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The Weeds

By Vox

In politics, you’re often told not to get lost in the weeds. But we love the weeds! That’s where politics becomes policy – the stuff that shapes our lives. Every Tuesday and Friday, host Matthew Yglesias is joined by Vox reporters and editors, ProPublica's Dara Lind, and some of the leading minds in policy to dig into the weeds on important national issues, including healthcare, immigration, housing, and everything else that matters. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

  1. 1.
    Freedom from markets01/22/2021
    1:00:26
  2. 2.
    Biden's rescue plan01/20/2021
    57:10
  3. 3.
    The Next Four Years: Fighting tech monopolies01/15/2021
    51:43
  4. 4.
    Will the GOP be Q-pilled or Coup-pilled?01/13/2021
    1:12:49
  5. 5.
    Unemployment Insurance in the pandemic, and beyond01/08/2021
    58:37
  6. 6.
    America's vaccine distribution needs a shot in the arm01/06/2021
    1:02:01
  7. 7.
    Best of: Homelessness and how to fix it12/22/2020
    52:53
  8. 8.
    The Next Four Years: Beyond the student debt debate12/18/2020
    58:03
  1. 9.
    Build Back Exactly The Same12/15/2020
    1:02:40
  2. 10.
    The Next Four Years: An optimistic climate agenda12/11/2020
    1:08:11
  3. 11.
    The blob is back12/08/2020
    1:01:59
  4. 12.
    The Next Four Years: The Covid transition12/04/2020
    54:04
  5. 13.
    The job nobody wants12/01/2020
    1:02:37
  6. 14.
    The post-election economy11/24/2020
    58:16
  7. 15.
    The Next Four Years: Joe Biden’s world11/20/2020
    1:13:39
  8. 16.
    Georgia on my mind11/17/2020
    50:19
  9. 17.
    The Next Four Years: How to make a Biden Boom11/13/2020
    1:09:25
  10. 18.
    The never ending election story11/10/2020
    59:34
  11. 19.
    Democracy lost11/06/2020
    55:29
  12. 20.
    Election Day Special11/03/2020
    1:09:17
  13. 21.
    Lessons learned from Trump’s first term10/30/2020
    54:51
  14. 22.
    Biden’s border options10/27/2020
    52:08
  15. 23.
    Trump’s last stand10/23/2020
    53:36
  16. 24.
    Trump's second term agenda10/20/2020
    1:01:05
  17. 25.
    Go For Broke: Inside the Dot-Com Bubble10/17/2020
    38:01
  18. 26.
    Email scandals are back!10/16/2020
    58:32
  19. 27.
    What is critical race theory, anyway?10/13/2020
    55:51
  20. 28.
    By the People: The Supreme Court's war on democracy10/10/2020
    1:02:29
  21. 29.
    The stimulus standoff10/09/2020
    1:00:24
  22. 30.
    On biracial identity (with Thomas Chatterton Williams)10/06/2020
    1:03:00
  23. 31.
    By the People: Blame the Constitution10/03/2020
    1:04:39
  24. 32.
    Fighting back against factory farming10/02/2020
    1:02:01
  25. 33.
    A dark, dangerous debate09/30/2020
    1:14:10
  26. 34.
    By the People: How to make sure your vote is counted09/26/2020
    59:21
  27. 35.
    Dianne Feinstein, please listen to this episode!09/25/2020
    1:01:57
  28. 36.
    After RBG09/22/2020
    56:09
  29. 37.
    By the People: How to rig an election09/19/2020
    1:05:41
  30. 38.
    One Billion Americans09/18/2020
    1:34:07
  31. 39.
    How Trump closed the border09/15/2020
    1:01:48
  32. 40.
    The definitive case against the filibuster09/11/2020
    55:22
  33. 41.
    Steal this podcast09/08/2020
    53:17
  34. 42.
    LAW AND ORDER09/04/2020
    1:04:41
  35. 43.
    Trump sells out09/01/2020
    1:06:59
  36. 44.
    The Trump Show08/28/2020
    54:49
  37. 45.
