How should Congress approach regulating kids on social media? Congressman Jake Auchincloss joins the podcast to discuss his bill, the Parents over Platforms Act. We talk about why he is concerned about 'digital dopamine', why he thinks age verification should be done at the operating system level and not by individual apps, and how he approaches screen time and social media with his own kids.

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ICE is rampaging through Minnesota and violating people's constitutional rights. Will Stancil joins the podcast to talk about ICE's tactics, what activists on the ground in Minneapolis are doing to resist ICE and protect their neighbors, and why, despite everything, he remains hopeful.

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ICE is rampaging through Minnesota, violating the constitution, and assaulting Americans regularly. Polling shows that the public disapproves - but how should Democrats take advantage of this situation? Matt Yglesias joins the podcast to talk about what's happening - how much should Democrats be talking about ICE, what should they be saying about it, and what should their actual immigration policy be?

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Over the weekend, the US military captured the president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and brought him to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. Francis Fukuyama joins the podcast to talk about the geopolitical context for this mission, what comes next for Venezuela, and what questions you should be asking as the situation develops in Venezuela.

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It's the annual books episode! Jeremiah breaks down the best books he read in 2025. This year he's covering books about why America can't build things, the attention economy, Russian propaganda, population ethics, colonizing Mars, Chinese authoritarianism, and more!

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Democrats lost big in 2024. How can they make sure it doesn't happen again in 2026 and 2028? Simon Bazelon is the lead author of the report Deciding To Win about the direction the Democratic Party should take in the next few years. He joins the podcast to discuss why the Democratic Party needs to moderate, how they should build their platforms, and why he thinks objections to his report have been so weak.

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The Trump administration is touting a new 28-point peace plan for Ukraine. Does it have any chance to end the fighting? Tamar Jacoby joins the podcast to discuss the state of the war in Ukraine, what Russia and Ukraine are really after, and why Ukraine is crucial for worldwide liberalism.

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The New Orleans public school system was one of the worst school systems in the country - and that was before Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city and most of the schools. So how did New Orleans schools end up succeeding just a few years later? David Osborne joins the podcast to discuss his new documentary 'Turnaround', about how New Orleans reinvented their schools.

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