Press Play with Madeleine Brand What's at stake if Hollywood writers strike? Apr. 24, 2017 Listen 50 min MORE Photo: John Edwards at the WGA Picket Line, November 16, 2007 (courtesy of John Edwards) From this Episode: What's at stake if writers walk off the job this year? Writers in Hollywood just finished voting on whether they should strike. The vote is expected to be in favor of a strike. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll walk off... 12 min Border wall becomes sticking point in fight over government funding Congress has until Friday to approve a new spending bill to keep the government from shutting down. President Trump wants money to build the US-Mexico border wall included... 8 min What's next for Barack Obama? In his first public appearance since leaving office, Former President Barack Obama led a panel discussion at the University of Chicago, where he once taught. The panel... 7 min 'The Idiot:' A story of first love in college during the '90s In 1995, email was a relatively new and exciting way to communicate. In Elif Batuman’s first novel, ‘The Idiot,’ it’s through email that a Harvard freshman finds her first... 15 min Emmanuel Macron, who's never held political office, heads to runoff for French presidency Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen knocked out France’s establishment candidates Sunday in the first round of that country’s presidential... 8 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy