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Tuesday, December 9 2014

• Protest Songs; Mass Resignations; Youth Obsession December 9, 2014

  Music,&nbsp;protest and social movements; an argument against New York&rsquo;s high cigarette tax; the cultural obsession with youth; and the CIA torture report was released. (episode)

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  • The Real Cost of the Cigarette Tax December 9, 2014

    Does New York's high cigarette tax achieve its purpose or run contrary to it?

  • What Was Chuck Schumer Thinking? December 9, 2014

    Maybe you think he's Judas Schumer; maybe you think he's right. But as the Democrats enter the twilight of their Senate majority, Sen. Chuck Schumer went after Obamacare. Here's why.

  • "We need New Dylans. New Public Enemys. New Simones. New De La Rochas" December 9, 2014

    After Questlove of The Roots said we need more protest music, we got a call from Vernon Reid of Living Colour charging hip hop for not paying enough attention to people like Eric Garner.

  • Youth-Obsessed December 9, 2014

    Robert Harrison,&nbsp;author of Juvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age (University Of Chicago Press, 2014), talks about our youth-obsessed age.

  • The Torture Report Is Out December 9, 2014

    The long-delayed Senate Intelligence Committee report on Bush era "enhanced interrogation techniques" has been released. So what's in it?