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This edition: Leaks, Lies And Taxes

Episode Details

Original tape date: February 22, 2017. First aired: February 22, 2017.

First, a conservative critique of the Trump administration so far, with David French of National Review. Then, on the impacts of misinformation (even after corrected) with Emily Thorson of Boston College. And on the Republican tax policy ideas, with Alan Cole of the Tax Foundation.

Guest List

Alan Cole Economist, Tax Foundation

David French Senior Fellow, National Review Institute

Emily Thorson Professor of Political Science, Boston College

  • About this series

  • In January, POTUS 2016 officially becomes POTUS 2017 with popular WNYC host Brian Lehrer. The weekly half-hour program keeps watch on the oval office with a roundtable of guests. A regular segment, “Evidence-Based Politics,” looks deeply into one timely issue with a researcher who has published a rigorous study on the subject. The segment is designed to pour cold hard facts on the overheated political rhetoric that can misinform the public and policy-makers.

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