Hey, it's David and I'd like to share with you the first episode of a new show from my friend colleague and fellow

podcaster Noah Feldman called deep background as I recently told you the axe files is moving to a new podcast app called luminary

The free luminary app serves up the shows you already love plus premium add free shows like mine and Noah's and many more to add to your regular

rotation

Here now is an episode of deep background

I hope you'll enjoy listening to it and afterwards go to luminarypodcast.com to learn more

From luminary media and push-and-industries this is deep background the program where I explore the fundamental

Historical and philosophical questions behind the biggest stories in the news

I'm Noah Feldman. Welcome to the first episode of our show

Before we kick off the season I wanted to share a little bit about myself

I teach constitutional law at Harvard and I write a column for Bloomberg opinion

I really wanted to do this show because I love going to the deepest part of any subject to try to figure out what's really

Happening underneath the news stories that we read about every day

It's not always easy and it does take time, but it's also very satisfying

I hope the conversation we're gonna have now and the ones that we'll have in the future

We'll give you the same sense of satisfaction. I want these to be useful to you to help you figure out something really new

That gives you a different perspective on the issues and the debates that are out there

Whether it's politics, criminal justice reform or even some of the really sensational stories in the news like our first topic

The college admissions scandal after dozens of wealthy parents were indicted for

Brie being college admissions officials to get their kids into highly competitive universities

I could not stop thinking about the story

First as someone who lives in breathe is academia myself

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