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Brad Wilcox on How COVID Supercharged Family Trends

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Brad Wilcox is Professor and Director for the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. He’s also a fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. During today’s podcast, Brad talks with Matt about how COVID supercharged existing family trends, why liberals are less happy than conservatives, why Biden’s expanded Child Tax Credit isn’t more popular, whether America’s birth dearth makes us vulnerable to China, and more!

David Lat on Surviving COVID and Covering The Court

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David Lat is a lawyer turned legal journalist, writer, and speaker. He is the founding editor of Above the Law, one of the nation’s largest legal news websites, which reaches more than 1.5 million unique visitors a month. His writing about law and legal affairs has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, among other publications.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Politics as Religion, Sports, and Entertainment

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Spencer Cox, governor of Utah, talks with Matt about the problem of viewing politics as religion, sports, and entertainment. He also discusses Utah’s COVID response, mail-in voting, and his bass guitar hobby.

Gov. Larry Hogan on Surviving Cancer, Riots, a Global Pandemic, and Toxic Politics

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Recorded at the Texas Tribune Festival, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan talks about his book, Still Standing: Surviving Cancer, Riots, a Global Pandemic, and the Toxic Politics that Divide America.