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Every Thursday on The Assignment, host Audie Cornish explores the animating forces of this extraordinary American political second. It’s not in regards to the horse race, it’s in regards to the bigger cultural concepts driving the dialog: the function of on-line influencers on the citizens, the intersection of popular culture and politics, and discussions with main voices and thinkers who’re shaping the political dialog.
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