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What’s next in impeachment?
The two weeks of public impeachment hearings are over. We talk about what we learned, the questions raised, and what to expect next.
The two weeks of public impeachment hearings are over. We talk about what we learned, the questions raised, and what to expect next.
In this episode
4 storiesAfter 2 weeks of impeachment hearings, what’s next?
Diplomat David Holmes testified on Thursday that he overheard President Trump on the phone with Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the Europen Union, about investigations into the Bidens and the 2016 campaign.
Read the story10 minHow prestige TV prepared us for the days-long drama of impeachment
The last two weeks of impeachment hearings had their share of high drama and comparisons to Watergate. Phrases like “domestic political errand” are this generation’s “third-rate burglary.” “No quid pro quo” is “I am not a crook” for 2019.
Read the story10 minNeurologist Oliver Sacks explored the minds of outcasts, and was an outcast himself
Oliver Sacks studied unusual neurological disorders, and was known for humanizing patients in his scientific methods and in his writing. He wrote about autism, deafness, color blindness, Tourette’s, and inexplicable conditions.
Read the story16 minTom Hanks nails it as Mr. Rogers
Our critics review “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” based on a 1998 Esquire profile of Mr. Rogers, and it’s as much about the writer of the profile as it’s about Mr.
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