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The Green New Deal brought attention back to the idea of high-speed rail in America. This week California squandered it. What lessons should Americans be taking from the failed high-speed-rail project in California?
Guest: Henry Grabar, staff writer at Slate.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.
