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We're living in historic times. The Atlantic is here to help you make sense of them. Each week, contributing editor Alex Wagner (CBS News, Showtime's The Circus) sits down with leading voices to explore what's happening in the world, how things became the way they are, and where they're going next.
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CleanState of Emergency | Legal expert Liza Goitein explains the history (and shocking extent) of presidential emergency powers. | 2/21/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPecker Pics and Tabloid Tricks | Jeffrey Toobin helps Alex Wagner make sense of the National Enquirer: its strange history, its devotion to Donald Trump, and why it’s at war with the world’s richest man. | 2/14/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitSomething Rotten in the State of Virginia | Staff writers Adam Serwer and Vann Newkirk join Alex Wagner to discuss news that Virginia’s Democratic governor and attorney general both wore blackface. | 2/6/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKamala Harris, Progressive Prosecutor? | In the era of criminal justice reform and Black Lives Matter, can a former prosecutor win the Democratic nomination? | 2/1/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Art of the Shutdown Deal | Reporter Maggie Haberman joins Alex Wagner to explain how President Trump’s business career shows he’s no master negotiator and predicted the current shutdown mess. | 1/24/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitIs the President a Russian Asset? | Staff writer Franklin Foer joins Alex Wagner to make sense of the new questions about President Trump’s relationship with Russia. | 1/17/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitHow to Fix Social Media | Alexis Madrigal joins Matt Thompson to solve the ills of the modern internet. | 1/10/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitWhat Happened to the GOP? | George Packer argues that the Republican Party has chosen power over democracy, and that its corruption began decades ago. | 12/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDoes the NRA Connect Trump to Russia? | Alex Wagner talks with reporters Natasha Bertrand and Mike Spies about Maria Butina, the NRA, and whether Russia used the gun lobby to influence American politics. | 12/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe First Gene-Edited Babies | A scientist has claimed he used the revolutionary CRISPR gene technology on human embryos, igniting a global controversy. | 12/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s Happening With Mueller and Manafort? | Alex Wagner discusses new developments in the Mueller probe with reporter Natasha Bertrand and former White House aide Ron Klain. | 11/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFlorida Flashbacks | With votes being retallied in the Sunshine State, Mark McKinnon and Jeremy Bash look back on their time in the 2000 Bush and Gore campaigns. | 11/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Did We Learn From the Midterms? | Five takeaways from Tuesday’s elections, as interpreted by five Atlantic journalists. | 11/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMidterms in the Wake of Political Violence | Executive Editor Matt Thompson discusses the upcoming midterms with two reporters in the field: Emma Green in Pennsylvania and Adam Serwer in Texas. | 11/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Murder of Jamal Khashoggi | Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg sits down with Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt to discuss Jamal Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman, and the future of Saudi Arabia. | 10/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Politics of Ancestry | Executive Editor Matt Thompson and Staff Writer Sarah Zhang join Cherokee writer and organizer Rebecca Nagle to discuss DNA tests, Elizabeth Warren, and how we define heritage. | 10/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmerica's Higher Education Crisis | As a new affirmative action lawsuit heads to federal court, Alia Wong and Adam Harris join Matt Thompson and Gillian White to discuss the challenges in American higher education. | 10/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRemembering Ferguson with DeRay Mckesson | The activist sits down with Matt Thompson and Gillian White at The Atlantic Festival. | 10/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitIs the Public Square Gone? | With the speed and volume of news these days—not to mention the myriad business and technological pressures—how does the media serve its role as the fourth estate? | 9/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Reputations and Reckonings of #MeToo | Alex Wagner, Megan Garber, and Gillian B. White join Matt Thompson to discuss Kavanaugh, Moonves, and the #MeToo movement one year in. | 9/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs Democracy Dying? | Jeffrey Rosen and Anne Applebaum—scholars of America’s past and Europe’s present—discuss our precarious moment in history and what could come next. | 9/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitHow Much Longer Can Football Last? | The inside view of America’s two swampiest reality shows: politics and football. | 9/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Endless Devastation of Hurricane Season | A year after Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, we finally know: the hurricane season of 2017 was one of the deadliest in North America in a century. What have we learned in the aftermath? | 8/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTrump’s Worst Day | What does the guilt of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen mean for President Trump? | 8/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitWhen Does Hollywood’s Diversity Become Real Representation? | Matt discusses how well movies and shows represent diverse experiences with senior editor Gillian White and culture writer Hannah Giorgis. | 8/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCharlottesville: One Year Later | Adam Serwer and Gillian White join Matt and Alex to discuss what’s changed—and what hasn’t—in the year since a violent white