The Republicans are hurting Americans by debating who deserves financial help.

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Episode Notes

On the Gist, the Republicans are misers.

In the interview, Zephyr Teachout is here to discuss her new book Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom From Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money. She and Mike discuss how monopolies have come to dominate so many of our industries, the work that needs to be done to break them up, and why it's a multi-pronged solution. They also touch on Gov. Cuomo's response to the pandemic and how her team might have been different if she'd won office.

In the spiel, baseball tried.

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Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley.

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