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595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President?

American politics is trapped in a duopoly, with two all-powerful parties colluding to stifle competition. We revisit a 2018 episode to explain how the political industry works, and talk to a reformer (and former presidential candidate) who is pushing for change.

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  612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?

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  How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

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  611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next

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  610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?

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  609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?

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  Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)

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  608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?

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  607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

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  606. How to Predict the Presidency

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  Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

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  605. What Do People Do All Day?

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  EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

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  604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

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  603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)

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  EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

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  602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?