George Friedman, geopolitical forecaster and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, joins us to give us a bird’s-eye view of global politics, why the current political vitriol has long-lasting effects, and his predictions for how diplomacy moves forward in a divisive age.
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Charlotte Alter, national correspondent for Time magazine, joins us to talk about the emerging national leadership of this oft-maligned generation.
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Tom Mueller joins us to talk about the calculations that whistleblowers go through when they decide to raise an issue – and about what’s ahead for the person who called foul on the President.
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Christopher Ketcham joins us to talk about the American West is slipping away in part to commercialization and lax federal protections.
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Mohammed al Samawi joins us to tell the story of how a coalition of online supporters worked together to extract him from the war-torn country.
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Jon Meacham joins us to provide historical evidence that America has made it through tough times before – and about why those previous triumphs offer hope that we’ll make it through the present day.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how North America came to bet and how life evolved here with paleontologist Kirk Johnson.
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We’ll look at the lasting impact of the Immigration and Nationality Act through the lens of one Virginia county with NPR’s Tom Gjelten, author of “A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story.”
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Ronald Reagan guided the U.S. through the last days of the Cold War and ushered in a new breed of conservatism that still reverberates today. We’ll take inventory of his legacy this hour with biographer H.W. Brands.
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If someone says that you’re “quite” attractive, are you offended or pleased? The answer depends on whether you hail from across the pond or not, says Erin Moore, author of “That’s Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us.”
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We’ll talk this hour about how politics and social concerns have directed medical policy with Emory University assistant history professor Elena Conis. Her new book is Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization
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We’ll talk this hour about what happened to what was once the most populous bird in the North American sky with naturalist Joel Greenberg.
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