Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, discusses her role in ramping up the Trump administration’s efforts to combat the virus and the political turmoil she found behind the scenes.
Read moreDobbs and the future of abortion
The University of Texas at Austin Law Professor Elizabeth Sepper joins us to talk about America’s post-Roe future and if the Dobbs ruling opens the door for other challenges before the Supreme Court.
Read moreWhy war is surprisingly rare
Prof. Christopher Blattman from the University of Chicago discusses his years of peacemaking experience, why compromise sometimes loses out to conflict, and how to encourage warring parties to make a deal.
Read moreThe connection between power and corruption
Brian Klaas is professor of global politics at University College London, and joins us to discuss the temptations and trappings of power, why we pick the leaders we do, and lessons we can learn from bad actors.
Read moreScared of nukes? You should be
History professor Daniel Immerwahr discusses why a population that doesn’t remember the horrors of nuclear war bodes ill for the future of warfare, and why modern brinkmanship is now an even more dangerous game.
Read moreDo you still have privacy in the digital age?
Law professor Amy Gajda discusses the ethics of data privacy in the tech age, from modern muckraking journalism to a person’s right to be forgotten—and if we even still have it.
Read moreHow America mythologizes war
West Point English professor Elizabeth D. Samet talks about the picture of American exceptionalism that emerged post-World War II, the ways it has shaped domestic and foreign policy, and the myths it created.
Read moreIs classical liberalism dead?
Francis Fukuyama joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pushback against classical thoughts about individual rights, rule of law and equality, and what he sees as the decaying of American institutions.
Read moreThe lengths we go to for secure elections
Host Krys Body talks with three people who’ve dedicated their careers to election integrity about what goes into securing elections and efforts to restore faith in them ahead of the midterms.
Read moreHow to spot a white supremacist
Historian Augustine Sedgewick joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the white nationalist group called Patriot Front and how ideas of the patriarchal family have fed into their racist beliefs.
Read moreHas the digital world broken American democracy?
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses how tech companies have sowed rifts and how the communication breakdown means we are now being ruled by mob dynamics.
Read moreWhat do we really know about Vladimir Putin?
UCLA political scientist Daniel Treisman discusses Putin’s rise from spin doctor to tyrant – and about who makes up his inner circle now as the world watches for his next moves.
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