Season 2020
Fred Nadis on his new book “Star Settlers” on those “… Out to Conquer the Universe.”
To Infinity and Beyond
Neuroscientist David Linden on his book “Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality.”
Our Genes in the Pandemic
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and history
The Strongman in the USA
Lincoln Project’s Mike Madrid on Georgia’s Senate run-off election and defeating Trumpism
Republicanism vs. Trumpism
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book “Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain”
Our Brains on Totalitarianism
CSIS fellow Jon Hillman on his new book “The Emperor’s New Road” and relations with China
Chinese Hegemony
Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos on their new book “Beyond Earth’s Edge”
The Flight of Humane Poetics
Voting is Civil Rights Movement of 2020
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Kristen Clarke on justice at the polls.
Voting is Civil Rights Movement of 2020
Four More Years of Social Media Failure
MIT scholar Sinan Aral on how to regulate social media to have a constructive impact.
Four More Years of Social Media Failure
After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
Civil Rights leader and MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton on the mobilization of Black voters.
After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
CNN’s Brian Stetler on the danger of disinformation on Election Night, Week, and Month.
Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine
Yale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.
Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine
Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?
Election security advocate Jennifer Cohn on election oversight and handmarked paper trail.
Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?
Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine
Carl Bergstrom on "Calling Bull____: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World."
Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine
Political and Personal Accountability
Cong. (Ret.) Katie Hill on her new book “She Will Rise” and the Battle for True Equality.
Political and Personal Accountability
Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?
Minister, Activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on reimagining a post-pandemic America.
Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?
Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP
Republican presidential campaign veteran Stuart Stevens on his new book “It Was All a Lie"
Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP
How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides
University of Chicago psychologist Katherine Kinzler on her new book “How You Say It.”
How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides
John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
Atlantic Magazine’s Adam Harris on John Lewis and a new Civil Rights Movement in America
John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
Jack Jackson on “Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right.”
America Without Law
American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic
Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, of U of Chicago Medicine, on hospitals’ response to the pandemic.
American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic
Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman on the pandemic and voting turnout.
Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative on authoritarian rule.