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Obamacare & The Broccoli Argument - Emily Bazelon

Season 8 • 06/28/2012

Slate Magazine editor Emily Bazelon explains the Obamacare tax and John Roberts' rationale.

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National Geographic Poll on Alien Invasion Management
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The Obama campaign invites wedding registry donations, and America finds out what its presidential candidates would never have to do in situations that will never occur.
06/27/2012
04:10

Mitt Romney's Victory Retreat & Democrats' Convention Deficit
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While things are sunny with a chance of cash for the GOP, Democrats' financial forecast is partly cloudy with a chance of fighting a seagull for half a hotdog bun.
06/27/2012
00:09

Sign Off - Oreo Cookie Plate
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Stephen rethinks licking an Oreo cookie.
06/27/2012
06:40

Melinda Gates
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Philanthropist Melinda Gates discusses foreign aid, her philosophy on contraception, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's global family planning summit.
06/27/2012
03:46

Rainbow-Stuffed Gay Pride Oreo
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No matter how innocent America's foodstuff may seem, every morsel should be fraught with divisive partisan meaning.
06/27/2012
03:07

John Roberts' Obamacare Swing Vote
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John Roberts' health care vote is the worst betrayal since Benedict Arnold teamed up with Judas to stab Caesar right in the croutons.
06/28/2012
02:31

Obamacare & The Broccoli Argument
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There is nothing stopping Barack Obama from making Americans gay-marry an illegal immigrant wearing a condom, in a hydroponic pot farm powered by solar energy.
06/28/2012
01:32

Colbert Super PAC - Super Fun Pack Treasure Finder
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Stephen honors Colbert Super PAC Super Fun Pack's treasure finder, Dan Stough, with an antique silver turtle bell.
06/28/2012
04:19

Cable News Gaffe on Obamacare Supreme Court Ruling
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The Supreme Court rules Obamacare constitutional, despite CNN and Fox's opposite breaking news.
06/28/2012
06:09

Aaron Sorkin
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Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin talks about the golden age of news, "The West Wing" and what makes America the greatest country.
06/28/2012
03:19

Obamacare & The Broccoli Argument - Emily Bazelon
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By the time Mitt Romney becomes president and gets Congress to repeal Obamacare, it might be 2014 and people might like it.
06/28/2012
06:14

Mitt Romney's Retroactive Retirement from Bain Capital
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If Barack Obama wins the presidential race, Mitt Romney can just say he retroactively retired from it in 2009.
07/16/2012
00:32

Intro - 7/16/12
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Mitt Romney faces questions about his resume, people get their coffee in new ways, and Anne-Marie Slaughter explains why women can't have it all.
07/16/2012
04:33

TomKat's Divorce & Anderson Cooper's Sexual Orientation
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The thetan inhabiting Katie Holmes isn't getting any younger, and torso-American Anderson Cooper could have had perfect caramel-mocha babies.
07/16/2012
00:23

Sign Off - Smiles or Whatever
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Stephen hopes The Report incited smiles.
07/16/2012
04:17

Thought for Food - Caffeine Edition - Funeral Home Starbucks & Car Coffee Makers
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Nothing soothes the pain of losing a loved one like your eulogy being drowned out by Starbucks employees making frappachinos.
07/16/2012
04:54

Anne-Marie Slaughter
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Princeton University professor Anne-Marie Slaughter stresses that women need better job choices, ones that equally accommodate a family and full career.
07/16/2012
05:13

Who's Honoring Me Now? - Philadelphia's Rosenbach Museum and Library
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Rosenbach Museum curator Derick Dreher doubts that a Bud Light Lime bottle played an important role in the creation of Stephen's "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" manuscript.
07/17/2012
03:47

Nas
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Nas shares his passion for rapping, thoughts on retirement, and the inspiration behind his 10th album cover.
07/17/2012
02:44

Nevada's "None of the Above" Is Fearsome Foe for GOP
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The whole message of Mitt Romney's campaign is "I'm not Barack Obama," while a Nevada foe demonstrates all the conservative credentials Mitt lacks.
07/17/2012
05:22

The Word - On the Straight & Narrow-Minded
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The minds of young people are being poisoned by knowledge, but thankfully Texas is the Large Hadron Collider of denying science.
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