Best Michael Hidalgo Podcasts (2025)

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Tennis love triangles and US Open preview with Catherine Whitaker 50:52

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Catherine Whitaker is one of the co-hosts of The Tennis Podcast, another great show on The Athletic Podcast Network, and Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to welcome her to the Sports Gossip Show ahead of this year’s US Open. The tennis tea has never been hotter! The gals ask Catherine everything you all want to know about this year’s upcoming Am…

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Jordon Hudson could learn from Taylor Swift, is Justin Herbert dating Madison Beer?, Michigan’s sign-stealing punishment, Shohei Ohtani’s real estate problem 56:30

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This episode starts out with Madeline and Charlotte’s affinity for the arts and a shameless request for tickets to Shakespeare In The Park. Then, a quick Jordon Hudson update, because she should take a page out of Taylor Swift’s playbook. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert stopped by singer Madison Beer’s photoshoot — are they dating? WNBA great S…

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Back to Basics Series: How Monopolies Feed Plutocracy (with Matt Stoller) 31:58

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When a few giants dominate the economy, democracy is the first to go. In this back-to-basics episode, author and anti-monopoly expert Matt Stoller unpacks how concentrated corporate power doesn’t just warp markets—it tilts the political playing field toward plutocracy. Drawing from his book Goliath, Stoller shows how corporate giants from banks to …

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Taylor Swift gave a PR masterclass on Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast 56:34

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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a Thursday episode dropping on a Wednesday night! That’s because there was an emergency that needed addressing: Taylor Swift went on New Heights, the podcast hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce. The audience learned a lot about her new album, just as much as she wanted us to know …

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Episode 129: Applying to Residency! Interventional (and Diagnostic) Radiology with New SOM Grad Dr. Shirin Parsa 17:32

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We continue our series on Applying to Residency with brand new SOM grad Shirin Parsa. She's a prelim surgery intern who will complete her residency in Integrated Interventional Radiology at the University of Maryland. She shares her residency application journey, including the mentorship she received, the interviews she went on, and how she crafted…

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Crashing out because Taylor Swift might go on Travis Kelce’s podcast, Jordon Hudson update, Tom Brady vs. ChatGPT, and a Shedeur Sanders hot take 51:53

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Madeline and Charlotte start this episode off with a few updates about Jordon Hudson after last week’s episode detailing how they almost secured an interview with her. Also, the gals need your questions for a mailbag episode, so be sure to email them to [email protected]! Then, witness your intrepid hosts crash out because there’s a very go…

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Back to Basics Series: Does the Market Really Pay You What You’re Worth? (with Marshall Steinbaum and Saru Jayaraman) 50:51

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We’ve all heard the story: In a fair market, workers are paid exactly what they’re worth. Economists even have a name for it—marginal productivity theory. It’s neat, simple…and completely wrong. In this Back-to-Basics episode, economist Marshall Steinbaum and labor leader Saru Jayaraman dismantle the myth that the market fairly rewards labor. Stein…

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Jordon Hudson called us and it didn’t end well 56:24

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The title of this episode is pretty self-explanatory. Two Saturdays ago, Charlotte received a call from Jordon Hudson, Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, whom The Sports Gossip Show has covered extensively. Madeline and Charlotte then spent five hours over the course of the week talking to her, and thought there was a good chance she would come on the sh…

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Luka Doncic loves the Backstreet Boys, Micah Parsons and the Cowboys are fighting, Son Heung-min’s shocking move, and a juicy WNBA trade 54:33

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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a very special announcement: The Sports Gossip Show has officially joined The Athletic Podcast Network! The gals couldn’t be more excited. If you’re new here, this show breaks down and adds context to the wildest developments in the messy world of sports — because it’s much more fun to watch athletes on the fiel…

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Back to Basics Series: The Velocity of Money (with Ann Pettifor) 42:30

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If you’ve ever wondered why the economy feels stuck, even when it seems like there's a lot more money in the system, this episode will blow your mind. Political economist Ann Pettifor joins Nick and Goldy to explain why money isn't flowing like it used to, and why that matters. Over the last century, the velocity of money (how quickly a dollar circ…

