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