All right, you know, as long as our country has been around, there have been groups out there that wanted to secede from the United States.

Are you surprised? Right now, there are at least a dozen states with active movements looking to detach their state from the U.S. and form their own nation.

But it almost happened, and the star of the story was a guy more famous for another political battle.

I'm Patty Steele, Aaron Burr, and his plan to start his own empire.

Next on the backstory.

Lately on the NPR Politics podcast, we're talking about a big question.

How much can one guy change?

They want change. What will change look like for energy?

Drill, baby drill. Schools. Take the department of education. Close it. Health care. Better and less

expensive. Follow coverage of a changing country. Promises made, promises kept. We're going to keep our

promises. On the NPR Politics podcast, listen on the IHeart Radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

John Stewart is back in the host chair at The Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on the Daily Show, Ears Edition podcast.

The Daily Show podcast has everything you need to stay on top of today's news and pop culture.

You get hilarious satirical takes on entertainment, politics, sports, and more from John and the team of correspondence and contributors.

The podcast also has content you can't get anywhere else, like extended interviews and a roundup of the weekly headlines.

Listen to The Daily Show, Ears Edition, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer. If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built,

the insights behind what it takes to create a world-renowned product,

then tune into my podcast, building one.

There's so much to learn, like how Patagonia innovates with its supply chain.

We had to go out to farmers and convince them.

It was really damn hard.

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