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Getting let down by the 'Great Expectations' of electoral politics

This episode is brought to you by our play cousins over at NPR's It's Been A Minute. Brittany Luse chops it up with New Yorker writer and podcast host Vinson Cunningham to discuss his debut novel Great Expectations. It's a period piece that follows the story of a young man working on an election campaign that echoes Obama's 2008 run. Brittany and Vinson discuss American politics as a sort of religion - and why belief in politics has changed so much in the last decade. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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  When Pretendian investigations go wrong

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  The day Trump won...again

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  You can't outrun voters' feelings about the economy

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  Diving into the Black Manosphere

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  Spitting on Andrew Jackson's grave with Rebecca Nagle

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  In Michigan, Arab Americans weigh the power of a vote

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  Ask Code Switch: Am I the "token" at work?

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  Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories

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  Ask Code Switch: Is it a preference or fetish?

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  The Trump campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants

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  Ask Code Switch: Is picky eating about taste or race?

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  Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why

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  Ask Code Switch: Do bike lanes cause gentrification?

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  Fighting back on book bans

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  Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?

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  The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.