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On this week’s Just Something About Her, Megan Barry joins Jennifer Palmieri to talk about the pain of losing her son, Max, to the opioid crisis. Nashville’s former mayor gets honest about how guilt and shame kept her from seeking the help her family needed, and why destigmatizing the disease of addiction is the best way to confront it.

Confronting Shame in Addiction

Writer Luppe Luppen, who is best known for his Twitter feed @nycsouthpaw, sits down with host Amanda Litman to talk about the somewhat Pollyanna-ish sentiment where “people come together and forge a compromise” that still pervades Democratic thought. Nice in theory, Luppen says, but not possible as long as there aren’t Republicans willing to step across the aisle to make it happen.

Why The West Wing Mythos Doesn’t Work In the Real World

On this week’s Hell & High Water with John Heilemann, former NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley weighs in on the importance of everyone coming together to work towards common goals despite having different perspectives.

Working Towards Shared Goals

A presidential assassination, a devastating earthquake and criminal gangs engaging in mass kidnappings. The problems plaguing Haiti today are many — and they’re often misunderstood. How can the U.S. and the international community help bring stability and economic renewal to the country? Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder and publisher of The Haitian Times, joins The Recount Daily Pod to share his insights.

How Can the U.S. Help Haiti?

LuLaRoe sold women the dream that they could make it big as independent retailers. The dozens of lawsuits that followed claimed differently. On The Recount Daily Pod, the directors of "LuLaRich" join Reena Ninan to discuss the multi-level marketing firm's rise & empty promises.

The Rise and Fall of Alleged Pyramid Scheme LuLaRoe

Vaccinations are up, case counts are down… Could the pandemic be nearing its end? On The Recount Daily Pod, two leaders in COVID research, Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding and Dr. Bill Ku, catch us up on where we stand with COVID-19.

Will we ever be done with COVID?

Surprise: very little of the plastic you dutifully put in your recycling bin ends up actually being used again. The costs of successful recycling are prohibitive. And even then, recycling is a market with fewer and fewer buyers. So how can we really cut down on waste? Michael Cyr joins The Recount Daily Pod to hash it out.

The Recount Daily Pod with Michael Cyr

U.S. immigration policy has been broken for decades. But with COVID restrictions still in place and migrants surging at the border, the clamor for fixing it has grown louder. Can the Biden administration fix what's most broken? LA Times immigration and security reporter Molly O'Toole joins us to break it all down.

The Recount Daily Pod Talks Immigration

This week on News Items Podcast, John Ellis and Rebecca Darst discuss the Delta variant's breakthrough: 20% of all cases in LA in June were among vaccinated individuals.

News Items Podcast Discusses Delta Variant

Brian Fallon, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Demand Justice, talks with Battleground host Amanda Litman about why the current political environment demands that Democrats “meet the moment” and get serious about reforming our court system.

The Legal Battleground

On this week's "Just Something About Her," Afton Vechery shares how she started the at-home fertility testing company Modern Fertility to de-stigmatize and fill the void of information about women's health – especially reproduction.

Just Something About Her on Women's Health

Renowned street artists and graphic designers Shepard Fairey and Cey Adams join John Heilemann on Hell & High Water to discuss the role of art in political propaganda and social activism.

Hell & High Water featuring Artists Cey Adams and Shepard Fairey

On Just Something About Her, Texas State Reps. Gina Hinojosa and Mary González give an update on anti-choice legislation in the state.

TX Dems on Just Something About Her

Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill-Johnson shares the reality of trying to get an abortion in 2021.

Just Something About Her feat. Alexis McGill Johnson

Reena Ninan talks to Harvard professor Daniel Ziblatt about the state of democracy.

Is Our Democracy Backsliding?

Reena Ninan talks to German Lopez about the future of drug policy in America.

The Future of Drug Policy

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Reena Ninan talks to writers Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen about how the pandemic has changed how we view work. ›

The Great Reshuffle

Turns out, Republicans have literally no idea what critical race theory is.

Critical Race Theory, According to the GOP

PA resident Jared Gale: "It's great that the rich people get to have nice sweetheart deals like that where they don't get prosecuted, where normal people like you and I would just be thrown into jail and forgotten about."

PA Resident Speaks Out After Cosby Ruling

Hell & High Water with John Heilemann feat. John Ellis and Rebecca Darst

Hell & High Water

Just Something About Her with Jennifer Palmieri featuring Former Australian PM Julia Gillard

Just Something About Her with Julia Gillard

Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir feat. Teddy Schleifer

Battleground with Teddy Schleifer

News Items Podcast