August 27, 2018: Hour 1

August 27, 2018: Hour 1

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We consider Arizona Sen. John McCain’s legacy with historian and political analyst Julian Zelizer. McCain died Saturday at age 81. Also, freelance esports reporter Imad Khan joins us to discuss reaction in the gaming community to the fatal shooting Sunday at an esports competition in Jacksonville, Florida. And the planet Venus is getting some rare attention thanks to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which will swing by the planet on its way to study the sun’s atmosphere. We talk with an astronomer about what’s known and unknown about Venus. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now’s Aug. 27, 2018 full broadcast.