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Take Two

Using the shutdown as a teachable moment

By Take Two Staff
Published Oct 16, 2013
The U.S. Capitol is shown at sunset October 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. The U.S. government shutdown is in its fifteenth day as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain gridlocked on funding the federal government and raising the nation's debt limit.
The U.S. Capitol is shown at sunset October 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. The U.S. government shutdown is in its fifteenth day as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain gridlocked on funding the federal government and raising the nation's debt limit.
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Using the shutdown as a teachable moment

There are very few silver linings to what's been going on in DC of late, except perhaps if you are a teacher.

The past few weeks has been filled with teachable moments for professors of political science and economics across the country. Dr. Raphael Bostic is a professor at the Price School of Public Policy at USC. He joins the show to talk about how he's teaching the shutdown.