supremacist rally in Virginia. | 8/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKeepers of the Year 2018 | To commemorate the show’s first anniversary, we lift up above the fog of news and discuss what’s most important to remember at this moment. | 7/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Future of Europe | This week’s NATO Summit in Brussels comes as Trump and other leaders express unprecedented levels of doubt about decades of western cooperation. | 7/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAre We Ready for the Next Pandemic? | A century ago, the 1918 flu pandemic killed five percent of humanity—have we become safer in the hundred years since or actually grown more vulnerable? | 7/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe View from the Border | Jeremy Raff and Priscilla Alvarez join to discuss what this week's news means for families separated at the border. | 6/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBeing Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health | Staff writers Olga Khazan and Vann Newkirk join Matt and Alex to discuss how prejudice and poverty shorten African-American lifespans. | 6/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe North Korea Summit | Can Trump and Kim cut a deal that works? | 6/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA White House Troll ‘Owning the Libs’ | What happens when right-wing trolls grow up to run the world? | 5/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitIs the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Past Solving? | Two American-born writers – an Israeli author and a Muslim journalist – grapple with the bleak state of Israeli-Palestinian relations. | 5/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitHappy Mueller-versary | Staff writers Rosie Gray and David A. Graham join Matt and Alex to discuss the Mueller investigation as it begins its second year. | 5/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIntroducing Crazy/Genius: Why Can't Facebook Tell the Truth? | Is Facebook fixable, or is its business model designed to sell us lies? | 5/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitIs Politics Ruining Pop Culture? | Entertainment has always been political. But what happens when the entertainment we consume feels like a litmus test for our beliefs? | 5/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs the Presidency Broken? | John Dickerson joins Matt, Jeff, and politics writer Elaina Plott to discuss whether the job of the president has become impossible. | 4/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Syria Disaster, Seven Years In | Atlantic editors Matt Thompson and Kathy Gilsinan ask Syria expert Andrew Tabler to explain how the conflict has worn on for years and what the path forward might be. | 4/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBecoming White in America | Alex Wagner discusses the American immigrant story (and her new book) with Matt, Jeff, and editor Adam Serwer. | 4/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNews Update: Who Could Tame Facebook? | After CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony, are U.S. legislators prepared to regulate the social network? Should they? | 4/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTrumpocracy | David Frum joins Matt, Jeff, and Kathy Gilsinan to discuss how American democracy has fared under President Trump. | 4/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKing Remembered | Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed, and then America created a version of him that it could love. | 3/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Family Unit in a Divided Era | In a society riven by party, class, and generational divides, do families stand a chance? Rebecca Rosen and Adrienne LaFrance join our hosts. | 3/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDoes America Have a Monopoly Problem? | With industries concentrating and corporate influence growing, Derek Thompson joins us to debate the promise and perils of big business. | 3/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIf We Could Learn From History | The power grab in China, the Iraq War fifteen years later, and the art of anticipating history, with James Fallows and Kathy Gilsinan. | 3/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitGoodbye Black History Month, Hello Black Future | Black Panther, Janelle Monáe, Tomi Adeyemi, and the Afrofuturist explosion, with Adam Serwer and Vann Newkirk | 3/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitHow Innocence Becomes Irrelevant (No Way Out, Part III) | The story of Benjamine Spencer shows a legal system that prefers naming someone guilty over figuring out who really is. | 2/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWho Killed Jeffrey Young? (No Way Out, Part II) | Is Benjamine Spencer innocent of the crime that has kept him in prison most of his life? And if he is, who's guilty? | 2/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNo Way Out, Part I | Benjamine Spencer has spent most of his life in prison for a heinous crime he may not have committed. Does his guilt or innocence still matter to the justice system? | 2/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFrom 'I, Tonya' to 'Cat Person,' Is 'Based On a True Story' Better? | David Sims and Megan Garber join to discuss recent pop culture aimed at recasting reality. | 2/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPaul Manafort and How the Swamp Was Made | Franklin Foer joins to discuss how the indicted Trump campaign manager brought corruption in Washington, D.C., to new lows. | 2/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWho Gets to be American? | Three second-generation immigrants—Priscilla Alvarez, Matt Thompson, and Alex Wagner—discuss how America's history with immigration helps explain today's politics. | 1/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBricks, Clicks, and the Future of Shopping | Gillian White joins us to discuss dramatic changes underway in retail and what the industry's troubles mean for the country. | 1/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Presidential Fitness Challenge | What is the nation to do with reports that advisors to the president consider him unfit for