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5 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
Sun, Jun 30, 2019
Iran, seat of the ancient Persian kingdoms - older than the pyramids - home of the 2,500 year reign of the line of Shahs, and for the past 40 years, land of the militant Islamic Republic. What does Iran want in the world? What does the world want from and for Iran? What should be the posture of the United States toward Iran?
Episode 2
Sun, Jul 7, 2019
Once the Asian superpower and a land once widely feared in the U.S. as likely to take the world's economic center stage, Japan suffered a bubble burst that resulted in a generation that many think of as "lost." What lies ahead?
Episode 3
Sun, Jul 14, 2019
Germany, through all its transformations, has been necessarily at the center of American foreign policy for more than a century. What lies ahead for its place in Europe, domestically, and for its key relationship with the U.S. on the world stage?
Episode 4
Sun, Jul 21, 2019
In the last two decades of the 20th century, the world saw unprecedented progress towards greater freedom and what many believed at the time would be the inevitable global triumph of the institutions and ideas of democracy. But the first two decades of the 21st century have seen quite a different trend, with nations large and small, north-south-east-and west, increasingly governed by authoritarian leaders and regimes, raising questions about the future of the rule of law and the protection of individual human rights around the world.
Episode 5
Sun, Jul 28, 2019
Tough punishment policies and mass incarceration have led to social and economic problems for inmates, their families and the greater community, while not impacting crime rates as hoped. As the U.S. leads the world in the number of people behind bars, 4 experts discuss solutions at a historic venue: the Eastern State Penitentiary, now a museum and landmark that features the cell (complete with oriental rug and secretary desk) where Al Capone was held. Eastern was considered the first "modern" prison with a radial design that was architecturally copied throughout the world.