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BOOK CLUB: How much truth do you want to know?
This Wednesday, we'll talk about the risks and rewards of uncovering the past with "We Survived the Night" author Julian Brave NoiseCat
16 hrs ago • 
Leigh Haber
Learning how to be, keeping it weird, found and lost
WEEKEND READS for November 15, 2025
Nov 15 • 
The Ink
WATCH: Read my lips -- taxation is representation
Author Vanessa Williamson on why taxes are democratic, how the Boston Tea Party was a lot like Occupy, and how voters can learn to love paying their…
Nov 15 • 
The Ink
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Vanessa Williamson
59:33
WATCH: Did Dems capitulate? Is Epstein the end of Trump? Is the left in sync with voters?
A friendly argument with Anat Shenker-Osorio on the end of the shutdown, the Epstein emails, and what comes next
Nov 13 • 
Anand Giridharadas
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Anat Shenker-Osorio
59:51
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The beginning of the end of Trump?
Are the Epstein emails a turning point -- or a Mueller report sequel?
Nov 13 • 
The Ink
WATCH: Trump’s war on nonprofits
Marguerite Casey Foundation president Carmen Rojas on responding to MAGA's war on progressive philanthropy -- and why she's giving more than ever
Nov 13 • 
Anand Giridharadas
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Carmen Rojas
32:25
WATCH: She wrote “Dopesick." Now she’s running for Congress
Journalist and author Beth Macy on her new memoir, “Paper Girl,” how she's tried to rebuild connections broken by politics, and why she's getting into…
Nov 12 • 
Anand Giridharadas
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Beth Macy
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Leigh Haber
34:01
BOOK CLUB: Can we heal a divided America?
In "Paper Girl," author Beth Macy tries to make sense of our national estrangement -- and finds ways to heal broken bonds
Nov 12 • 
Leigh Haber
WATCH: What binds a country? Facts — or fictions?
George Packer has devoted his life to reporting facts in order to hold democracy together. So why is he turning to fiction?
Nov 12 • 
Anand Giridharadas
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George Packer
1:15:22
VERBATIM: The world that made Mamdani
Every parent wonders: Are my kids listening? I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani, a renowned scholar, about watching his son Zohran rise to power pursuing many…
Nov 11 • 
Anand Giridharadas
58:25
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: When America sneezes, does the whole world catch a cold?
Why not paying attention to what’s happening right under our beaks may risk a new pandemic
Nov 11 • 
The Ink
WATCH: The O.G. Mamdani
Every parent wonders: Are my kids listening? I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani, a renowned scholar, about watching his son Zohran rise to power pursuing many…
Nov 10 • 
Anand Giridharadas
58:25
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