Vox and Friends
Vox and Friends is The American Prospect's podcast. Each week, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell discuss the most recent political events, with additional thoughts from a guest or friend of the Prospect, and an eye toward having fun. It's smart, it's silly, and it's always interesting.
Recent Episodes
Wish He Were a Time Wizard
On this week's episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie and Jaime Fuller are joined by Gene Demby of Huffington Post Black Voices to discuss everything—or most things—that happened during the week of the Republican National Convention.
Who Doesn't Like Life?
In this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Patrick Caldwell, and Megan Carpentier of Raw Story discuss Todd Akin and the Republican Party’s increasingly draconian position on abortion and reproductive health.
Links discussed include:
- Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant—Talking Points Memo
- A Canard That Will Not Die: ‘Legitimate Rape’ Doesn’t Cause Pregnancy—The Atlantic
- GOP prepares tough anti-abortion platform—CNN
- What women really hear when men like Politico reporter Dave Catanese and Rep. Todd Akin say ‘legitmate rape’—The Raw Story
- Does ‘legitimate rape’-defining Missouri Rep. Todd Akin believe women are really ducks?—The Raw Story
Glorified Monkeys Who Like Shiny Things
On this week's episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Patrick Caldwell, and Monica Potts discuss this week’s argument over Medicare, the things we can do well with collective action, and why this election is actually a profound fight over the scope and role of government.
Links discussed include:
A Special Viewing Party
In this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell discuss Romney’s potential vice presidential picks, and the latest controversy around campaign ads.
Links discussed include:
- Why Obama Would Love to Run Against Ryan—The American Prospect
- Why do conservatives want Paul Ryan to be vice president?—Washington Post
- How Romney’s Pick of a Running Mate Could Sway the Outcome—New York Times
- “Understands”—Priorities USA Action
- “Right Choice”—Mitt Romney
- ‘Romney Murdered JonBenét Ramsey,’ New Obama Campaign Ad Alleges—The Onion
A Horse in Every Pot
Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an e-mail at voxandfriends@prospect.org!In today’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell talk the Texas Senate race, voter ID, and the Olympics.
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