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Explain It to Me

The stupidest fucking idea I’ve ever heard

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

There are also some good ideas discussed. All of them are about guns. German Lopez joins Dara and Matt to talk about gun control in the wake of the Parkland shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, Weedzers. Are you going to be in Austin for South by Southwest? If so, I'd love to invite you to join me for a live tap in the Ezra Clancho.

0:06.8

I'll be at the Deep End by Vox Media on Sunday, March 11th at 330, talking to the Linda Gates co-chair of the Bill and the Linda Gates Foundation.

0:12.8

We're going to be talking about the work they do, about the state of public health worldwide, about what isn't getting better in the world.

0:19.1

I'm very excited to have this conversation. The work they do is important and it is controversial and it is interesting and it is making a lot of lives better.

0:26.4

There's a lot around that to dig into. I think that's going to be a very good episode.

0:31.0

You should come see it. The Deep End by Vox Media. We are taking over the Belmont for a three-day event at South by Southwest.

0:37.0

Again, that is from March 9th to March 11th. It isn't just me. We're going to get live podcasts from many Vox Media podcasts and network favorites, including Kara Swishers, Rico DeCode, the Virgis Verge Cast.

0:47.0

Again, you can join me for a live taping the Ezra Clancho on Sunday, March 11th at 330 for a conversation with Linda Gates.

0:52.8

To request an invitation, go to VoxMedia.com, slash SXSW-2018. Again, that is VoxMedia.com slash SXSW-2018.

1:04.8

I know that it's super memorable, but again, SXSW-2018. I'm looking forward to seeing you there.

1:12.1

I'm being teachers, though.

1:13.4

It's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

1:15.6

Honestly, imagine just proposing that to a person in France.

1:21.6

They would look at you like you're having a nervous breakdown.

1:24.0

That's how a person who works in a school.

1:25.6

That's true, too. You don't have to go outside the country.

1:42.8

Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the VoxMedia Podcast Network on Matthew Glacias here today with Darrellyn Hermann Lopez.

1:49.6

We mentioned with Ezra and Sarah earlier in the week that the parkland Florida shooting,

1:54.1

but I think we really wanted to delve into that and into the gun's topic here.

1:59.4

Hermann knows a lot about this. Darrell knows a lot more than I do.

2:03.3

I gotta say, I sort of, when we were thinking about this a couple of days ago,

2:07.3

I really wanted to do a measured take on this because I think progressive people actually

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