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EP1 Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights Jan 03, 2020

Nicholas Buccola on his book "The Fire is Upon Us: Baldwin, Buckley, and Race in America."

EP2 The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism Jan 06, 2020

Justin Driver of Yale Law on constitutional law and the struggle to preserve democracy.

EP3 Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond Jan 13, 2020

Vassar College president Elizabeth Bradley on free speech and engaged pluralism.

EP4 Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse Jan 20, 2020

Robert Boyers on "The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity… and the Hunt for Political Heresies."

EP5 The Science and Necessity of Friendship Feb 03, 2020

Science journalist Lydia Denworth on the evolution, biology, and power of friendship.

EP6 Unbecoming a Democracy Feb 10, 2020

Patricia Roberts-Miller of University of Texas on demagoguery and its historical origins.

EP7 The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks Feb 18, 2020

Wired reporter Andy Greenberg discusses the next wave of Russian cyber crimes.

EP8 Democratizing the Jury Feb 24, 2020

Wesleyan University’s Sonali Chakravarti on her book "Radical Enfranchisement."

EP9 Facts and Fears of a Pandemic Mar 16, 2020

NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny on coronavirus, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy-mongers.

EP10 Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials Mar 23, 2020

Mother Jones’ Ali Breland on combating bigotry online and breaking up new media monopolies.

EP11 Knowing the Enemy of Truth Mar 30, 2020

Information warfare expert Molly McKew on foreign interference in US elections.

EP12 The FEC is AWOL Apr 06, 2020

Center for Responsive Politics’ Anna Massoglia on campaign finance accountability issues.

EP13 Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated Apr 13, 2020

NBC News dystopia reporter Ben Collins on exposing deception and companies that enable it.

EP14 The Cult of QAnon Apr 20, 2020

QAnon Anonymous host Travis View on QAnon conspiracy theorists and what motivates them.

EP15 American Demagogue Apr 27, 2020

Jennifer Mercieca on "Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump."

EP16 Gen Z in the Heartland May 04, 2020

Nico Gendron of The Wall Street Journal on engaging rural youth in a Local News Fellowship.

EP17 The Revolution is Online May 11, 2020

Online News Association CEO Irving Washington on the future of digital news.

EP18 The Alchemy of Us May 18, 2020

Materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez on her new book "The Alchemy of Us."

EP19 @V2019N May 25, 2020

Rachel Graham on tracking COVID-19 from its inception to inform public health on Twitter.

EP20 Hiding in Plain Sight Jun 01, 2020

Sarah Kendzior on her book "Hiding in Plain Sight" and the threat of authoritarianism.

EP21 The Youth Vote in 2020 Jun 08, 2020

UVA professor and coauthor of "Making Young Voters," John Holbein on civic participation.

EP22 The Pandemic’s Prophet Jun 15, 2020

Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett on predicting COVID-19.

EP23 Army of the Decent Jun 22, 2020

Lincoln Project’s John Weaver on holding people in power accountable to their oaths.

EP24 Dystopia for Realists Jun 29, 2020

"Humankind" author and historian Rutger Bregman on hope for a prosocial society.

EP25 Renewing Democracy for Today Jul 06, 2020

Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative on authoritarian rule.

EP26 Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November? Jul 13, 2020

Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman on the pandemic and voting turnout.

EP27 American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic Jul 20, 2020

Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, of U of Chicago Medicine, on hospitals’ response to the pandemic.

EP28 America Without Law Jul 27, 2020

Jack Jackson on "Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."

EP29 John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction Aug 10, 2020

Atlantic Magazine’s Adam Harris on John Lewis and a new Civil Rights Movement in America.

EP30 How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides Aug 17, 2020

University of Chicago psychologist Katherine Kinzler on her new book “How You Say It.”

EP31 Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP Aug 24, 2020

Republican presidential campaign veteran Stuart Stevens on his new book "It Was All a Lie."

EP32 Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America? Aug 31, 2020

Minister, activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on re-imagining a post-pandemic America.

EP33 Political and Personal Accountability Sep 07, 2020

Cong. (Ret.) Katie Hill on her new book "She Will Rise" and the battle for true equality.

EP34 Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine Sep 14, 2020

Carl Bergstrom on "Calling Bull____: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World."

EP35 Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election? Sep 21, 2020

Election security advocate Jennifer Cohn on election oversight and hand-marked paper trail.

EP36 Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine Sep 28, 2020

Yale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.

EP37 Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night? Oct 05, 2020

CNN’s Brian Stetler on the danger of disinformation on Election Night, Week, and Month.

EP38 American Autocracy Oct 07, 2020

U.S. democracy and authoritarianism.

EP39 After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life Oct 13, 2020

Civil Rights leader and MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton on the mobilization of Black voters.

EP40 Four More Years of Social Media Failure Oct 19, 2020

MIT scholar Sinan Aral on how to regulate social media to have a constructive impact.

EP41 Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020 Oct 26, 2020

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Kristen Clarke on justice at the polls.

EP42 The Flight of Humane Poetics Nov 02, 2020

Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos on their new book "Beyond Earth’s Edge."

EP43 Chinese Hegemony Nov 09, 2020

CSIS fellow Jon Hillman on his new book "The Emperor’s New Road" and relations with China.

EP44 Our Brains on Totalitarianism Nov 16, 2020

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."

EP45 Republicanism vs. Trumpism Nov 24, 2020

Lincoln Project’s Mike Madrid on Georgia’s Senate run-off election and defeating Trumpism.

EP46 The Strongman in the USA Nov 30, 2020

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and history.

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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.

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