Pressuring Peers About Climate Change For A Change, Obamacare And The Supreme Court

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Hundreds of students from across south-central Wisconsin left school Friday, March 15, 2019 to march on the state Capitol to protest climate change inaction. Bridgit Bowden/WPR

A Cornell professor makes his case we could be doing more to pressure each other to make a difference in mitigating climate change. Then we discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act as it faces another challenge this week in U.S. Supreme Court.

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Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • J. Carlisle Larsen Producer
  • Bill Martens Producer
  • Robert H. Frank Guest
  • Allison Hoffman Guest

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