Ezra and Matt on how America failed while the world made progress on the pandemic, and what on earth is going on with the republican party.

Resources:

"Reopening schools safely is going to take much more federal leadership" by Matthew Yglesias

"Trumpism, not polarization, drives America’s disastrous coronavirus politics" by Ezra Klein

Hosts:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

Ezra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, Vox

Credits:

Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer

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