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Travis Kelce posted Taylor Swift on main, Nikola Jokić cried because of his horse, Tom Brady is very online, and more Aaron Rodgers drama 56:09

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The gals are back with a show full to the brim with sports gossip! Madeline and Charlotte start off with a few quick updates: 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and his wife, Jenna Purdy, had a baby, Lionel Messi went to a Coldplay concert (lol), and Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Jade Jodes. Then, the main event: …

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Back to Basics Series: Is Economics Moral? (with Heather McGhee) 35:57

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For decades, orthodox economics has treated morality as irrelevant—as if economic decisions happen in a vacuum, separate from our values and social bonds. But that approach has failed spectacularly, giving cover to policies that divide and exploit us. In this episode, Heather McGhee joins Nick and Paul to argue that morality must be central to how …

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Episode 128: Applying to Residency! Dr. Pharibe Pope on ENT 18:01

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We are kicking off a brand new series on Applying to Residency with recent SOM graduates who recently went through the Match. We'll get to know their individual stories, special considerations for applying to their field, and how they approached items like their personal statement, letters of recommendation, away rotations, and rank lists. You'll l…

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The Coldplay kiss cam, WNBA All-Star, Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson, and Travis Kelce was added to Taylor Swift’s family group chat 59:08

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Welcome back to the Sports Gossip Show! Madeline and Charlotte are coming at you today with a jam-packed show full of the latest updates in the wild world of sports. But first, they start with the debacle at the Coldplay concert in Boston and explain why it was sports. Then it’s time to dissect WNBA All-Star weekend, which looked like the best part…

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Back to Basics Series: Where does economic growth really come from? (with W. Brian Arthur and Cesar Hidalgo) 46:51

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Is economic growth just about money, trade, and GDP? Or is something deeper at play? In this episode, economist W. Brian Arthur and physicist Cesar Hidalgo join Nick and Goldy to reveal the real drivers of rising prosperity: human knowledge, know‑how, and innovation. They challenge the old assumptions of growth and argue that innovation isn't a byp…

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136. Mo Ibrahim on Good Governance in Africa 43:31

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This Kickback episode features Mo Ibrahim, who joins Liz David-Barrett to share his transition from entrepreneurship to philanthropy, by establishing the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to promote good governance and leadership in Africa. Mo shares the primary mechanisms to achieving the Foundations goals, including the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, a…

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A deep dive into the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Netflix docuseries 57:35

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Madeline and Charlotte are back with another deep dive episode, this time into the Netflix documentary series America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The gals watched both seasons — even if you haven’t, you can come along for the journey as The Sports Gossip Show unpacks the complicated dynamics of what it means to be a DCC. The TV show…

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Back to Basics Series: Is Econ 101 a Lie? (with Eric Beinhocker and James Kwak) 39:29

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Trickle-downers love to pretend that "Econ 101" is a convincing argument against policies like the minimum wage that invest in working Americans. But the truth is that mainstream economists are terrible at predicting how the economy will behave in the future…Is Econ 101 broken? In this key foundational episode for the podcast, we dismantle the myth…

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Back to Basics Series: What the hell are they talking about? Econ terms explained! (with Nick and Goldy) 14:48

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Ever find yourself halfway through a Pitchfork Economics episode thinking, “Wait… what’s a monopsony?” You’re not alone. In this listener-favorite episode, Nick and Goldy break down some of the most important—and most misunderstood—economic terms we use on the show. From ‘neoclassical’ and ‘neoliberal’ to ‘monopoly’, ‘monopsony,’ ‘stock buybacks,’ …

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Episode 127: Deciding on a Specialty in Third Year 24:54

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Imagine that you start medical school knowing exactly which field you want to go into. You line up your mentors and your research projects in that field. Whenever you shadow a physician, it’s in that specialty. Eventually, you start your 3rd year of med school, and you tell everyone what you want to do. And then - you change your mind. You fall in …

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135. Nicole Rose & AJ Brown on Corruption in Australia 43:48

