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As Maine Goes
Claire and Neil discuss Graham Platner’s exit from the Maine Senate Race—what we got right, what we got wrong, and why Heather Cox Richardson won't take…
Jul 10
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Claire Potter
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Neil J. Young
5
3
1:25:57
The GOP’s Unwelcome Mat
Neil and Claire discuss how SCOTUS justices came together to defy Donald Trump, preserve birthright citizenship, and put limits on the administration's…
Jul 3
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Claire Potter
and
Neil J. Young
2
1
1:07:08
June 2026
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Claire and Neil discuss Donald Trump’s reflecting pool grift, and the gusher of tax dollars being spent on a redesign of Washington D.C.
Jun 26
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Claire Potter
and
Neil J. Young
3
5
4
1:16:12
Nancy Mace Falls From Grace
What does this high-profile MAGA warrior's abject failure in the South Carolina governor's race tell us about a Republican Party making the turn to…
Jun 23
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Claire Potter
5
No Donald, You Can’t Have A Pony
In today’s news focus, Claire and Neil delve into the politics of Donald Trump’s $60 million birthday party on the White House Lawn
Jun 20
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Claire Potter
and
Neil J. Young
1
1
1:23:34
Paradise Will Be A Kind of Library
Or so Jorge Luis Borges said. But we know the best thing about summer is having time to read: why not join me in the New York Times summer reading…
Jun 15
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Claire Potter
5
7
Freedom Summer Changed Everything
historian Alice Echols' new book, "Black Power, White Heat: From Solidarity Politics to Radical Chic" explains why radical movements have always relied…
Jun 12
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Claire Potter
4
5
2
58:13
Who's Afraid of Graham Platner?
The pundit class perhaps, but not the good people of Maine--who really don't like to be told what to think, what to do, or how to vote.
Jun 9
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Claire Potter
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7
Clap If You Believe in Fairies
As Pride Month begins Neil and Claire discuss the increasingly open Republican hostility to lesbians and gays that has followed MAGA’s anti-trans…
Jun 5
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Claire Potter
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Neil J. Young
4
1
1:21:11
What Trump Really Meant? Make America White Again!
Claire talks to Princeton sociologist Paul Starr about White House aide Stephen Miller's "white replenishment" agenda
Jun 3
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Claire Potter
and
Paul Starr
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4
3
28:13
Consensual Sodomy
Notes from a parallel universe
Jun 1
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Murph Kinney
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1
2
May 2026
We’re Not Dead Yet!
Claire and Neil discuss the Democratic National Committee’s late, unfinished, and incomplete “autopsy” of the 2024 presidential election
May 29
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Claire Potter
and
Neil J. Young
2
2
1:26:58
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