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This public affairs talk show is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts, and all realms of civic life. First broadcast in 1956, it explores challenges of the digital age, American politics and emerging issues.
Episode 46 : The Creative Wealth of Nations
December. 02,2018
Patrick Kabanda, musician and consultant to the World Bank, talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the importance of the arts in development.
Episode 45 : Disequilibrium on the Supreme Court
November. 19,2018
Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.
Episode 44 : Discovering Genes
November. 13,2018
Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."
Episode 43 : The Splintering of the American Mind
November. 10,2018
Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."
Episode 42 : The Microbes Among Us
November. 02,2018
North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”
Episode 41 : Truth and Lies of Education
October. 22,2018
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.
Episode 40 : Immigration, Dignity, and U.S.-Mexico Relations
October. 16,2018
KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.
Episode 39 : Truth Decay in America
October. 09,2018
RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.
Episode 38 : Security, Nationalism, and the Four Freedoms
October. 01,2018
Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.
Episode 37 : United Against Citizens
September. 25,2018
Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.
Episode 36 : News, Disinformation, and Free Expression
September. 21,2018
Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.
Episode 35 : Rage at the Ballot Box
September. 12,2018
Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”
Episode 34 : Manchurian President and Alternative Realities
September. 05,2018
Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”
Episode 33 : The Creative Wealth of Nations
August. 27,2018
Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.
Episode 32 : Guts, Heart and Minoritarian Rule
August. 25,2018
Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.
Episode 31 : Quarantining Hate Speech
August. 14,2018
Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.
Episode 30 : Documenting a Fascist Ascent
August. 07,2018
Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.
Episode 29 : The Right to Have Rights
August. 04,2018
Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.
Episode 28 : Sweet Little (and Big) Lies
July. 28,2018
Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.
Episode 27 : Building Bridges
July. 17,2018
David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.
Episode 26 : Democracy in the Internet Age
July. 14,2018
Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.
Episode 25 : The Future Caucus
July. 03,2018
Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.
Episode 24 : Our Galaxy and Beyond
June. 27,2018
Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”
Episode 23 : Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry
June. 23,2018
Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.
Episode 22 : The Lore of Life
June. 13,2018
Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”
Episode 21 : Tech Troublemakers
June. 09,2018
Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.
Episode 20 : Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018
May. 31,2018
John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.
Episode 19 : Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight
May. 26,2018
Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”
Episode 18 : The Real Drug Crisis
May. 19,2018
Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.
Episode 17 : At War With Cambridge Analytica
May. 12,2018
David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.
Episode 16 : A Pro and Antibiotic Future
May. 05,2018
“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.
Episode 15 : The Post-Millennial Wave
April. 24,2018
NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.
Episode 14 : Guardians of the Web
April. 21,2018
Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."
Episode 13 : Mother Internet
April. 10,2018
Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”
Episode 12 : Democrats vs. Authoritarians
April. 07,2018
Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”
Episode 11 : China’s Contentious Public Sphere
March. 17,2018
Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”
Episode 10 : Securing American Democracy
March. 10,2018
Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.
Episode 9 : Combating Extremism Online
March. 03,2018
Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.
Episode 8 : A Union of Concerned Technologists
February. 24,2018
Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.
Episode 7 : Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism
February. 17,2018
Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.
Episode 6 : Fascism Strikes Back
February. 10,2018
Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”
Episode 5 : All the President’s Twitter Blocks
February. 03,2018
Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.
Episode 4 : Law, Order and Justice
January. 24,2018
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.
Episode 3 : Automating Inequality
January. 16,2018
Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”
Episode 2 : Misinformation Crisis
January. 13,2018
University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.
Episode 1 : Representing Us
January. 06,2018
Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.
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