Episode 6: March Madness, Democracy in Action

03/26/16 • 46 min

John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss the NCAA Basketball Tournament, when even President Barack Obama gets into the spirit and fills out a bracket, and talk with Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins about amateurism and whether or not college athletes should (or even can) be paid.

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Culture Caucus - Episode 6: March Madness, Democracy in Action

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Brought to you by Oppenheimer Funds The Right Way to Invest. Explore long term opportunities at Oppenheimer Funds dot com. Welcome everybody to another edition of Culture Caucus, the Bloomberg Politics podcast on the intersection of politics and culture. I'm John Hilman and I am still Will Leach, Hey, Will, how are you? I'm mirthful. I I have the madness of March. It's if you don't stop scratching, it will never heal. Oh my god. In the termment h