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A Couple of Lefties

Podcast by Chris and Meg

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News & politics

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About A Couple of Lefties

Husband and wife duo Chris and Meg tackle the news that falls through the cracks. Chris loves politics. Meg is learning to love it!

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episode Why Are Groceries So Expensive? artwork

Why Are Groceries So Expensive?

In this episode Meg and Chris explore the exploding cost of groceries in America. The unprecedented effects from COVID and the Ukraine War, in addition to the steady forces adding to inflation year after year.  Sources:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00502-1 https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5539547/grocery-prices-tariffs-food-inflation https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/business/grocery-prices-trump-poll https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/how-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-has-further-aggravated-the-global-food-crisis/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10015268/ [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10015268/] https://concernusa.org/news/ukraine-food-crisis-explained/ [https://concernusa.org/news/ukraine-food-crisis-explained/] https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/ [https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/] https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/high-food-prices-consolidation/ [https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/high-food-prices-consolidation/] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eat [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eat] https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply [https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply] https://www.farmaid.org/issues/corporate-power/how-consolidation-by-meatpacking-giants-is-hurting-farmers-and-consumers-and-what-the-biden-administration-is-doing-about-it/ [https://www.farmaid.org/issues/corporate-power/how-consolidation-by-meatpacking-giants-is-hurting-farmers-and-consumers-and-what-the-biden-administration-is-doing-about-it/] https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-meat-packing-cartels/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-meat-packing-cartels/] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/trump-meatpackers-investigation-beef-prices-00643152 [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/trump-meatpackers-investigation-beef-prices-00643152]

7 Dec 2025 - 25 min
episode What is Fueling the Health Insurance Market Price Surge? artwork

What is Fueling the Health Insurance Market Price Surge?

In this episode Meg and Chris Discuss the government health insurance marketplace. How it was formed and why prices on the marketplace are drastically increasing next year.  Sources:  https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/health-policy-101-the-affordable-care-act/?entry=table-of-contents-what-is-the-affordable-care-act [https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/health-policy-101-the-affordable-care-act/?entry=table-of-contents-what-is-the-affordable-care-act] https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire/ [https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire/] https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-house-vote-deal-end-longest-government-shutdown-history-2025-11-12/ [https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-house-vote-deal-end-longest-government-shutdown-history-2025-11-12/] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/19/aca-obamacare-tax-credit-shutdown/87336302007/ [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/19/aca-obamacare-tax-credit-shutdown/87336302007/]

24 Nov 2025 - 23 min
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