Listen "AMA time with Dylan, German, and Jerusalem"
Episode Synopsis
Dylan, German, and Jerusalem sit down to answer listener questions. In our first AMA episode of the post-Matt-Yglesias Weeds era, the trio discusses constitutional amendments, climate change, how we could fix global poverty, influential books, and more.
Resources:
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Ascendancy by Nina J. Easton
The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach by Alice Kaplan
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World’s Most Troubled Drug Culture by Richard DeGrandpre
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Cochrane
The Journalist’s Resource, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Jim Tankersley, the New York Times (@jimtankersley)
Victoria Guida, Politico (@vtg2)
Eric Levitz, New York magazine (@ericlevitz)
Hosts:
Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox
Jerusalem Demsas (@JerusalemDemsas), policy reporter, Vox
German Lopez (@germanrlopez), senior correspondent, Vox
Credits:
Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer
Amber Hall, deputy editorial director, talk podcasts
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Resources:
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Ascendancy by Nina J. Easton
The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach by Alice Kaplan
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World’s Most Troubled Drug Culture by Richard DeGrandpre
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Cochrane
The Journalist’s Resource, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Jim Tankersley, the New York Times (@jimtankersley)
Victoria Guida, Politico (@vtg2)
Eric Levitz, New York magazine (@ericlevitz)
Hosts:
Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox
Jerusalem Demsas (@JerusalemDemsas), policy reporter, Vox
German Lopez (@germanrlopez), senior correspondent, Vox
Credits:
Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer
Amber Hall, deputy editorial director, talk podcasts
Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter
Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcast
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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