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What Happened in California?

John Nichols on Bernie’s loss, Andrew Cockburn on Obama’s drone war, and John Powers on Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

June 9, 2016

Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally on June 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, California.(AP Photo / John Locher)

Everything you need to know about the California primary—John Nichols explains it all to producer Alan Minsky.

Start Making Sense is hosted by Jon Wiener and co-produced by the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Also: Andrew Cockburn of Harper’s Magazine explains how Obama’s drone “kill list” is approved—and what happens after.

Because politics isn’t everything, we talked about the great Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai with John Powers—he’s critic at large on Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

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