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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How The West Was Overrun
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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Escape From Yemen
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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The Fight For The Soul Of America
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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Constructing Our Continent
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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The Melting Pot
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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Reviewing Reagan
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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The Differences In Dialects Of English
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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Immunization Nation
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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Losing The Passenger Pigeon
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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All Aboard
We’ll talk this hour about the demise of America’s railroads – and if they will ever make a comeback – with Kevin Baker, who writes about the lost glory of train travel in the July issue of Harper’s.
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Something Smells Fishy
More than 90 percent of the seafood Americans eat is imported. We’ll talk this hour about why a nation bordered by two oceans gets its fish from other countries with the author of “American Catch.”
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