Colin Dickey discusses why our democracy has conspiracy theories woven into it and how to spot magical thinking so we can work to shut it down.
Read moreYour big SUV is more dangerous than you think
Writer Marin Cogan discusses what is making city streets so deadly and what actions governments could take to help remedy the problem.
Read moreWhen wages stagnate, so does America
UT Austin professor Michael Lind discusses the forces that curbed bargaining power for workers and why he feels restoring it is essential to the future of democracy and the nation.
Read moreWhat we could learn from Vienna’s public housing
Writer Francesca Mari discusses the way housing is set up in Vienna and why it’s become a model for building wealth and security for even low-income renters.
Read moreSmall-town America is doing just fine, thanks
USC professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discusses the small towns across America that are thriving and, by many metrics, outperforming much larger urban centers.
Read moreWhat the failed coup says about Putin’s future
Global policy expert Igor Khrestin discusses current events in Russia – from the insurgency to the war in Ukraine.
Read moreYou know your rights, what about your obligations?
Richard Haas, president of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to discuss why rights alone will not guide the country into a unified future, and why we must ask what democracy requires of us to make it work.
Read moreWhat does the census tell us about our democracy?
History professor Dan Bouk talks about his examination of the 1940 Census, which both set the stage for New Deal politics and divided the nation after World War II.
Read moreFixing what the Fair Housing Act didn’t
Affordable housing consultant Leah Rothstein discusses solutions to alleviate inequalities that remain in communities to this day.
Read moreHow old is too old to be president?
Journalist Chris Smith discusses the ways both Republican and Democratic strategists view President Biden’s age and how voters might assess his abilities.
Read moreWhat will it take for Texas to embrace clean energy?
Justin Worland of Time magazine discusses how politics is getting in the way of progress toward renewable energy and why the state continues to incentivize carbon-heavy methods.
Read moreThe early history of hip-hop
Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, talks about hip-hop’s birth in the Bronx and its dual identities of both protest music and party music.
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