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24 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
Mon, Jan 3, 2022 30 mins
According to the CDC, more than 588,000 Americans have died from opioid overdose since 1999. Danny Strong tells the story of that epidemic in "Dopesick," a new series on Hulu.Available: January 3, 2022
Episode 2
Mon, Jan 10, 2022 30 mins
Most Americans want to believe that the United States of America as a bastion of liberal democracy. But Michael Paul Williams is a columnist whose work exposes the illiberal elements in American society, including white supremacy, banning books, and vigilantism. Available: January 10, 2022
Episode 3
Mon, Jan 17, 2022 30 mins
In the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt saw war coming with Hitler's Germany even as he reconciled the isolationism of American politics with his own internationalist instinct. Ambassador David McKean tells the story of FDR's personal reliance on his hand-picked ambassadors to Europe in the critical years before America's entry into World War II. Available: January 17, 2022
Episode 4
Mon, Jan 24, 2022 30 mins
The rise of instant updates from today's online news sources have left many to regard the local newspaper as a thing of the past. Art Cullen describes how he and his family have kept Iowa's Storm Lake Times newspaper alive and prosperous in the digital age. Available: January 24, 2022
Episode 5
Mon, Jan 31, 2022 30 mins
Over the past sixty years, Marvel Comics captured the imagination of millions across the world. Douglas Wolk gives a comprehensive look at the vast, interconnected storyline of "the biggest story ever told" and its impact on American popular culture.
Episode 6
Mon, Feb 7, 2022 30 mins
It's not much of an exaggeration to say the internet changed people and everything around them. Pamela Paul chronicles the things people have lost in the process—the charm that comes with some uncertainty and the romance of the time before the internet.
Episode 7
Mon, Feb 14, 2022 30 mins
For one generation of Americans, civil and sectarian violence in Northern Ireland was brought into people's homes through regular reporting on the nightly news. For a younger generation, it was brought home in the powerful lyrics of the band known as U2. Tom Kelly and Kevin Hasson create street art and murals that remember that era in Northern Ireland's history.
Episode 8
Mon, Feb 21, 2022 30 mins
Ruth Colker explains that public insults in politics are part of a plan to hijack public issues.
Episode 9
Mon, Feb 28, 2022 30 mins
Former federal prosecutor Laura Coates describes how she reconciled her own ideas of justice, the role of law enforcement in our society, and her role in the United States justice system.
Episode 10
Tue, Mar 8, 2022 30 mins
Public health expert Dr. Megan Ranney reflects on the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and describes the steps needed to finally put the pandemic behind us.
Episode 11
Mon, Mar 14, 2022 30 mins
David Pepper warns that some politicians are experimenting, now, with autocracy in state houses across the United States.
Episode 12
Mon, Mar 21, 2022 30 mins
Film critic and awards columnist Pete Hammond reviews the 2022 Academy Awards nominees.
Episode 13
Sun, Oct 4, 2020 30 mins
Maddie McGarvey documents life in the United States as only a photojournalist can.
Episode 14
Sun, Apr 10, 2022 30 mins
Best-selling author Azar Nafisi reflects on the subversive power of literature from her native Iran to her new home in the United States.
Episode 15
Fri, Apr 15, 2022 30 mins
Scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat examines the history of those who have aspired to dictatorship, how to resist them, and how those regimes end.
Episode 16
Thu, Apr 21, 2022 30 mins
Former Facebook public policy director discusses the broader impact of social media on elections and the risks it poses to democracy.
Episode 17
Mon, May 2, 2022 27 mins
John Atkinson shares his take on the world through his cartoon series, Wrong Hands creations.
Episode 18
Mon, May 9, 2022 28 mins
Eve Valera studies traumatic brain injuries among survivors of domestic violence.
Episode 19
Mon, May 16, 2022 30 mins
Rachael Kleinfield provides measures all Americans can take to protect democracy.
Episode 20
Mon, May 23, 2022 30 mins
Darren Linville tells how critical the integrity of the information consumed is to democracy.
Episode 21
Mon, May 30, 2022 30 mins
Anton Troianovski is spotlighted.
Episode 22
Mon, Jun 6, 2022 30 mins
Saskia Wilson-Brown of The Institute of Art and Olfaction discuss about perfume, access and power, and how they are connected throughout the history.
Episode 23
Mon, Jun 13, 2022 30 mins
Journalist Melissa Bond's doctor prescribed her benzodiazepines as she was struggling with insomnia and the demands of a newborn daughter and special-needs son. But when addiction followed, Bond documented her journey to recovery in her book, "Blood Orange Night."
Episode 24
Mon, Jun 20, 2022 30 mins
Jessica White of the Royal United Services Institute describes the presence of extremists in online games and what governments and platforms can do about them. The universe of online video games produces tens of billions of dollars in revenues each year.