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For this episode, regular host Robert Barrington is joined by two anticorruption experts from Australia. Nicole Rose is the Deputy Commissioner at The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and AJ Brown is a Professor of Public Policy and Law at Griffith University and the Chair of Transparency International’s (TI) Australian chapter. Some of …

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The biggest athlete weddings of all time: a deep dive into the floral arrangements 54:37

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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a July 4th Wedding Bonanza. If you’re been listening to the show for a while, you’ll know that SGS goes on deep dives of athlete weddings to see how compressed the florals are. If you don’t know what that means, listen to this show and you will understand. Given that it’s the week of the 4th of July and Summer W…

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Back to Basics Series: Why do we call it Pitchfork Economics? (with Ganesh Sitaraman & Walter Scheidel) 33:16

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In 2014, Nick Hanauer sounded the alarm: if economic inequality kept growing, the pitchforks would come—for him, and for the rest of America’s wealthy elite. Then 2016 happened. Donald Trump was elected president on a wave of economic populism that correctly identified massive inequality as a problem, but which offered all the wrong solutions. The …

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The Thunder won the NBA Finals, our Google search history: Tyrese Haliburton and Meghan Markle, Jordon Hudson is posting again, and the Red Sox are a mess 59:07

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Madeline and Charlotte are back on a very hot New York City day to bring you all the equally hot goss in sports on The Sports Gossip Show. The gals start off with the NBA Finals, because the Oklahoma City Thunder were crowned as the newest champs. Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton tore his achilles seven minutes into the game though, which was pretty d…

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The Truth About Immigration and the American Worker (with Rogé Karma) 39:13

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Conventional wisdom says immigration drives down wages and takes jobs from American workers. But what if that story is fueled by bad economics? Journalist Rogé Karma joins Nick and Goldy to challenge the Econ 101 logic that supercharges anti-immigrant rhetoric—and to explain what the data actually shows. Drawing on research from the U.S., Denmark, …

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Episode 126: Starting a Family in Medical School with M4 Olivia Torre 17:18

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One of the most commonly asked questions about life and medicine is: “When is the right time to start a family?” It’s such a good question, and there’s no single, one-size-fits-all kind of answer. In this episode, we’ll get to know a student who has been juggling parenthood and medical school with great skill and grace. Olivia Torre, a 4th-year med…

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134. Oguzhan Dincer & Michael Johnston on Corruption in America 42:14

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This episode features Oz Dincer and Michael Johnston, who join regular Kickback host Robert Barrington to discuss their new book 'Corruption in America', which explores corruption in various policy areas across all fifty states. Dincer O, Johnston M. Corruption in America: A Fifty-Ring Circus. Cambridge University Press; 2025.…

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The Red Sox were not a friend to Rafael Devers, Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen’s wedding pics, is Aaron Rodgers fake married?, and Taylor and Travis wore shorts 56:50

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The Sports Gossip Show opens on an actually serious note today with LA Dodger Kiké Hernandez and his very important support of the immigrant community of Los Angeles. Then, because this is the world we live in, Madeline and Charlotte do some real compartmentalization and get into the fact that Donna Kelce, mother of NFL and podcast stars Jason and …

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America Adrift: Inequality, Power, and the Fight to Fix It (with Scott Galloway) 45:14

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With inequality rising, housing out of reach, and young Americans falling further behind, some argue the American Dream is dead. But NYU professor Scott Galloway has a different take: America hasn’t fallen—it’s adrift. Originally recorded in late 2022, this episode features a candid conversation about what’s really hollowed out the middle class: ge…

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Aaron Rodgers is employed (hallelujah), Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz win big, the Knicks go clubbing, and US men’s soccer drama 54:55

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Madeline and Charlotte have a bone to pick with Ben Stiller: he presented Best Play at the Tony Awards and joked that that isn’t an overlap between people who watch the Tonys and like sports — but we are the place for that overlap, Ben!!! Secondly, a few corrections about Spike Lee and his best friend Al Palagonia. And an update about Hailee Steinf…

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From Reagan to Reality: The Case Against Tax Cuts for the Rich (with Bruce Bartlett) 36:11

