Jonathan Alter, MSNBC political analyst and former senior editor at Newsweek, joins us to discuss Carter’s moral message after Watergate and his governing skills that sought to bring peace to a divided country.
Read moreAsian-American Identity And Politics
Russell M. Jeung, professor of Asian-American Studies at San Francisco State University, joins us to talk about the issues that speak to Asian-American voters – and how religion plays into party affiliation.
Read moreDoes The Supreme Court Need A Reset?
Columbia University law professor Jamal Greene joins us to talk about expanding the courts, justice term-limits, and whether or not the judiciary is just fine as it is.
Read moreOn The Eve Of The Election, Can Polls Be Trusted?
W. Joseph Campbell joins us to talk about how polling works and why data sometimes fail to predict the future.
Read moreThere Is No Road to the White House Without Black Women
Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University, joins us to talk about this key voting bloc—and why Black women voters are sometimes called the backbone of the Democratic party.
Read moreNobody’s Trying to Abolish the Suburbs
Kriston Capps, Staff writer at Bloomberg CityLab, joins us to talk about Trump’s take on federal fair housing—his thoughts on who’s allowed to live where— and why he hopes some voters hear his call.
Read moreA Short History of Voting in America
Journalist Erin Geiger Smith joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of voting and provides simple ways to encourage people to exercise their right.
Read moreIt’s No Longer Just a Man’s World
Jennifer Palmieri is president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and former White House Communications Director for President Barack Obama. She joins us to talk about stories of achieving equity in the workplace.
Read moreHow Trump and Biden Became Trump and Biden
Frontline filmmaker Michael Kirk joins us to talk about two investigative biographies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden focused on how each faced and overcame challenges in their own lives.
Read moreEven Lincoln Battled Fake News
Elizabeth Mitchell joins us to discuss an incendiary, false story published in two newspapers during the Civil War and how it became a battle of the press vs. the president.
Read moreThe Violent Path To Emancipation
H. W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to talk about a man who called for change via murder and another who looked to Washington for solutions.
Read moreJames Baker: American Power Broker
Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, joins us to talk about Baker’s close and competitive friendship with George H.W. Bush – and about his diplomatic work that reshaped the world in the last quarter of the 20th Century.
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