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Sociologist: Why People Vote for Leaders Who Lie To Them

As a physician, sociologist, and former hospice doctor, Nicholas A. Christakis is in a unique position to understand COVID-19 and its ripple effects on society. His latest book explores what it means to live amid a plague, and he speaks to Hari Sreenivasan about all this and more – including what he thinks President-elect Biden must do to restore confidence in institutions.
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Season 2026 Episode 8173
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Kimberlé Crenshaw; Sally Hayden; Jeffrey Winters
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Season 2026 Episode 8172
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Chris Murphy; Rebeca Grynspan; Jill Lepore
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Season 2026 Episode 8171
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Ben Rhodes; Oliver McTernan; Ethar El-Katatney
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Beth Sanner; Dr. Nahid Bhadelia; Heather Kerr; Maya MacGuineas
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Nicholas Burns; Wes J. Bryant; Michael Lynton; Joshua Stein
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Peter S. Goodman; Mamoud Ahmadinejad; Kelli María Korducki
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José Manuel Albares; Rafael Nadal; Mike Isaac
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David A. Graham; Mikhail Fishman; Helen Lewis
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Badr Abdelatty; Andrew Weissmann; Josh Tyrangiel
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Tymofiy Mylovanov; Juan Gonzalez; Rita Coburn
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Xiang Lanxin; Rahul Bhatia; Edith Eger; Marianne Engle
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Season 2026 Episode 8162
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Rush Doshi; Lewis Goodall; Brendan Ballou
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