Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Political Values and Ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He joins us to assess the current push for racial equality – from the election of Barack Obama to Black Lives Matter.
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The unfinished work of Reconstruction
Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Political Values and Ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He joins us to assess the current push for racial equality – from the election of Barack Obama to Black Lives Matter.
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Presidents’ Lives After The White House
Journalist Kate Andersen Brower joins us to talk about the post White House lives of recent presidents and how their experiences have created a bond among them.
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What Barack Obama And Keanu Reeves Have In Common
Indonesian-British poet Will Harris joins host Krys Boyd to talk about what it is to live with a foot in two cultures, which he writes about in “Mixed Race Superman: Keanu, Obama, and Multiracial Experience.”
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Portraits Of A President: Obama In The White House
Former White House photographer Pete Souza talks about the public and private personas of the 44th president.
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Presidential Punchlines
David Litt joins us to talk about the delicate process of writing jokes for President Barack Obama.
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Inside The White House
As a member of President Obama’s advance team, Alyssa Mastromonaco was responsible for making meetings with royals and heads of state go off without a hitch. She joins us to talk her experiences.
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The President’s Use Of Executive Orders
Daniel Gitterman, chair of the University of North Carolina Department of Public Policy, joins us to talk about how presidents use executive orders, which he writes about in “Calling the Shots: The President, Executive Orders, and Public Policy.”
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The Legacy Of Barack Obama
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael D’Antonio joins us to talk about the ups and downs of the last eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
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How War Became Everything
This hour, we’ll talk about how our modern concept of war has changed from a temporary to never-ending state with Rosa Brooks, author of “How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon.”
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A More Powerful Presidency
This hour, we’ll talk about if the Founding Fathers set the federal government up for stagnation – and about the idea of updating the Constitution – with University of Chicago professor William Howell.
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Barack Obama
What personality and character traits lead a person to run for the highest office in the land and how does the human persona of a president differ from the political persona?
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