreen

subjects in all of American politics, something that goes back way to the early 19th century.

And it's Jerry Mandering.

I was going to tell people first to rate this awesome podcast on iTunes.

But yeah, after that, we can talk about Jerry Mandering.

That's almost as ever.

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