S01E01
The Insanity Principle: How Extremism in Politics Is Threatening Democracy in the 21st Century
Aired: 2016-06-13
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When Laurel Healy returns home to Washington, D.C. to work for her brother, Senator Luke Healy, on Capitol Hill, she is caught in the midst of two huge problems: the government has stopped working due to budgetary disagreements, and mysterious bugs are eating the brains of a growing number of Congress members and Hill staffers.
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