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As Republicans work at break-neck speed to push another round of massive tax cuts for the wealthy, we thought it would be a good idea to revisit our 2019 conversation with Bruce Bartlett, a Reagan policy adviser and key architect of the 1981 tax cuts. Bartlett explains how the trickle-down logic he once championed turned out to be economic snake oi…

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133. Rebecca Dobson Phillips, Helen Taylor & Alex Jacobs on the UK's Anti-Corruption Ecosystem 42:40

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Is Anti-Corruption work an inclusive movement deeply connected to its grassroots origins, or a self-serving, hierarchical entity that partially manufactures the problems for which it offers solutions?To critically examine this dichotomy, and the UK’s anticorruption ecosystem more broadly, Kickback host Robert Barrington is joined by Rebecca Dobson-…

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Knicks personality problems, the white collar criminal who sits next to Spike Lee, Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen’s wedding, and Tom Brady wants a DM 58:11

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Madeline and Charlotte start the show off with a few admin orders of business and a couple quick and important “informercials,” then it’s down to business. The Knicks are out of the NBA Playoffs, and the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers will be facing off in the Finals. But before they get to that, the gals go over some of the last Knicks g…

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Why Gutting SNAP Makes the Economy Worse for Everyone (with Lily Roberts) 44:19

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The GOP’s new tax bill isn’t just a massive giveaway to the rich—it’s an all-out assault on SNAP, one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in the U.S. That’s because SNAP is more than just a program designed to end hunger. It’s also a powerful economic engine, stabilizing local economies as well as supporting retailers and farmers. Lily Robe…

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The Knicks’ vibes are off, Tyrese Haliburton’s dad is free, three UNC sisters won a championship, Paige Bueckers-Azzi Fudd update, and Tom Brady’s recession indicator 53:28

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Madeline tells Charlotte about her disastrous travel day yesterday, which is why The Sports Gossip Show is coming to you on a Wednesday instead of a Tuesday. But the good news is that Madeline still got her Tuesday Chick-fil-A, and she also found the cheese shop from that Capital One commercial. The gals start off with the NBA Playoffs. The Minneso…

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Good Company: Ending the Era of Shareholder Supremacy (with Lenore Palladino) 37:21

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What makes a company good—and who gets to decide? Economist Lenore Palladino joins Nick and Goldy to dismantle the myth of shareholder primacy and explain how our current system of corporate governance has warped innovation, deepened inequality, and undermined democracy. Drawing from her new book Good Company: Economic Policy after Shareholder Prim…

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The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy comes to visit, Jordon Hudson followed us on Instagram, and Tottenham Hotspur Son Heung-min was blackmailed 47:51

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Today, Madeline and Charlotte welcome a very special guest: Thanks to the NBA, the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy came to visit at the studio (aka Charlotte’s apartment)! A true dream guest who helped the gals with their Sports Gossip Show Eastern and Western Conference Finals preview episode. The Knicks haven’t made it this far in 25 years, and…

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The Empire Strikes Back—With More Billionaire Tax Breaks (with Samantha Jacoby) 35:40

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With Trump’s second major tax bill clearing committee and heading to the House floor—packed, as promised, with massive giveaways to the ultra-wealthy—we’re revisiting our timely conversation with Samantha Jacoby of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Originally recorded before Trump’s reelection, this episode breaks down the real impact of …

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132. Nishan de Mel on Sri Lanka's governance-linked bond 39:28

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This episode features Nishan de Mel, the Executive Director of Verite Research, to discuss their development of Sri Lanka’s innovative governance-linked bond, which seeks to break the country’s vicious cycle of poor governance and financial instability. Learn more about:Verite Research - https://www.veriteresearch.orgThe Civil Society Governance Di…

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Is the new pope a Knicks fan?, Cardi B hard-launches Stefon Diggs at MSG, Michael Jordan on TV, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce reappear 52:34

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The gals are back from Maine and they have a few new bits of information about the Miss Maine Pageant before getting right into the daily grind of sports gossip. Which, unfortunately for Boston-fan Charlotte, means talking about the injury to Celtics star Jayson Tatum and the fact that the Knicks are now up 3-1 in the second round of the NBA playof…

