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Ezra and Matt on the deadlock in congress and the VP debate.Hosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Erick Gomez, Schuyler Swenson (@SchuylerSwenson), and Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), ProducersThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The WeedsThis episode was brought to you by Novartis. To learn more about Cell and Gene Therapy visit vox.com/ad/novartis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane and Thomas Chatterton Williams talk about mixed-race identity, race and racism, and what being biracial means now.Resources:"My Family's Life Inside and Outside America's Racial Categories" by Thomas Chatterton Williams, NYT"A Detailed Look at the Downside of California’s Ban on Affirmative Action" by Kevin Carey, NYT"Thomas Chatterton Williams on Race, Identity, and “Cancel Culture”" by Isaac Chotiner, NYT"The Great Escape From Slavery of Ellen and William Craft" by Marian Smith Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine"Black With (Some) White Privilege" by Anna Holmes, NYT"Still Processing: Being Biracial" by Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, NYT"The Case for Reparations" by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The AtlanticGuest:Thomas Chatterton Williams (@thomaschattwill), Contributing Writer at New York Magazine, Columnist at Harpers MagazineHost:Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior Politics Reporter, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ian Millhiser talks with political scientist Norm Ornstein and Vox’s Matt Yglesias about the structural factors — many of them written into the Constitution itself — that impede a democratic majority from electing their preferred leaders and several ideas about how these hurdles can be overcome.Relevant resources: Confirm you are registered to voteFeaturing:Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise InstituteMatthew Yglesias, Senior Correspondent at VoxHost:Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), Senior Correspondent, VoxCredits:Producer/Editor: Jackson BierfeldtEditor: Elbert VenturaExecutive Producer: Liz NelsonAbout Vox:Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Please consider making a contribution to Vox to support this show: bit.ly/givepodcasts. Your support will help us keep having ambitious conversations about big ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this special episode, we give you a preview of season 3 of the Future Perfect podcast. Vox's Dylan Matthews comes on to talk about meat and environmental justice.Subscribe to Future Perfect on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app to automatically get new episodes of the latest season each week.Further listening and reading:  ProPublica’s Talia Buford has done in-depth reporting on the problems of overflowing pig waste lagoons in North Carolina, and you can see images of the aftermath of lagoon flooding from Hurricane Florence collected here. Pig waste from factory farms is not just a problem in North Carolina. You can read about issues in Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio.  We always want to hear from you! Please send comments and questions to futureperfect@vox.com. This podcast is made possible thanks to support from Animal Charity Evaluators. They research and promote the most effective ways to help animals.Featuring:Marianne Engleman Lado, Environmental Justice Clinic, Vermont Law SchoolDylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox More to explore:Follow all of Future Perfect’s reporting on the Future of Meat.Subscribe to Vox’s Future Perfect newsletter, which breaks down big, complicated problems the world faces and the most efficient ways to solve them.Follow Us:Vox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ezra and Matt on the disturbing presidential showdown.Hosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionBuy Matt's book! Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Ian Millhiser talks with voting rights lawyer Sophia Lin Lakin and vote-by-mail advocate Amber McReynolds about voting, COVID-19, and what steps you can take to ensure that your vote is counted this election.Relevant resources: Confirm you are registered to voteHow to vote at homeACLU’s Voting Rights ProjectACLU’s Voter Education ToolFeaturing:Sophia Lin Lakin, Deputy Director of the Voting Rights Project at the ACLUAmber McReynolds, CEO of the National Vote at Home InstituteHost:Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), Senior Correspondent, VoxCredits:Producer/Editor: Jackson BierfeldtEditor: Elbert VenturaExecutive Producer: Liz NelsonAbout Vox:Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Please consider making a contribution to Vox to support this show: bit.ly/givepodcasts. Your support will help us keep having ambitious conversations about big ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ezra and Matt discuss the past and future of the US Senate.Resources:"How Mitch McConnell is changing the Democratic Party" by Ezra Klein, Vox"America needs a democratic revolution" by Matthew Yglesias, VoxHosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionBuy Matt's book! Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vox’s judiciary expert Ian Milhiser joins the panel to explain Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy and the future of American jurisprudenceResources:"Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy, and the future of the Supreme Court, explained" by Ian Millhiser, Vox"The Surprising Conservatism of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Kimberly Wehle, Politico"Social conservatives feel betrayed by the Supreme Court — and the GOP that appointed it" by Jane Coaston, Vox"As Trump rushes to fill a court seat, conservative groups fear missteps" by Gabby Orr, Politico"What happens to the Supreme Court (and the Constitution) if Trump wins" by Ian Millhiser, VoxGuest:Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) Senior Correspondent, VoxHosts:Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, VoxJane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, VoxDara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublicaCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Introducing By The People?, a new podcast miniseries on voting rights in the 2020 election, hosted by Ian Millhiser. Each episode will examine a specific obstacle facing voters in the upcoming election, and lay out various policy proposals and practical ways to overcome that obstacle. Our first episode takes a deep dive into intentional efforts to suppress the vote with historian Carol Anderson and voting rights lawyer Janai Nelson.Relevant resources: Confirm you are registered to voteLegal Defense Fund Voting Rights InformationFeaturing:Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote, professor of African American Studies at Emory UniversityJanai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundHost:Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), Senior Correspondent, VoxCredits:Producer/Editor: Jackson BierfeldtEditor: Elbert VenturaExecutive Producer: Liz NelsonAbout Vox:Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Please consider making a contribution to Vox to support this show: bit.ly/givepodcasts. Your support will help us keep having ambitious conversations about big ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this crossover episode from the Ezra Klein Show - Ezra and Matt discuss the early days of blogging, Twitter, climate change, and Matt's case for having 1 billion Americans.Buy Matt's book! Hosts:Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, VoxEzra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, VoxCredits:Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and ProducerThe Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network productionWant to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcastsAbout VoxVox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.Follow Us: Vox.comFacebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices