Press Play with Madeleine Brand Goodbye junior high physical fitness tests? Feb. 04, 2020 Listen 50 min MORE Gym and basketball courts at Palms Middle School, Los Angeles. Photo by Amy Ta. California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to halt physical education testing to help protect kids from body shaming, bullying, and gender identity discrimination. From this Episode: Iowa caucuses: tech problems, delayed results There were problems with counting votes from the Iowa caucuses on Monday. The Iowa Democratic party says it will release about half of the results this afternoon. 8 min Is it time to get rid of the caucus system entirely? Some people are asking if it’s time to rethink the Iowa Caucuses after Monday night’s vote counting mess. Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said on MSNBC last... 10 min Andrew Yang blunts Republican appeal for some Asian Americans Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang addressed his supporters in Iowa on Monday night: “I’m a numbers guy. We’re still waiting on numbers from tonight. We’re all looking around... 10 min New podcast reveals Bill Cosby’s long history of targeting women It appears likely that Bill Cosby, 82, will remain in prison for a long time. He was sentenced to 10 years for sexual assault. Last month, his appeal was rejected. 15 min California proposes scrapping junior high physical fitness tests California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to halt physical education testing to help protect kids from body shaming, bullying, and gender identity discrimination. 10 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Rosalie Atkinson, Brian Hardzinski, Angie Perrin