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71 Episodes 2023 - 2023
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Sun, Jun 2, 2024 30 mins
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Sun, Jun 9, 2024 30 mins
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Sun, Jun 16, 2024 30 mins
Episode 1
Mon, Jan 2, 2023 30 mins
Author Stacy Schiff paints a picture of Samuel Adams as, perhaps, the essential founding father, whose spirit and maneuvering shaped many of the seminal events of the revolutionary era.
Episode 2
Mon, Jan 9, 2023 30 mins
Science writer Alanna Mitchell uses her storytelling to ground her audience in science, even while her words reconnect readers to our shared humanity and relationship to the natural world.
Episode 3
Mon, Jan 16, 2023 30 mins
Since the fall of 2022, the women of Iran have confronted the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran after one young woman died in the state's custody. Ali Kadivar of Boston College views the advocacy of those brave women in the context of the struggle for democracy around the world.
Episode 4
Mon, Jan 23, 2023 30 mins
Dr. Holden Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of Science journals, discusses the importance of science during this time of climate change, pandemic and misinformation spread by doubters and those with political agendas.
Episode 5
Mon, Jan 30, 2023 30 mins
When Pope Pious XII died, the Catholic Church sealed his documents until 2020. Brown University's David Kertzer was among the first to gain access to those documents when they were unsealed and his new book reveals what the Pope knew and did while World War II ravaged Europe.
Episode 6
Mon, Feb 6, 2023 30 mins
Mike McIntire of the New York Times reports on the chilling effect open carry laws are having on public debates across the United States.
Episode 7
Mon, Feb 13, 2023 30 mins
Former Senator Gary Hart argues that the ideals of America's founding can redeem American democracy and keep the light of freedom burning for all the world to see.
Episode 8
Mon, Feb 20, 2023 30 mins
In the years between 1918 and 1921, more than 100,000 Jews were killed in pogroms across Ukraine. Jeffrey Veidlinger explains their significance to the history of the 20th century.
Episode 9
Mon, Feb 27, 2023 30 mins
Tara Isabella Burton explores queer identity, religious zealotry, and the pursuit of transcendence.
Episode 10
Mon, Mar 6, 2023 30 mins
Pete Hammond reviews the state of the film industry and this year's best picture nominees.
Episode 11
Mon, Mar 13, 2023 30 mins
Karyl McBride, author and licensed therapist, discusses the harmful effects of parental narcissism and how to heal from it.
Episode 12
Mon, Mar 20, 2023 30 mins
Author Clint Smith explores how different places in the United States tell the history of slavery.
Episode 13
Sat, Apr 1, 2023 30 mins
Over the last two years, democracy has been under assault. Author and columnist Max Boot reviews the struggle and the links between events overseas and the health of American democracy at home.
Episode 14
Mon, Apr 10, 2023 30 mins
Steve Scully reviews what has changed in Washington since Republicans took the House, and what has stayed the same, casting an early eye on the politics leading to the 2024 election.
Episode 15
Mon, Apr 17, 2023 30 mins
Dr. Sandeep Jauhar chronicles his relationship with his father, who died of Alzheimer's, and explores the history and science of brain degeneration.
Episode 16
Mon, Apr 24, 2023 30 mins
Atlanta-based urban farmer Jamila Norman says backyard spaces can be transformed into gardens that can also become important food sources.
Episode 17
Mon, May 1, 2023 30 mins
New York Times staff writer Jessica Grose, author of "Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood," discusses the burdens that society places on women with children.
Episode 18
Mon, May 8, 2023 30 mins
Author Azar Nafisi offers a defense of democracy and a celebration of reading great books at the same time.
Episode 19
Mon, May 15, 2023 30 mins
The crisis of migration in America as people are displaced from their homes by extreme weather is discussed by author Jake Bittle ("The Great Migration").
Episode 20
Mon, May 22, 2023 30 mins
In her book, author Ilyon Woo tells the true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery before the Civil War with a cunning and daring plan.
Episode 21
Sun, May 28, 2023 30 mins
Episode 22
Mon, May 29, 2023 30 mins
After a traumatic brain injury, skier Jamie MoCrazy heads a foundation devoted to TBI awareness and support.
