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First aired

April 27, 2014

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S01 · E23

State Legislatures and ALEC

Season 1 · Nov 2, 2014 · 30m

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E01▶

POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola

Apr 27, 2014 · 30m

E02▶

Capital Punishment

May 4, 2014 · 30m

E03▶

Climate Change Denial

May 11, 2014 · 30m

E04▶

The Right to Be Forgotten

May 18, 2014 · 30m

E05▶

Net Neutrality

Jun 1, 2014 · 30m

E06▶

FIFA and the World Cup

Jun 8, 2014 · 30m

E07▶

Immigration Reform

Jun 15, 2014 · 30m

E08▶

Dr. Oz

Jun 22, 2014 · 30m

E09▶

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby

Jun 29, 2014 · 30m

E10▶

Income and Wealth Inequality

Jul 13, 2014 · 30m

E11▶

Incarceration in the United States

Jul 20, 2014 · 30m

E12▶

Nuclear Weapons and the United States

Jul 27, 2014 · 30m

E13▶

Native Advertising

Aug 3, 2014 · 30m

E14▶

Payday Loans

Aug 10, 2014 · 30m

E15▶

Shooting of Michael Brown and Police Militarization

Aug 17, 2014 · 30m

E16▶

Student Debt

Sep 7, 2014 · 30m

E17▶

Scottish Independence Referendum

Sep 14, 2014 · 30m

E18▶

United States Embargo Against Cuba, Miss America 2015

Sep 21, 2014 · 30m

E19▶

Drones

Sep 28, 2014 · 30m

E20▶

Civil Forfeiture

Oct 5, 2014 · 30m

E21▶

Military Translators

Oct 19, 2014 · 30m

E22▶

Sugar

Oct 26, 2014 · 30m

E23Playing

State Legislatures and ALEC

Nov 2, 2014 · 30m

E24▶

The Lottery

Nov 9, 2014 · 30m

While midterm coverage is largely focused on the parts of Congress that do very little, vital (and bizarre) midterm elections are going unexamined. State legislators pass a lot of bills, and some of that efficiency is thanks to a group called ALEC that writes legislation for them. It’s as shady as it sounds!