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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Recapping SCOTUS’ important and surprising decisions of their term

    The Supreme Court rejected affirmative action, struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, and ruled in favor of a woman who wouldn’t design wedding sites for same-sex couples.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 3, 2023 • 1 min read

    The Supreme Court rejected affirmative action, struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, and ruled in favor of a woman who wouldn’t design wedding sites for same-sex couples.

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    Tour life with David Bowie, the ideological split over US flag
    1. 0:00Recapping SCOTUS’ important and surprising decisions of their termYou’re reading this
    2. 8:48US flag is a powerful symbol. What does it mean today?
    3. 18:47Inside the luxury wedding arms race with a former planner
    4. 34:09See David Bowie through lens of his childhood friend in new photo book
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Tour life with David Bowie, the ideological split over US flag
    1. 0:00Recapping SCOTUS’ important and surprising decisions of their termYou’re reading this
    2. 8:48US flag is a powerful symbol. What does it mean today?
    3. 18:47Inside the luxury wedding arms race with a former planner
    4. 34:09See David Bowie through lens of his childhood friend in new photo book
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand