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The car culture wars; plus, the problem with child stars

The car culture wars; plus, the problem with child stars

It's Been a Minute vor 2 Jahren

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President Biden has been pushing new regulations to promote
electric vehicle production to combat the climate crisis — and
former president Trump is using those regulations as a talking
point against Biden. To break down how cars became the latest
weapons in the culture wars, host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR's
transportation correspondent Camila Domonoske and Dan Brekke, a
reporter and editor at KQED in San Francisco who covers transit.
Together, they talk about why Americans are so invested in their
cars — and how cars became more than just a policy battle.

Then Brittany discusses a new HBO documentary series that is making
waves right now: Quiet On Set. The show alleges a pattern of sexual
harassment behind the scenes at Nickelodeon, and includes
interviews with several former child stars describing experiences
that range from taking part in sexualized gags to facing downright
sexual abuse while working for the network. Brittany looks closer
at the trouble with child performers with Joan Summers and Matthew
Lawson, co-hosts of the Eating for Free podcast. They discuss what
makes child performers especially vulnerable to abuse — and they
ask why society demands performances from children.

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