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Checks and Balance from The Economist

Checks and Balance from The Economist

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Checks and Balance unlocks American politics by taking a big theme each week and digging into the data, the ideas, and the history shaping the country.


Join John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard, Idrees Kahloon and Jon Fasman as they talk to politicians, pollsters, academics and people across the country about the great experiment of American democracy. Published every Friday.


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This is one of the best, most balanced, nuanced views of contemporary American politics and social change out there. Bite sized, well interviewed and researched, not doom and gloom, pretty clear biases. I wish Charlotte, Idris, and the Johns could simply enact a coup on CNN or one of the large networks in the US. It would do wonders to heal our democracy.

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