Season 2019
Writer Anastasia Edel on her essay “The Tired and Poor Who Make America Great,” and Russia
Mother of Exiles
Jews Against White Nationalism leader Sophie Ellman-Golan on mistreatment of immigrants.
Never Again in America
Techno-political thriller writer and humanitarian aid worker Malka Older on the Cyber Age.
High-Tech Dystopia and Utopia
Patriotic Millionaires’ founding member Lawrence Benenson on solutions to inequity.
Charitarian Patriotism
ABC News’ Dan Abrams on his new book “Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense” and politics now
Libel and the Presidency
Innocent Bystanders and the New Terrorism
Julie Salamon on her new book “An Innocent Bystander” and the redefinition of terrorism.
Innocent Bystanders and the New Terrorism
Quincy Institute cofounders Trita Parsi and Stephen Wertheim on stopping endless war.
A Statecraft of Peace
Netflix’s “The Great Hack” director Karim Amer on how stolen personal data is abused.
The Hacked States of America
Safeguarding Press Integrity for 2020
Center for Public Integrity CEO Susan Smith Richardson on news for 2020 and beyond.
Safeguarding Press Integrity for 2020
University of Missouri’s Frank Bowman on his new book “High Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
High Crimes With Impunity
Republican strategist Ed Lopez on the federalist argument for a National Popular Vote.
A Popular Electoral College
Rescuing the Soul of the Presidency
Stephen Knott on his forthcoming book The Lost Soul of the American Presidency.
Rescuing the Soul of the Presidency
A Vote Against Life Expectancy
Vanderbilt’s Jonathan Metzl on “Dying of Whiteness” and the politics of racial resentment.
A Vote Against Life Expectancy
Ethan Todras-Whitehill and Catherine Vaughan of Swing Left on democratic accountability
Super State Strategy
Yale’s Jason Stanley on his book “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.”
Authoritarian Past and Future
Science journalist Jon Gertner discusses his new book “The Ice at the End of the World.”
The Story of Climate
Deferred Dreams of Brown and Grutter
University of Richmond president Ronald Crutcher and ACE’s Lorelle Espinosa on race.
Deferred Dreams of Brown and Grutter
Impeachment and the Righteous Republicans
Historian Brenda Wineapple on her book “The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson…”
Impeachment and the Righteous Republicans
Geopolitical Chess or Checkers?
Columbia University Center for Energy Policy’s Richard Nephew on sanctions and tariffs.
Geopolitical Chess or Checkers?
John Bracken of the Digital Public Library of America on the vital role of libraries.
Our Civic Trust
Testing American Righteousness
Jonathan Haidt, NYU professor of ethical leadership, on pluralism, partisanship and 2020
Testing American Righteousness
M.R. O’Connor on “Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.”
GPS and the Human Journey
New University in Exile Consortium’s Arien Mack and scholar Kian Tajbakhsh on freedom.
Academics in the Crosshairs
Economic Security, Mobility, and Progress
NJ Governor Phil Murphy talks about his pro-growth progressive agenda for New Jersey.