    The Cut: Optimism 08/26/2020
    31:13
  38. 46.
    Trump's peddling a fake Covid-19 cure08/25/2020
    49:34
  39. 47.
    Democratic convention special08/21/2020
    1:04:01
  40. 48.
    WTF is happening with USPS08/18/2020
    52:47
  41. 49.
    What the hell is the Republican party doing?08/14/2020
    57:39
  42. 50.
    What is the economy, stupid?08/11/2020
    43:24
  43. 51.
    Veepstakes08/07/2020
    50:46
  44. 52.
    The stimulus standoff08/04/2020
    55:17
  45. 53.
    The Great Awokening07/31/2020
    1:11:21
  46. 54.
    Trafficking, and trafficking panics07/28/2020
    51:36
  47. 55.
    The evidence on crime and policing07/24/2020
    58:41
  48. 56.
    Bad for the Jews?07/21/2020
    1:00:13
  49. 57.
    Biden reloaded07/17/2020
    1:03:57
  50. 58.
    School’s out for Covid07/14/2020
    1:00:47
  51. 59.
    The Covid resurgence07/10/2020
    53:01
  52. 60.
    Contagious enthusiasm07/07/2020
    1:03:34
  53. 61.
    Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect07/03/2020
    22:23
  54. 62.
    The war on bad statues06/30/2020
    1:01:08
  55. 63.
    The Veepstakes06/26/2020
    55:21
  56. 64.
    Talking about talking06/23/2020
    43:37
  57. 65.
    The legal doctrine that protects brutal policing06/19/2020
    43:50
  58. 66.
    Fixing the police06/16/2020
    1:09:24
  59. 67.
    America gives up on Covid-1906/12/2020
    51:26
  60. 68.
    After George Floyd06/09/2020
    1:03:46
  61. 69.
    Defund the police?06/05/2020
    53:15
  62. 70.
    The global class war06/02/2020
    1:12:36
  63. 71.
    Tweeting through it05/29/2020
    57:10
  64. 72.
    Joe Biden ain't black05/26/2020
    57:32
  65. 73.
    The stimulus failure05/22/2020
    51:45
  66. 74.
    Actual enumeration05/19/2020
    51:45
  67. 75.
    The psychology of opening up05/15/2020
    55:23
  68. 76.
    Will the economy bounce back?05/12/2020
    1:03:33
  69. 77.
    Reopening without a plan05/08/2020
    53:23
  70. 78.
    How to win elections05/05/2020
    1:09:03
  71. 79.
    Are Democrats getting rolled?05/01/2020
    50:19
  72. 80.
    A faster Covid-19 vaccine04/28/2020
    53:17
  73. 81.
    Who models the modelers?04/24/2020
    1:05:22
  74. 82.
    Opening up04/21/2020
    59:14
  75. 83.
    Help is on the way (sort of)04/17/2020
    47:26
  76. 84.
    The corporate bailout watchdog04/14/2020
    55:46
  77. 85.
    How does this end?04/10/2020
    1:03:57
  78. 86.
    Covid-19 and the border04/07/2020
    59:43
  79. 87.
    Coronavirus meets health reform04/03/2020
    1:04:06
  80. 88.
    The mask fiasco03/31/2020
    1:02:05
  81. 89.
    When $2 trillion isn’t enough03/27/2020
    58:36
  82. 90.
    Fighting coronavirus with corporate conscription03/24/2020
    57:38
  83. 91.
    The story of Trump's swamp03/21/2020
    58:56
  84. 92.
    Devaluing black assets03/20/2020
    51:38
  85. 93.
    Rescuing the economy from coronavirus03/17/2020
    52:47
  86. 94.
    Weeds 2020: The coronavirus election03/14/2020
    54:18
  87. 95.
    Meet the YIMBYs03/13/2020
    1:03:17
  88. 96.
    Mayor Pete and the state of LGBTQ politics03/10/2020
    50:55
  89. 97.
    A "titan" of social conservatism on the courts and his battles ahead03/07/2020
    57:37
  90. 98.
