Funny Things Are Everywhere

In this week’s Wonking Week podcast, we discuss the politics of Dr. Seuss. In addition, Emily Badger examines collective bargaining.
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Audio portions for this week’s Wonking Week podcast were drawn from:

- The outro to our first conversation was taken from the Academy Award-winning score (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QwBJdzPT8&feature=player_embedded) for The Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
- Ambient sound from our interview with Emily Badger was taken from a commercial paid for by the Republican National Committee.
- The outro to our interview with Emily Badger was On Your Own Again by Scott Walker.

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