This month marks 30 years since the passing of Jerry Garcia, the iconic frontman for the Grateful Dead. Jim Newton, editor of Blueprint magazine at UCLA, where he teaches communication studies and public policy, and author of Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening (Random House, 2025), joins to discuss the artist's legacy and his politics of "living freely."
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Trump/Putin Summit Preview
Jonathan Lemire, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC; writer for MSNBC and contributing writer to The Atlantic, talks about Friday's meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine.
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Are Men the Solution to the Child Care Crisis?
Rachel Booth, Vox policy correspondent, talks about her recent Vox article on the need to expand the applicant pool for child care to more men to solve the worker shortage.
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Squalid Conditions at ICE's Manhattan Facility
A federal judge has ordered ICE to improve the conditions at its Manhattan facility, which advocates and formerly detained immigrants describe as unsanitary and overcrowded. Gwynne Hogan, senior reporter for The City, talks about her reporting on the squalid conditions and the temporary order.
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Farewell, AOL Dial-Up
Listeners call in with memories of the dial-up internet era after AOL announced it will discontinue its dial-up internet service this September.Â