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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Year in News

    There have been a lot of big news stories this year: The massive Sony hack by North Korea, the restoration of diplomacy with Cuba, the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the rise of ISIS, Ebola, the Republican takeover of Congress, a new immigration policy… the list goes on.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 19, 2014 • 1 min read

    There have been a lot of big news stories this year: The massive Sony hack by North Korea, the restoration of diplomacy with Cuba, the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the rise of ISIS, Ebola, the Republican takeover of Congress, a new immigration policy… the list goes on. President Obama reflected on some of these developments at his annual year-end news conference this morning. We discuss what he said, and what these events have meant for us.

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    Obama on Sony’s “Mistake,” the Year in News, and Weird Christmas Traditions
    1. 0:00The Year in NewsYou’re reading this
    2. 18:49Christmas With Schlitt
    3. 27:35Holidays at the Movies Part I
    4. 38:56Holidays at the Movies Part II
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Mollie Hemingway

      The Federalist

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      David Corn

      Mother Jones magazine

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Obama on Sony’s “Mistake,” the Year in News, and Weird Christmas Traditions
    1. 0:00The Year in NewsYou’re reading this
    2. 18:49Christmas With Schlitt
    3. 27:35Holidays at the Movies Part I
    4. 38:56Holidays at the Movies Part II
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