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Keep up with the policy debates that will shape the Democratic 2020 primary.


This maybe, just maybe, might be the “most dramatic” season yet.


We explore the real-life influence of the fictional Bartlet administration on the first episode of Primetime, a new podcast about how television shapes and reflects American culture.


The South Bend mayor turned 2020 hopeful talked to Ezra Klein about how being a mayor has prepared him for national office and his vision for the country.


“There was no effort made at all to reach out to anyone who would have a different point of view,” lawyer Jonathan Steinsapir said in his first broadcast interview in response to the film.


We examine what makes music so universal in this week’s episode of Explained.


What happens when we run out of an invaluable resource? We tackle the crisis on this week’s episode of our Netflix show, Explained.


Hillary Clinton, Greta Van Susteren, and Anne-Marie Slaughter help us explain the rest on our Netflix show, Explained.


We dive into the thorny “PC” debate in this week’s episode of Explained.


We’re going there in the latest episode of our new Netflix show, Explained.