Episode 735: President Trump
Candidates promise all kinds of things. But once they get into office, it's not always possible to carry through on them. We ask, can Trump do the things he's pledged to do?
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The Facebook CEO says the idea that fake news influenced the U.S. presidential election is "a pretty crazy idea." And he says it's a "very small volume" of the content on the site.
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Residents of rural Pennsylvania turned to Donald Trump after feeling a growing level of economic anxiety. But they're going to be watching to see if he follows through on his promises in Washington.
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Teaching In The Age Of Trump
This week, for many schools and teachers, their lesson plans went out the window and a new one appeared: How to teach about, and what to say to students, following the historic election.
Women Rush To Get Long-Acting Birth Control After Trump Wins
Women lit up social media with warnings that birth control may become harder to get under a Trump administration. Gynecologists and Planned Parenthood centers say they're getting more calls.
Week In Politics: Presidential Election Aftermath
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Eliana Johnson of The National Review about the aftermath of the presidential election.