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Arizona’s 6th congressional district has been one of the most hotly contested races for several election cycles. JoAnna Mendoza, a former marine, is running as a Ddemocrat and could be part of the blue wave polls are predicting.

Guest: JoAnna Mendoza, Democrat running for congress in Arizona’s 6th district.

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This week: Meta struck a deal to keep Mark Zuckerberg in California despite the proposed “billionaire tax”.
First up, hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers explain the how the new stock issuance works and why Meta’s board’s hands were tied. Then, after Elon Musk floated a Tesla/SpaceX merger, they discuss what he and the companies would stand to gain and who might be able to stand in his way. Finally, Airbnb doesn't want guests doing chores. Where’s the line between being a reasonable guest in a home and in a hotel?

Mentioned in the episode: ‘
‘How Mark Zuckerberg went to war with his own board of directors over pay and power.’ From the Washington Post
‘Kevin Bacon’ from The Pudding

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Let’s say Democrats gain control of the House and Senate in a couple of weeks, with a majority of Americans demanding accountability, and an airtight list of high crimes and misdemeanors as long as your arm. Should Democrats impeach Trump on Day One? Frank Bowman is an expert in both the law and politics of the impeachment process who has analyzed the first two efforts to impeach and remove President Trump during his first term. But in the wake of an extensive study of our current moment, Professor Bowman tells Dahlia Lithwick that the president’s crimes are definitely impeachable—but acute polarization and tribalism may be insurmountable obstacles to Congress actually using the Framers’ last-ditch check against an autocratic president.
Read Frank Bowman’s series for Slate Try, Try Again? https://slate.com/tag/try-try-again
His forthcoming book, Great and Dangerous Offences: The Case for (and Against) Impeaching Trump a Third Time, is available for preorder now.

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Live from Virginia Public Media in Richmond, Mary Harris sat down with Reveal's Al Letson and On the Media's Micah Loewinger to discuss contentious interviews, Pentagon influencers, sifting through the Trump news cycle, and the journalism cliches they love to hate.

Guests: Al Letson, host of Reveal
Micah Loewinger, co-host of On the Media

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Everyone wants A.I. to be regulated—including the major A.I. companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. There’s just one problem… they want to have a say in what regulation looks like for their industry. Doesn’t that defeat the whole point?

Guests: Cal Newport, Full Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University

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