The Impact podcast

The Impact

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  Vox  

In Washington, DC, the story often ends when Congress passes a law. For us, that’s where the story begins. We examine the consequences of what happens when powerful people act — or fail to act. This season, Jillian Weinberger explores the big ideas from the 2020 presidential candidates: how their ideas worked, or didn’t work, in other places or at other times. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

In Washington, DC, the story often ends when Congress passes a law. For us, that’s where the story begins. We examine the consequences of what happens when powerful people act — or fail to act. This season, Jillian Weinberger explores the big ideas from the 2020 presidential candidates: how their ideas worked, or didn’t work, in other places or at other times. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

 

#34

40 Acres: Reaching reconciliation

What good are piecemeal reparations? From Georgetown University, where school leadership o... more

03 Oct 2022

28 MINS

28:50

03 Oct 2022


#33

40 Acres: The old Jim Crow

Why slavery? Marxist scholar Adolph Reed argues that Jim Crow — not enslavement — is the d... more

03 Oct 2022

42 MINS

42:49

03 Oct 2022


#32

40 Acres: $14 trillion and no mules

Paying the price. One of the typical questions asked during conversations about reparation... more

03 Oct 2022

44 MINS

44:37

03 Oct 2022


#31

40 Acres: The original promise

Fabiola Cineas talks with Nkechi Taifa, the founder and director of the Reparation Educati... more

03 Oct 2022

49 MINS

49:22

03 Oct 2022


#30

The Toll

In this bonus, chat episode of The Impact, Jillian is joined by Vox's Matt Yglesias and Co... more

10 Jun 2020

25 MINS

25:46

10 Jun 2020


#29

Where the US already has a border wall

Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, are known as “Ambos Nogales” — “both Nogaleses.” Th... more

19 Feb 2020

32 MINS

32:16

19 Feb 2020


#28

Free tuition is not enough

Free college tuition seems like a solution to so many problems. After all, the price of tu... more

12 Feb 2020

26 MINS

26:58

12 Feb 2020


#27

Family Dollar(s)

Natasha Razouk wants to give her 7-year-old the best possible life. She buys big boxes of ... more

05 Feb 2020

20 MINS

20:53

05 Feb 2020


#26

Saving Private Health Care

Janet Feldman has been paying for private insurance for years. She does so even though Aus... more

31 Jan 2020

29 MINS

29:25

31 Jan 2020


#25

How Taiwan got Medicare-for-All

In the early 1990s, the government of Taiwan decided to try an experiment. In just nine mo... more

29 Jan 2020

31 MINS

31:39

29 Jan 2020


#24

Green New Germany

Two decades ago, Hans-Josef Fell quietly started a revolution in his home country, with a ... more

22 Jan 2020

24 MINS

24:01

22 Jan 2020


#23

After conviction, a second chance

President Gerald Ford took office during one of the most difficult times in the country’s ... more

15 Jan 2020

29 MINS

29:39

15 Jan 2020


#22

How to stop an epidemic

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is running for president with a plan to fight the opioid epidemic. H... more

08 Jan 2020

31 MINS

31:41

08 Jan 2020


#21

The Impact of 2020

In this season preview, Vox’s Jillian Weinberger calls a fellow native Ohioan to discuss t... more

06 Jan 2020

03 MINS

03:56

06 Jan 2020