The Experiment Introduces More Perfect

The Experiment

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4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Host Julia Longoria is back with a new season of More Perfect, from WNYC Studios.

We’re taught the Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics. But at a time when partisanship seeps into every pore of American life, are the nine justices living up to that promise? More Perfect is a guide to the current moment on the Court. The show brings the highest court of the land down to earth, telling the human dramas at the Court that shape so many aspects of American life — from our religious freedom to our artistic expression, from our reproductive choices to our voice in democracy.

In the season trailer, Julia returns to the place where she first fell in love with SCOTUS: high school.

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Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project by Justia and the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.

Support for More Perfect is provided in part by The Smart Family Fund.

Follow the show on Instagram and Facebook @moreperfectpodcast, and Twitter @moreperfect.

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0:00.0	Hello listeners of the experiment. It's Julia and I have missed you.
0:05.3	But I want to reach out to make sure you know about a show that's launching soon.
0:09.8	More perfect, the show from WNYC Studios, all about the Supreme Court is relaunching this week.
0:17.8	And I'll be hosting.
0:19.3	At more perfect, we bring the highest court in the land down to Earth.
0:23.7	We meet people on all sides of critical cases and give you context for recent decisions
0:29.4	to try and explain how we got here.
0:32.1	You can hear all our stories by subscribing to more perfect wherever you get podcasts.
0:37.6	We would love to hear what you think of the show.
0:40.1	And now, take a listen to our trailer.
0:42.4	And don't be shy, come on over to the more perfect feed.
0:50.1	Listener supported WNYC Studios.
0:54.2	This is more perfect.
1:02.2	The Supreme Court holds a special place in the American imagination.
1:06.7	For a lot of us, it starts in high school.
1:16.2	We're doing it right now.
1:22.2	I visited East High, in Denver, Colorado.
1:25.2	You have many constitutions.
1:27.2	To hang out with their constitution team.
1:30.2	And all of them are named by the constitution.
1:33.2	These kids have named their pocket constitutions.
1:36.2	Okay, hers is Connor the constitution.
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