

He says most people go to the Louvre because they think they should. David's never set foot inside, though he lives just a few minutes away. Host Ira Glass talks with writer David Sedaris at the Louvre in Paris. But what's it actually like in Paris if you're an American, without rose-colored glasses? Many Americans have dreamy and romantic ideas about Paris, notions which probably trace back to the 1920s vision of Paris created by the expatriate Americans there. We speak with a teen whose family has since had to flee the state in order to access the care they needed. (2 minutes) The bill passed into law a few months ago. He explains how professors and students have been preparing. (25 minutes)Īct Three: Among the legislation introduced by DeSantis that has passed is a ban on minors receiving transition care. So she spent some time in Sarasota County, where one man - at the side of former Trump appointee Mike Flynn - is creating a sort of little parallel universe for this very thing. (33 minutes)Īct Two: DeSantis has passed law after law about what can and can’t be taught in Florida classrooms, starting as early as elementary school. And last spring, Florida Republicans introduced a bill initially proposing to ban things like critical race theory and identity politics, or students majoring in things like gender studies in Florida universities. Reporter Emmanuel Dzotsi followed how things unfolded at one of the biggest universities there, Florida State, from the bill’s introduction all the way to its passage.

Producer Zoe Chace wanted to understand its appeal and its growing popularity. We speak to people who did make the move, at least in part, for DeSantis’s policies. (6 minutes)Īct One: Among the big items in DeSantis's run for president is medical freedom.

Prologue: Florida is now the fastest growing state, and DeSantis says people are moving there from all over because of him. Governor Ron DeSantis is running for president on the argument that he'll do for America what he's done for Florida.