office? James Fallows joins our hosts to discuss. | 1/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitHow Has America Changed Since 1968? | Conor Friedersdorf joins us to discuss a year that transformed the nation, and what has and hasn't changed after fifty years. | 1/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIdeas of the Year, 2017 Edition | To close out the year, Atlantic journalists tell us the events and insights that defined it. | 12/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitPutin, Russia, and the End of History | Julia Ioffe joins the show to discuss Vladimir Putin and what Americans misunderstand about Russia. | 12/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Manifest Destiny of Mike Pence | McKay Coppins joins the show to discuss how U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has intertwined his faith with his ambition, and what his rise tells us about American politics today. | 12/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Great Recession, One Decade Later | In December 2007, the U.S. saw the start of its longest recession since World War II. What lessons have we learned in the intervening decade, and which are we doomed to repeat? | 11/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJohn Wayne, Donald Trump, and the American Man | For generations, Hollywood has defined what masculinity means in the U.S. Stephen Metcalf and Megan Garber join our hosts to discuss what lessons our male screen icons have taught us. | 11/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow an American Neo-Nazi Was Made | Luke O'Brien and Rosie Gray join our hosts to discuss the radicalization of Andrew Anglin, and how far-right extremism is evolving. | 11/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Press and the Election of 2016: One Year Later | Four Atlantic editors reflect on the anniversary of Donald Trump's election upset, and how it informs their work looking ahead. | 11/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKhizr Khan on What Patriotism Requires | On what it means to stand for America, and to sacrifice for it | 11/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanReporting on Open Secrets, with Jodi Kantor and Katie Benner | Allegations of sexual harassment (and more) by powerful men in numerous industries are leading news reports across America. Does this represent a culmination, or a broader culture shift? | 10/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitWhy Do Happy People Cheat? | And what can infidelity teach us about commitment? Jeff, Alex, and Matt talk with Esther Perel, author of "The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity," and host of the podcast "Where Should We Begin?" | 10/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitDerek Thompson and the Moonshot Factory | Inside the secretive lab where Google's parent company is researching advanced technology | 10/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Miseducation of Ta-Nehisi Coates | In three one-on-one interviews, our national correspondent talks about his career, his community, and his country. | 10/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRussia! Live with Julia Ioffe and Eliot A. Cohen | What might Vladimir Putin have hoped to achieve by meddling in the election of President Trump … and what did he actually get? | 9/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitWhat Are Public Schools For? | Back-to-school season means the revival laments about America's failing public education system. But what is it failing to do? | 9/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWill America's Institutions Survive President Trump? | In his short time as commander in chief, he's broken countless norms. Has he broken the executive branch? | 9/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Memo to the Huddled Masses | Immigrants flock to the U.S. in pursuit of the American Dream. But is it time for the wake-up call? | 9/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNews Update: The Questions After Harvey | If history is any guide, the biggest challenges caused by the disaster in Houston will come into focus after the nation's attention turns elsewhere. | 9/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Game of Thrones Has Taught Us About Politics | Lessons from the hit HBO series, and from other recent pop culture and fiction | 8/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitAre Smartphones Harming Our Kids? | Ten years after the arrival of the iPhone, are mobile devices taking a toll on our children's mental health? | 8/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTa-Nehisi Coates and Yoni Appelbaum on Charlottesville's Aftermath | Did the president's response to fatal violence touched off by white supremacists mark a major breakpoint in American politics? | 8/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKurt Andersen on How America Lost Its Mind | Magical thinking and "alternative facts" have a long, proud history in these United States. | 8/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNews Update: Mark Bowden on North Korea | Given new revelations about North Korea's nuclear capabilities—and newly harsh rhetoric from President Trump—Jeffrey Goldberg and Matt Thompson talk with Mark Bowden, author of The Atlantic's July/August cover story on how to deal with North Korea. | 8/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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ExplicitAsk Not What Your Robots Can Do For You | Our increasingly smart machines aren't just changing the workforce, they're changing us. Alexis Madrigal and our hosts explore how. | 8/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOne Nation Under God? | How tolerant and pluralistic is America when it comes to religious expression? | 7/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory' | The past, present, and future of the American idea, and the world premiere of Jon Batiste's "Battle Hymn of the Republic." | 7/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTrailer | Weekly conversations with leading journalists and thinkers to make sense of the history happening all around us | 7/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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