Alexander Heffner as Himself

Episodes 46

Representing Us

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January 6, 201830m
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Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.

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Misinformation Crisis

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January 13, 201830m
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University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.

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Automating Inequality

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January 16, 201830m
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Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”

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Law, Order and Justice

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January 24, 201830m
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Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.

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All the President’s Twitter Blocks

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February 3, 201830m
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Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.

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Fascism Strikes Back

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February 10, 201830m
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Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”

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Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.

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A Union of Concerned Technologists

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February 24, 201830m
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Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.

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Combating Extremism Online

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March 3, 201830m
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Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.

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Securing American Democracy

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March 10, 201830m
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Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.

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China’s Contentious Public Sphere

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March 17, 201830m
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Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”

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Democrats vs. Authoritarians

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April 7, 201830m
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Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”

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Mother Internet

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April 10, 201830m
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Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”

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Guardians of the Web

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April 21, 201830m
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Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."

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The Post-Millennial Wave

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April 24, 201830m
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NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.

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A Pro and Antibiotic Future

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May 5, 201830m
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“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.

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At War With Cambridge Analytica

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May 12, 201830m
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David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.

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The Real Drug Crisis

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May 19, 201830m
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Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.

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Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight

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May 26, 201830m
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Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”

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Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018

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May 31, 201830m
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John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.

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Tech Troublemakers

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June 9, 201830m
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Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.

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The Lore of Life

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June 13, 201830m
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Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”

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Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry

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June 23, 201830m
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Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.

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Our Galaxy and Beyond

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June 27, 201830m
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Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”

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The Future Caucus

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July 3, 201830m
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Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.

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Democracy in the Internet Age

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July 14, 201830m
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Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.

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Building Bridges

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July 17, 201830m
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David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.

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Sweet Little (and Big) Lies

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July 28, 201830m
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Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.

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The Right to Have Rights

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August 4, 201830m
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Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.

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Documenting a Fascist Ascent

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August 7, 201830m
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Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.

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Quarantining Hate Speech

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August 14, 201830m
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Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.

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Guts, Heart and Minoritarian Rule

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August 25, 201830m
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Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.

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The Creative Wealth of Nations

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August 27, 201830m
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Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.

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Manchurian President and Alternative Realities

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September 5, 201830m
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Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”

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Rage at the Ballot Box

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September 12, 201830m
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Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”

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News, Disinformation, and Free Expression

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September 21, 201830m
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Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.

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United Against Citizens

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September 25, 201830m
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Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.

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Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.

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Truth Decay in America

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October 9, 201830m
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RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.

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KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.

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Truth and Lies of Education

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October 22, 201830m
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Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.

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The Microbes Among Us

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November 2, 201830m
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North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”

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The Splintering of the American Mind

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November 10, 201830m
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Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."

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Discovering Genes

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November 13, 201830m
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Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."

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Disequilibrium on the Supreme Court

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November 19, 201830m
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Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.

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The Creative Wealth of Nations

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Season Finale
December 2, 201830m
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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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