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Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

4.644.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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First things first: our very own Latif Nasser has an exciting new show on Netflix. He talks to Jad about the hidden forces of the world that connect us all. Then, with an eye on the upcoming election, we take a look back: at two pieces from More Perfect Season 3 about Constitutional amendments that determine who gets to vote. Former Radiolab producer Julia Longoria takes us to Washington, D.C. The capital is at the heart of our democracy, but it’s not a state, and it wasn’t until the 23rd Amendment that its people got the right to vote for president. But that still left DC without full representation in Congress; D.C. sends a "non-voting delegate" to the House. Julia profiles that delegate, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and her unique approach to fighting for power in a virtually powerless role. Second, Radiolab producer Sarah Qari looks at a current fight to lower the US voting age to 16 that harkens back to the fight for the 26th Amendment in the 1960s. Eighteen-year-olds at the time argued that if they were old enough to be drafted to fight in the War, they were old enough to have a voice in our democracy. But what about today, when even younger Americans are finding themselves at the center of national political debates? Does it mean we should lower the voting age even further? Music in this episode by Carling & Will This episode was reported and produced by Julia Longoria and Sarah Qari. Check out Latif Nasser’s new Netflix show Connected here. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate.

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You're listening to Radio Lab.

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Radio Lab.

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From W. N. Y.

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All right. Well, first, caveat. Hey.

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Well, first caveat, which I feel like I need to do, which is that I have my, I literally

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just got a call.

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I have my phone on because my wife could go into labor at any minute.

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You just got a call?

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I just got a call for my sister, probably trying to see if my wife is going into labor.

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Okay. Hey, I'm Chad Abumrah. This is Radio Lab. We got a couple things for you today. We have a look forward. Then a couple looks back, which turn into a look forward. But to get going, I want to share a conversation I had this week with our

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director of research, Latif Nasser, who, among other things, hosted the recent series

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The Other Latif. Might think of our Latif is the other other Latif. And I want to feature,

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