Erica Ciszek joins us to talk about how special interest groups are increasingly using social media to influence and confuse public discourse.
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Sexual Harassment And The Service Industry
Bryce Covert joins us to talk about if #metoo could make things better for women working as waitresses, bartenders and hosts.
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The Secret Lives And Loves Of The Roosevelts
Writer Amy Bloom joins us to talk about the affair between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok.
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Is The FBI Prosecuting Black Identity?
Martin de Bourmont of Foreign Policy magazine joins us to talk about what could be the first case prosecuting what the FBI calls a “black identity extremist.”
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An Inmate’s Fight To Clear His Name
Barbara Bradley Hagerty joins us to talk about options for wrongfully convicted prisoners who don’t have access to DNA evidence.
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Is American Democracy Vulnerable?
Harvard professor Steven Levitsky joins us to talk about the societal fissures that have historically taken down democracies.
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America Was Built On Slavery
Annette Gordon-Reed joins us to talk about how America has struggled since its founding to deal with slavery.
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Voices From Trump Country
Joshua Jamerson joins us to talk about how Buchanan County residents reflect the views of Trump supporters nationwide.
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The Way Vietnam Could Have Gone
Historian Max Boot joins us to talk about how CIA operative Edward Lansdale’s diplomatic efforts in Vietnam were squashed by the American industrial complex.
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Colombia’s Long Road To Recovery
Alma Guillermoprieto joins us to talk about the future of Colombia after decades of civil war.
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The Trajectory of Queer Politics
Fenton Johnson talks about what’s next for the LGBTQ rights movement – and about how the marriage ruling may have actually slowed some of its momentum.
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Puerto Rico Was Already Broken: Here’s Why
Journalist Petra Bartosiewicz and photographer Christopher Gregory join us to talk about how U.S. policy towards Puerto Rico almost guarantees that it will never recover from Hurricane Maria and future disasters.
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