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The Gray Area with Sean Illing

The four words that will decide impeachment

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, News, News Commentary, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.511.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Hey EK Show listeners! Something different today. The first episode of my new podcast: Impeachment, Explained. This was the week of confessions. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted to a Trump administration quid quo pro with Ukraine, with cameras rolling. EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed that President Trump made Rudy Giuliani the hinge of America’s Ukraine policy. And then the administration announced that the location for the upcoming G7 summit: Trump’s own resort in Doral, Florida. We break down the three stories that mattered most in impeachment this week. And then we dig into the four words that will shape the entire impeachment fight: “High Crimes and Misdemeanors.” What did they mean when they were added to the Constitution? How have they been interpreted through American history? And do Trump’s acts qualify? Listen to the first episode here, and subscribe to Impeachment, Explained, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app to get stay updated on this story every week. References: "Indispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution’s Impeachment Power" by Gene Healy "The case for normalizing impeachment" by Ezra Klein Want to contact the show? Reach out at ezrakleinshow@vox.com Credits: Producer and Editor - Jeff Geld Researcher - Roge Karma Engineers - Malachi Broadus & Jeremey Dalmas Theme music composed by Jon Natchez Special thanks to Liz Nelson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Prescription weight loss injections are all over the news right now.

0:05.0

People want them, people can't get them, everyone is talking about them.

0:08.0

They seem to work by removing hunger, but what does that really mean?

0:12.0

This episode of Gastropod, we talked to people who've taken these drugs and felt their hunger suddenly disappear.

0:17.0

We also talk to the researchers who are figuring out the science of hunger and fullness,

0:22.0

how it works and how it shapes our lives, plus why each of us experiences it so differently.

0:28.0

Come with us behind the headlines to hear what these drugs can tell us about the feelings that bookend each and every meal.

0:34.0

Listen to Gastropod wherever you get your podcasts.

0:37.0

Hello, this is Ezra Klein, host of the Ezra Klein Show, but today I'm not here for an Ezra Klein Show.

0:43.0

I've launched a new podcast, Impeachment Explained.

0:46.0

This is an amazing, remarkable, historic, intense story.

0:49.0

I wanted to separate it from the EK show because the kind of work I'm going to be doing to try to understand impeachment

0:55.0

is not the sprawling all over the place.

0:58.0

Let's follow our curiosity all the way down the rabbit hole work of the Ezra Klein Show.

1:02.0

What I want to do here is actually explore impeachment.

1:05.0

What is happening in this story around Donald Trump, around the revelations, around the process,

1:09.0

but also explore the impeachment power itself, the way it is built in woven into our structural government,

1:15.0

the way it interacts with partisanship and the media and identity.

1:19.0

I mean, certainly some of the obsessions I have on this show,

1:23.0

but I want to be able to focus on impeachment and not feel like I'm taking away from the work of the EK show.

1:28.0

So I'm splitting the feeds, but I do want you all to hear this episode.

1:31.0

We've been working very hard on this and I think it will serve a real purpose.

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