Episode 177

2:13 Abdul El-Sayed is running for governor of Michigan. And with fresh backing from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, he’s hoping to make history in Michigan’s August 7th primary, both as a progressive, and a Muslim. 9:59 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez shocked Democrats when she defeated one of the party’s leaders, in a primary last month. Conservatives in this country just can’t stop talking about her. 13:51 The final segment of a pipeline system that connects Dakota’s oil fields to the Gulf Coast, called the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, is currently being built across a Louisiana swamp. 19:35 Notre Dame has survived 850 years of war and revolution to become one of the most visited sites in Europe. Now it’s starting to fall apart.