Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the news.

One this episode: how to model the coronavirus(and therefore, our future); what different national responses to the pandemic reveal about their economies and politics; Bernie Sanders' departure from the Democratic Primary, and the Democratic Party's socially distanced nominee; how to vote in a pandemic; countries that are -- unbelievably -- handling this worse than the US; quarantine cooking adventures.

*If you like Mark and Carrie, check out Watson's other politics and policy podcast, Trending Globally. You can also find it wherever you listen to podcasts, or on Soundcloud here: [https://soundcloud.com/watsoninstitute/tracks]*