Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Chris Hayes, MSNBC & NBCNews THINKEvery week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening? This podcast starts to answer these questions. Writers, experts, and thinkers who are also trying to get to the bottom of them join Chris to break it all down and help him get a better night’s rest. “Why is this Happening?” is pre... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 392 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsSociety & Culture | |||
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The United States is pretty intertwined with Latin America. So why has it historically been seen as more of a European outpost as opposed to a nation in the Western hemisphere that is part of the broader Americas? Our guest this week points out that ... more
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cis the word needs to die, end it is so stupid! i am and have been for decades a liberal, renamed to progressive when liberal worked and i am saying stop! this new naming is driving people nuts but cis is stupid it means straight, straight has worked forever and still works you and everyone that say they are cis which means your straight is ridiculous and taking this too far.
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but rare time listener. I come for the occasional guest, never the host. Chris talks like such an egghead.
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Thanks! Very generous to offer this. I got your audiobook! Looking forward to listening to the rest of it.
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