The productivity slowdown, TrumpCare, and better textbooks

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2016

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about why Silicon Valley's technical marvels aren't visible in economic statistics, dive into the details of Donald Trump's surprisingly banal health plan, and tackle some new research on improving teaching by improving textbooks.This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today atSquarespace.com. Enter offer code WEEDS at checkout to get 10% off.This episode is also brought to you by Harry’s razors. Visit Harrys.com and enter WEEDS at checkout to receive $5 off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Weeds is brought to you by Squarespace.
0:02.5	Start building a website today at squarespace.com
0:05.0	and draw off a code Weeds at checkout to get 10% off.
0:07.8	This week's episode of The Weeds is brought to you by Harry's Razors.
0:11.0	Go to Harry's.com and enter promo code Weeds
0:14.2	for $5 off your first order.
0:16.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:19.8	So, Tweet Last Night just said Marco Pol Low,
0:22.7	and I hope that was very good.
0:23.9	That was pretty good.
0:24.8	Because his pulse was really loud.
0:30.0	Hello, welcome to another episode of The Weeds.
0:41.3	Vox's policy podcast on the Paneple Network.
0:43.8	I'm Matthew Glacias with me as always.
0:45.5	My colleague Sarah Cliff, as a client.
0:47.4	Hello.
0:48.4	Hi.
0:49.4	It's a beautiful spring day in Washington, D.C.
0:50.4	It is weird.
0:52.0	It's going to be 81 degrees today.
0:53.6	Yes, it's going to skip from, it's a beautiful spring day right now.
0:56.8	But soon it'll be a dystopian like summer afternoons.
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