Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.

On this episode:

• Finding nuance in the inflation/recession panic
• Could climate legislation actually be passed in the US Congress?!
• Heat waves in…well, everywhere
• A long goodbye for Boris Johnson
• Russia, Germany, the US, and the politics of natural gas
• January 6 hearings: rave reviews, renewed for a second season 

Transcript coming soon.

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