Build Back Biden

Bland colors, AI summaries, and declining literacy rates have lots of us worried that we’re losing our intelligence to the modern world. Can we get it back? This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick B ...  Show more

Thousands of federal immigration officers have descended onto Minneapolis. The state is in a full-blown conflict with the Trump administration. What can Democratic leaders do, and what it would mean if Trump invoked the Insurrection Act there? This episode was produced by Jesse A ...  Show more

President Biden shared some good news and some bad news this morning. CNN Political Director David Chalian breaks down why today’s jobs report and the bipartisan infrastructure bill looks like a good sign for Biden’s agenda. But there’s an elephant in the room… the Covid-19 Delta ...  Show more

Today, President Biden rolled out his first part of his huge plan to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and reshape the US economy. David Chalian explains what this gigantic proposal says about Biden's approach to the presidency. Plus, a reported investigation into Florida Repub ...  Show more

President Joe Biden made his way to Capitol Hill today after neither the $1.2T infrastructure bill, nor the social spending budget bill, passed yesterday. Let the deal-making commence... CNN Political Director David Chalian explains how members of the party in power have been app ...  Show more

What's most important in the Covid rescue plan outlined by the Biden team? The Weeds hosts Matt Yglesias and Dara Lind are joined by Vox's Emily Stewart to explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices