Monopoly Isn't a Game (with Amy Klobuchar)

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Monopoly Isn't a Game” Preet answers listener questions about the importance of keeping ongoing investigations under wraps, and the recent news that former White House Counsel Don McGahn has struck a deal to testify before Congress. Then, Preet interviews Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar about her new book, Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age and the work that she’s doing as Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights. Don’t miss the bonus for CAFE Insiders, where Senator Klobuchar discusses the antitrust proposal she unveiled in February. We have a new podcast! Each Tuesday, historians Heather Cox Richardson & Joanne Freeman will help us make sense of the week’s news through the historical lens and share resonant anecdotes from the American past. The first episode of “Now & Then” comes out Tuesday, June 1st. Just search and follow “Now & Then” on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Thank you so much for your support in the recent Webby Awards voting. We’re excited to announce that we won the People’s Voice Webby Award for Best News & Politics Podcast Episode for our February 2020 episode with former Lead House Impeachment Counsel Dan Goldman. We couldn’t have done it without your votes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Preet here. We have some very exciting news here from Café and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:07.7	Historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman will host a brand new podcast called Now and Then.
0:14.2	Every Tuesday, Heather and Joanne will help us make sense of the week's news through the lens of history
0:20.0	and share resonant anecdotes from America's past.
0:23.4	The first episode of Now and Then comes out Tuesday June 1st.
0:26.8	Just search and follow Now and Then on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.8	And be sure to join Heather and Joanne for a special Café Live event on Thursday May 27th at 6pm.
0:38.4	They'll discuss how they see their own roles as historians in 2021.
0:42.6	And they will share powerful stories of female historical figures who have helped to write the ship of state
0:47.8	toward a more perfect union.
0:50.2	And be sure to join Heather and Joanne for a special Café Live event on Thursday May 27th at 6pm.
0:57.5	The event will be streamed on Café's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts.
1:01.8	RSVP at Café.com slash live.
1:11.6	From Café and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
1:17.6	I'm Preet Bharara.
1:19.3	You're not supposed to charge those people a whole bunch of money for EpiPent.
1:22.8	You're not supposed to be able to have the monopoly power to push them around on the price of insulin.
1:27.8	You're not allowed to lie to them about, oh you've got all these choices for online travel
1:32.7	when two companies control 90% of the market.
1:39.4	That's Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar.
1:41.8	We spoke recently at an event hosted by Ted Hobtay Gabbard's Live Talks Los Angeles.
1:47.0	It was an honor of the release of the Senator's new book.
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