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Hello and welcome to The Waves, the Thursday, April 18th, the Algorithamy Edition.

I'm June Thomas, senior managing producer of the Slate Podcast Network.

Hannah Rosen is out this week.

But taking her spot is Marcia Chaplin, a professor of history on African American

Studies at Georgetown University.

Hi, Marsha.

Hello.

And of course, Noreen, who is now editorial director at New York Magazine.

Congratulations on the promotion.

Hi, June.

Thank you.

And it's very exciting because all three

of us are in the same studio in New York because Marcia is up here. So this is really a treat.

Never happens. I love being in Brooklyn. And we love having you here. Before we begin, I did just

want to respond to some emails and tweets that we got last week from folks who were

puzzled by Christina's announcement that we finally have a wonderful set team of Christina,

Marcia and Nicole Perkins. And just to explain, we effectively have two teams at the waves.

Our week is usually Hannah Noreen and me, and the wonderful women I mentioned will be the other week, or week one and week A, as Christina said in an email, taking a tip from her time as a college residence advisor, I believe.

So it's a little bit of the same and a little bit of change, but it's a perfect combination.

I have to say, I love getting to be a listener one every other week. And I think

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