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Episode 125: The Hidden Curriculum with Dr. Sarah Dubbs and Dr. Sandra Quezada 26:44

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We all know about the medical school curriculum. But what about the hidden curriculum, or how students learn about the unspoken culture of medicine through everyday, informal interactions? In this episode, Dr. Sandra Quezada and Dr. Sarah Dubbs explore the hidden curriculum with some examples, chat about whether the hidden curriculum can be positiv…

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Greedflation 2.0: How Tariffs Could Become an Excuse for Corporate Price Gouging (with Hal Singer) 44:43

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During COVID, corporations blamed supply chain shocks for rising prices while quietly raising prices higher than costs, thereby boosting their profits to record levels. We know they did this because they bragged about doing it on corporate earnings calls. Economist Hal Singer warns that Trump’s proposed tariffs could spark a repeat, giving corporat…

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We attended the Miss Maine Pageant featuring Jordon Hudson (with Bill Belichick) 1:07:11

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When it comes to covering the saga of current UNC head coach and former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, Madeline and Charlotte will stop at nothing to provide you with the best possible information. Which, this weekend, meant driving to Portland, Maine, to attend the Miss Maine Pageant that Jordon w…

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Bill and Jordon update, Spike Lee chose the Met Gala over the Knicks, F1 drama, a tense Oliva Miles x Hannah Hidalgo video, Joe Burrow has a type, BTS of our CNN appearance 47:42

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Madeline and Charlotte start this episode off with a recap of their CNN appearance over the weekend (and say happy birthday to Charlotte’s mom!). Then, a quick update on Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson: they’ve gone quiet. And the gals miss Jordon’s posts! Will she still compete in Miss Maine this weekend? Time will tell. Then, it’s on to the Met …

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Why Democracy Needs a New Operating System (with K. Sabeel Rahman) 44:39

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Decades of trickle-down thinking hollowed out our government—and now the anti-democracy crowd is finishing the job. This week, legal scholar and former Biden advisor K. Sabeel Rahman joins Nick and Goldy to talk about what happens when the rule of law becomes optional, what the Biden administration got right (and what it didn’t,) and why simply res…

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Another Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson emergency episode breaking down a big week of new reporting and information 44:08

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Madeline and Charlotte are back with another emergency episode about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson. This week, the most famous relationship in college football somehow became the biggest story in the sports world — and has leaked out into the world beyond it. More reporting has been coming out all week at a rapid clip, and Madeline and Charlotte…

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The fall of Shedeur Sanders, Travis Kelce unfollowed Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds?, NBA Playoff fights, and an NFL Golden Bachelor 27:10

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The gals are back with their regularly scheduled programming after the emergency episode on Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson yesterday. Madeline and Charlotte start off with some updates from the NFL Draft, including the fact that the Giants took a quarterback with a very gen Z haircut. Charlotte uses this as an excuse to talk about the time in 202…

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Democracy in Chains (with Nancy MacLean) 38:16

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This week, we’re revisiting a critical conversation we had back in 2020 with author and historian Nancy MacLean, in which she exposes how today’s threats to democracy were decades in the making. Based on her groundbreaking book Democracy in Chains, MacLean traces how Nobel Prize-winning economist James Buchanan worked with billionaire donors to rig…

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Emergency episode about Bill Belichick’s bizarre CBS News interview featuring Jordon Hudson 28:52

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Over the weekend, CBS News Sunday Morning ran an interview with former Patriots coach, current UNC coach Bill Belichick that featured his young girlfriend, Jordon Hudson. It was ostensibly to promote his new book, but it was so bizarre, so concerning, and so confusing that fans of The Sports Gossip Show begged Madeline and Charlotte to cover this s…

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131. Mario Hidalgo on corruption & organised crime in Ecuador 27:36

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This episode of Kickback features Dr. Mario Hidalgo, from the Transparency and Anti-Corruption Laboratory at UTE university in Ecuador, to shed light on Ecuador's transition from the "Island of Peace" to a country facing widespread organised crime and violence, highlighting the significantly enabling role of corruption. The conversation also touche…