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Story in the Public Square Season 8 Episodes

24 Episodes 2022 - 2022

Episode 1

Danny Strong

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

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Episode 2

Michael Paul Williams

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

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Episode 3

David Mckean

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

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Episode 4

Art Cullen

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

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Episode 5

Douglas Wolk

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.

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Episode 6

Pamela Paul

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.

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Episode 7

Tom Kelly and Kevin Hasson

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.

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Episode 8

Ruth Colker

Mon, Feb 21, 2022 30 mins

Ruth Colker explains that public insults in politics are part of a plan to hijack public issues.

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Episode 9

Laura Coates

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.

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Episode 10

Megan Ranney

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.

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Episode 11

David Pepper

Mon, Mar 14, 2022 30 mins

David Pepper warns that some politicians are experimenting, now, with autocracy in state houses across the United States.

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Episode 12

Pete Hammond

Mon, Mar 21, 2022 30 mins

Film critic and awards columnist Pete Hammond reviews the 2022 Academy Awards nominees.

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Episode 13

Episode 13

Sun, Oct 4, 2020 30 mins

Maddie McGarvey documents life in the United States as only a photojournalist can.

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Episode 14

Azar Nafisi

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.

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Episode 15

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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.

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Episode 16

Katie Harbath

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.

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Episode 17

John Atkinson

Mon, May 2, 2022 27 mins

John Atkinson shares his take on the world through his cartoon series, Wrong Hands creations.

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Episode 18

Eve Valera

Mon, May 9, 2022 28 mins

Eve Valera studies traumatic brain injuries among survivors of domestic violence.

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Episode 19

Rachel Kleinfeld

Mon, May 16, 2022 30 mins

Rachael Kleinfield provides measures all Americans can take to protect democracy.

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Episode 20

Darren Linville

Mon, May 23, 2022 30 mins

Darren Linville tells how critical the integrity of the information consumed is to democracy.

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Episode 21

Anton Troianovski

Mon, May 30, 2022 30 mins

Anton Troianovski is spotlighted.

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Episode 22

Saskia Wilson-Brown

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.

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Episode 23

Melissa Bond

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."

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Episode 24

Jessica White

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.

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