    Behind the Covid-19 curve03/06/2020
    1:03:39
  91. 99.
    Coronavirus 10103/03/2020
    44:58
  92. 100.
    Weeds 2020: The Bernie electability debate02/29/2020
    57:23
  93. 101.
    Going nuclear02/28/2020
    1:03:08
  94. 102.
    Black voters take the stage02/25/2020
    55:32
  95. 103.
    The year of housing reform02/21/2020
    56:40
  96. 104.
    Mike can get what done?02/18/2020
    1:03:10
  97. 105.
    Private equity, explained02/14/2020
    52:38
  98. 106.
    After asylum02/11/2020
    46:44
  99. 107.
    How we pick a president02/07/2020
    1:29:23
  100. 108.
    Iowapocalypse Now02/04/2020
    1:10:25
  101. 109.
    Fix recessions by giving people money 01/31/2020
    1:14:17
  102. 110.
    A conversation about anti-Semitism01/28/2020
    52:26
  103. 111.
    The road to polarization 01/24/2020
    1:23:43
  104. 112.
    Green New Germany01/22/2020
    29:32
  105. 113.
    Three roads to universal coverage01/21/2020
    1:11:40
  106. 114.
    The way forward on family leave01/17/2020
    57:44
  107. 115.
    Ezra and Matt debate the debaters01/15/2020
    57:15
  108. 116.
    Mission Accomplished?01/14/2020
    56:50
  109. 117.
    Why are we fighting Iran?01/10/2020
    1:01:47
  110. 118.
    Midichlorian chili01/07/2020
    1:17:41
  111. 119.
    Neighborhood Defenders01/03/2020
    1:00:17
  112. 120.
    2019 in review12/31/2019
    49:30
  113. 121.
    The next abortion debate12/27/2019
    46:38
  114. 122.
    No room at the inn (live!)12/24/2019
    1:28:46
  115. 123.
    Wine cave cage match12/20/2019
    54:13
  116. 124.
    Primary mooples12/17/2019
    47:09
  117. 125.
    Policy by other means12/13/2019
    1:08:19
  118. 126.
    The free college debate12/10/2019
    54:58
  119. 127.
    Movement building in the Trump era 12/06/2019
    56:16
  120. 128.
    You say "usmca," I say "U-S-M-C-A"12/03/2019
    58:38
  121. 129.
    Build housing near transit11/29/2019
    37:15
  122. 130.
    Impeachment's policy roots11/26/2019
    1:13:07
  123. 131.
    Single-payer federalism 11/22/2019
    49:14
  124. 132.
    Groypers vs. Conservatism Inc.11/19/2019
    1:00:43
  125. 133.
    The case for subsidized jobs 11/15/2019
    1:02:49
  126. 134.
    Introducing Reset11/13/2019
    46:46
  127. 135.
    The billionaire backlash11/12/2019
    56:37
  128. 136.
    The internet we lost11/08/2019
    59:53
  129. 137.
    Paying for single-payer11/05/2019
    55:04
  130. 138.
    Beyond the leaky bucket 11/01/2019
    56:03
  131. 139.
    The fall of Katie Hill 10/29/2019
    46:08
  132. 140.
    The scary truth about air pollution10/25/2019
    59:06
  133. 141.
    The electability debate 10/22/2019
    50:35
  134. 142.
    The four words that will decide impeachment10/19/2019
    53:03
  135. 143.
    Debating the robot takeover 10/16/2019
    59:10
  136. 144.
    Understanding the student debt crisis 10/15/2019
    56:06
  137. 145.
    Progressives' Supreme Court problem 10/11/2019
    1:01:20
  138. 146.
    Mayor Pete explains his prescription drug plan10/09/2019
    27:26
  139. 147.
    What to expect when you’re impeaching 10/08/2019
    51:39
  140. 148.
    Homelessness and how to fix it10/04/2019
    52:59
  141. 149.
    Trump's war on the homeless 10/01/2019
    1:00:30
  142. 150.
    America's missing babies09/27/2019
    1:00:09
  143. 151.
