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Episodes 46
Representing Us
Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.
Read MoreMisinformation Crisis
University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.
Read MoreAutomating Inequality
Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”
Read MoreLaw, Order and Justice
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.
Read MoreAll the President’s Twitter Blocks
Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.
Read MoreFascism Strikes Back
Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”
Read MoreSolutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism
Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.
Read MoreA Union of Concerned Technologists
Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.
Read MoreCombating Extremism Online
Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.
Read MoreSecuring American Democracy
Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.
Read MoreChina’s Contentious Public Sphere
Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”
Read MoreDemocrats vs. Authoritarians
Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”
Read MoreMother Internet
Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”
Read MoreGuardians of the Web
Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."
Read MoreThe Post-Millennial Wave
NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.
Read MoreA Pro and Antibiotic Future
“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.
Read MoreAt War With Cambridge Analytica
David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.
Read MoreThe Real Drug Crisis
Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.
Read MoreGetting the Rust Belt Story Straight
Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”
Read MoreOversight, Partisanship, and 2018
John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.
Read MoreTech Troublemakers
Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.
Read MoreThe Lore of Life
Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”
Read MoreConfronting Algorithms of Bigotry
Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.
Read MoreOur Galaxy and Beyond
Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”
Read MoreThe Future Caucus
Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.
Read MoreDemocracy in the Internet Age
Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.
Read MoreBuilding Bridges
David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.
Read MoreSweet Little (and Big) Lies
Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.
Read MoreThe Right to Have Rights
Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.
Read MoreDocumenting a Fascist Ascent
Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.
Read MoreQuarantining Hate Speech
Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.
Read MoreGuts, Heart and Minoritarian Rule
Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.
Read MoreThe Creative Wealth of Nations
Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.
Read MoreManchurian President and Alternative Realities
Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”
Read MoreRage at the Ballot Box
Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”
Read MoreNews, Disinformation, and Free Expression
Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.
Read MoreUnited Against Citizens
Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.
Read MoreSecurity, Nationalism, and the Four Freedoms
Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.
Read MoreTruth Decay in America
RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.
Read MoreImmigration, Dignity, and U.S.-Mexico Relations
KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.
Read MoreTruth and Lies of Education
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.
Read MoreThe Microbes Among Us
North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”
Read MoreThe Splintering of the American Mind
Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."
Read MoreDiscovering Genes
Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."
Read MoreDisequilibrium on the Supreme Court
Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.
Read MoreThe Creative Wealth of Nations
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.
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