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John Nichols on Democrats and Marijuana, Plus Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan

On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, writers join the show to talk about Democratic strategy and a new biography. 

Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

October 13, 2022

A marijuana activist holds a flag during a march on Independence Day on July 4, 2021, in Washington, DC.(Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Joe Biden just made marijuana reform a major 2022 Issue. Democrats should run with it, says John Nichols—and they are already, in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

Also: Greil Marcus talks about Bob Dylan, from “Blowin’ in the wind” in 1962 to“Murder Most Foul” in 2020. Marcus’s new book is Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in 7 Songs.

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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.


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