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Hello, welcome to the weeds. Vox's policy podcast on the Panoply Network.

I'm Matthew Glacias with me as usual. It's my colleague Sarah Cliff.

As reclined, it is on vacation this week, so we've got a special guest star with us.

It's so exciting. Very exciting. Libby Nelson from the website vox.com.

I don't know if you guys have heard of it.

A star of education policy reporting.

Yes. People have been demanding that we cover education topics for months,

and we've been demanding that they wait until someone go on vacation so we can bring Libby in

and explain things to us. So, hi, Libby.

Hi, I'm so glad you sent us your to Brazil so I can finally be on the podcast.

Yeah, that's the real reason. He thought, you know, why not go a week and a half before

the managing editor gets back from returning to the kids?

That's a great time. Are you a little stressed out?

I am.

Yes.

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