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Golden Globes: #MeToo and President Oprah?

Hosted by Madeleine Brand Jan. 08, 2018

Photo: 75th Golden Globe Awards – Photo Room – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., 07/01/2018 – Oprah Winfrey poses backstage with her Cecil B. DeMille Award. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)

From this Episode:

The #MeToo movement at the Golden Globes

The Golden Globes are known more for clinking champagne flutes and snarky humor than sobering cultural conversations. But this year’s show has been praised by critics,...

9 min

What do calls for Oprah 2020 say about our politics today?

There’s a lot of buzz over the queen of all media running for president in 2020. We talk about why that perfectly captures our cultural moment, and what it means for the...

7 min

200,000 Salvadorans at risk of deportation

About 200,000 Salvadorans may have to leave the U.S. next year. That’s because the Trump administration announced Monday that its ending Temporary Protected Status for them.

6 min

Why rent control laws could change this year to become stronger for tenants

Rent control is shaping up to be the battle on the housing front in Sacramento. We find out what could happen and whether stronger rent control laws would actually help with...

10 min

Why 'stable genius' is an oxymoron

Responding to Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury,” Donald Trump tweeted that he was a “stable genius.” We look at what a real genius is -- often they aren’t stable at all....

8 min

Is it possible to remove the president from office if he is mentally unfit?

We talk about why there is now public discussion about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office; and also why the President’s Commission on Voter...

8 min

Credits

Host:
Madeleine Brand

Producers:
Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole

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