Episode 23
Sun, Jun 4, 2023 30 mins
Episode 24
Sun, Jun 11, 2023 30 mins
Episode 25
Sun, Jun 18, 2023 30 mins
Episode 26
Sun, Jun 25, 2023 30 mins
Episode 27
Thu, Jun 29, 2023 30 mins
Political polarization is at epidemic levels in the United States, shaping national politics, friendships, and even family dynamics. But author and Columbia University social psychologist Peter T. Coleman says it doesn't have to be that way.
Episode 28
Mon, Jul 10, 2023 30 mins
Justice is supposed to be impartial. According to author and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, those endowed with power, celebrity, and money have advantages in the criminal justice system that other Americans do not have.
Episode 29
Mon, Jun 26, 2023 30 mins
The myth is that technology is unbiased, but data scientist Meredith Broussard says the truth is more complex and explains how bias and discrimination creep into the algorithms that shape the modern world.
Episode 30
Mon, Jul 24, 2023 30 mins
Episode 31
Sun, Jul 30, 2023 30 mins
Episode 32
Mon, Jul 31, 2023 30 mins
Episode 33
Sun, Aug 6, 2023 30 mins
Episode 34
Sun, Aug 13, 2023 30 mins
Episode 35
Sun, Aug 20, 2023 30 mins
Episode 36
Sun, Aug 27, 2023 30 mins
Episode 37
Mon, Aug 28, 2023 30 mins
Brad Sears discusses discrimination against LGBTQ+ people at a time when their rights and safety are under attack.
Episode 38
Sun, Sep 3, 2023 30 mins
Episode 40
Sun, Sep 17, 2023 30 mins
Episode 41
Sun, Sep 24, 2023 30 mins
Episode 42
Sun, Oct 1, 2023 30 mins
Episode 43
Sun, Oct 8, 2023 30 mins
Episode 44
Sun, Oct 15, 2023 30 mins
Episode 45
Sun, Oct 22, 2023 30 mins
Episode 47
Sun, Nov 5, 2023 30 mins
Episode 48
Sun, Nov 12, 2023 30 mins
Episode 50
Sun, Nov 26, 2023 30 mins
Episode 51
Sun, Dec 10, 2023 30 mins
Episode 54
Sun, Dec 24, 2023 30 mins
Episode 55
Sun, Jan 7, 2024 30 mins
Episode 56
Sun, Jan 14, 2024 30 mins
Episode 57
Sun, Jan 21, 2024 30 mins
Episode 58
Sun, Jan 28, 2024 30 mins
Episode 59
Sun, Feb 4, 2024 30 mins
Episode 60
Sun, Feb 11, 2024 30 mins
Episode 61
Sun, Feb 18, 2024 30 mins
Episode 63
Sun, Feb 25, 2024 30 mins
Episode 64
Sun, Mar 10, 2024 30 mins
Episode 65
Mon, Mar 11, 2024 30 mins
Former Bush administration Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings says working together across party lines is the only way to create solutions that last.
Episode 69
Sat, Apr 6, 2024 30 mins
Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy discuss the way forward for the Fourth Estate and outline its role in preserving democracy in their book "What Works in Community News."
Episode 70
Sat, Apr 13, 2024 30 mins
Scholars of 20th century authoritarianism have been sounding the alarm about disturbing trends in Western democracy. Yale University historian Timothy Snyder explains the threat of tyranny today.
Episode 71
Sun, Apr 14, 2024 30 mins
Episode 72
Mon, Apr 8, 2024 30 mins
Army combat veteran Brian Turner's award-winning poetry explores war and non-military themes, most recently in his new collections, "The Goodbye World Poem," "The Dead Peasant's Handbook" and "The Wild Delight of Wild Things."
Episode 73
Mon, Apr 1, 2024 30 mins
Author Daniel Schulman tells the story of the Jewish immigrants who transformed Wall Street and shaped modern America.
Episode 74
Mon, Apr 15, 2024 30 mins
In her new book, Vanessa Lillie explores missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Episode 75
Sun, Apr 21, 2024 30 mins
Episode 79
Mon, May 6, 2024 30 mins
Episode 80
Mon, May 13, 2024 30 mins
Jade Sasser discusses the growing concern in raising a family amidst the alarming climate change. The celebrated author and associate professor at the University of California, Riverside delves into the ethical struggle of many young couples in bringing a child into the world that we have today.