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Bad Takes

Laura McGann, Grid’s executive editor, and Matthew Yglesias, Grid contributing editor, discuss a take each week that’s gotten under their skin. They peel back the layers of the "bad take" to figure out what it tells us about American politics and policy.

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Obesity is a real health problem: Bad Takes, Episode 25
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The fat acceptance movement argues that discrimination is the problem with obesity, not health. Matt and Laura dive into new recommendations from the America...
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Bad Takes, Episode 22: Matt Schlapp and the limits of #MeToo
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Conservatives stood by the power broker after a Herschel Walker campaign aide said he’d fondled him. Conservatives swiftly dismissed the staffer’s …
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‘Little Women’ is about women — or is it?
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A debate is raging over Louisa May Alcott’s gender identity. A New York Times op-ed argues that Louisa May Alcott was a trans man. Matt and Laura …
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Bad Takes, Episode 19: Liberals have won more than they think
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Conservatives aren’t winning at dynamism. “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” author Thomas Frank argues that conservatives are winning at dynamism, a …
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Bad Takes, Episode 15: SBF was not for real
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Matt’s old defense of the FTX cofounder is this week’s “bad take.” Matt agrees now that SBF is bad, but Matt still thinks the technical crux of his …
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Laura McGann, Grid’s executive editor, and Matthew Yglesias, Grid contributing editor, discuss a take each week that’s gotten under their skin. They peel back the layers of the "bad take" to figure out what it tells us about American politics and policy.

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