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September 27, 2013
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Political Scene: A Diplomatic Breakthrough with Iran
George Packer and Dexter Filkins join host Amelia Lester on this week’s Political Scene podcast.
September 20, 2013
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Political Scene: Washington’s Fiscal Fights
Ryan Lizza and John Cassidy join host Amelia Lester on this week’s Political Scene podcast.
September 12, 2013
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Political Scene: Can Diplomacy Work in Syria?
George Packer and Jon Lee Anderson on Obama, Russia, and options in Syria.
September 6, 2013
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Political Scene: Are There any Good Options for Syria?
Phillip Gourevitch and John Cassidy on Obama’s options on Syria.
August 29, 2013
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Political Scene: Obama’s Syria Dilemma
On this week’s Political Scene podcast, Dexter Filkins and George Packer join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss President Obama’s dilemma in Syria and the options he has now.
August 14, 2013
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Political Scene: Can the N.S.A. Be Reformed?
On this week’s Political Scene podcast, Hendrik Hertzberg and John Cassidy join host Amy Davidson to talk about President Obama’s proposals to make the National Security Administration’s surveillance programs more transparent and more sensitive...
August 8, 2013
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Political Scene: The Past, and the Future, of the Washington Post
David Remnick and John Cassidy join host Dorothy Wickenden on the podcast to discuss the sale of the Post to Jeff Bezos.
August 1, 2013
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Political Scene: The Culture of Rape
Ariel Levy and Ryan Lizza on rape and politics, from Steubenville to the U.S. Military.
July 24, 2013
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Political Scene: Obama’s Fervor in Two Speeches
David Remnick and Ryan Lizza join Dorothy Wickenden on this week’s Political Scene podcast to discuss the two speeches: one on Trayvon Martin and race, the other on economics and rebuilding the middle class.
July 22, 2013
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Before and After Trayvon Martin: How Power Flattens Humanity
In the early nineteen-forties, my grandfather was one of the first African-American students to attend and graduate from St. John’s University, in Collegeville, Minnesota. Years earlier, the McKnights had left Charleston, South Carolina, and...
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