The Iowa Results; How NY & NJ Are Approaching the Climate Crisis in 2024; Six Words About Race; Testing the New FAFSA

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On today’s show: 

    Amber Phillips, Washington Post political reporter and author of “The 5-Minute Fix” newsletter, breaks down the results of the Iowa caucuses, and what they signal about how GOP voters are feeling and the election year ahead.

    After New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy gave their State of the State addresses last week, Marie French, reporter who covers energy and the environment for POLITICO New York, and Ry Rivard, reporter who covers energy, the environment and transportation in New Jersey for Politico, break down how both governors plan to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis in their states.

    Michele Norris, former cohost of NPR’s All Things Considered and the author of Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think about Race and Identity (Simon & Schuster, 2024), talks about her new book that builds on the over half a million submissions to Race Card Project which invited people to submit six words that summed up their story about race.

    In 2020, Congress ordered a simplification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which rolled out recently. Ron Lieber, the “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times, breaks down what happened when he filled out the FAFSA for his college-aged child and whether the process really is simplified.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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