    The Kiev Caper 09/24/2019
    59:01
  144. 152.
    Did economists break America? 09/20/2019
    51:37
  145. 153.
    Out of sight, out of mind09/17/2019
    50:21
  146. 154.
    ABCDebate09/13/2019
    28:15
  147. 155.
    50 shades of Green New Deal09/13/2019
    1:25:07
  148. 156.
    A plan to revive American unions09/10/2019
    54:34
  149. 157.
    The left’s path to power 09/06/2019
    1:00:32
  150. 158.
    Trump's primary challengers09/03/2019
    53:33
  151. 159.
    The case for foreign policy restraint08/30/2019
    57:10
  152. 160.
    Trump's latest trade war08/27/2019
    56:22
  153. 161.
    Does America need trade deals? 08/23/2019
    55:08
  154. 162.
    Slavery and its legacy 08/20/2019
    52:26
  155. 163.
    Trump's war on Medicaid 08/16/2019
    52:19
  156. 164.
    Epstein conspiracy time 08/13/2019
    47:57
  157. 165.
    The case for a Green New Deal08/09/2019
    1:00:04
  158. 166.
    Domestic terrorism after El Paso 08/06/2019
    49:08
  159. 167.
    The second Democratic debate08/02/2019
    1:03:44
  160. 168.
    The many mysteries of Jeffrey Epstein 07/30/2019
    53:10
  161. 169.
    Dysfunctional federalism 07/26/2019
    1:06:26
  162. 170.
    Go back to Cincinnati 07/23/2019
    47:48
  163. 171.
    Why everyone hates Big Tech, with The Verge's Nilay Patel07/19/2019
    57:44
  164. 172.
    Space Force all the way! 07/16/2019
    44:52
  165. 173.
    School’s out for summer07/12/2019
    40:07
  166. 174.
    Ask Weeds Anything07/09/2019
    1:30:28
  167. 175.
    A progressive case for globalism07/05/2019
    58:48
  168. 176.
    Democracy's week in court07/02/2019
    47:15
  169. 177.
    Debate Weeds: Ezra and Matt on the long-awaited Democratic presidential debate06/28/2019
    1:02:13
  170. 178.
    What’s really going on with child detention?06/25/2019
    48:14
  171. 179.
    What’s really happening in Central America 06/21/2019
    52:37
  172. 180.
    Jamestown: Utopia for Whom06/19/2019
    11:33
  173. 181.
    The “illiberal” right06/18/2019
    1:06:37
  174. 182.
    5 big ideas to use tax credits to fight poverty06/14/2019
    56:31
  175. 183.
    Into the weeds with Elizabeth Warren06/11/2019
    49:15
  176. 184.
    A user's guide to antitrust 06/07/2019
    1:05:56
  177. 185.
    Trump’s tariff triple option 06/04/2019
    54:47
  178. 186.
    Monetary mysteries revealed 05/31/2019
    1:08:43
  179. 187.
    Building the Trump state05/28/2019
    58:36
  180. 188.
    Rethinking education reform05/24/2019
    55:23
  181. 189.
    The loneliness of Justin Amash 05/21/2019
    56:16
  182. 190.
    America's two housing crises05/17/2019
    1:02:03
  183. 191.
    Make America 2015 Again05/14/2019
    56:09
  184. 192.
    Green New Weeds05/10/2019
    1:22:43
  185. 193.
    Sarah's Last Stand05/07/2019
    1:00:38
  186. 194.
    Mexico: America's waiting room05/03/2019
    57:32
  187. 195.
    Incels and bullshitters04/30/2019
    52:24
  188. 196.
    Was The Weeds on the wrong side of history?04/26/2019
    33:54
  189. 197.
    What to obstruct when you’re obstructing04/23/2019
    1:08:56
  190. 198.
    Maybe collusion, probably obstruction [Special Crossover Edition]04/18/2019
    37:02
  191. 199.
    Trump Family (Tax) Values04/16/2019
    56:12
  192. 200.
    How Canada got Medicare-for-all done04/12/2019
    54:53

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