This hour, we’ll talk about factors that make many political polls unreliable with “Reason” magazine deputy managing editor Stephanie Slade.
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How To Talk — And Teach — Politics
This hour, we’ll talk about strategies to better educate voters about the political process with University of Michigan political science professor Arthur Lupia.
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The Politics Of Breastfeeding
This hour, we’ll talk about the pros and cons of breastfeeding – and about why the issue is so divisive – with University of Toronto political science professor Courtney Jung.
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A Guide To Better Healthcare
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can better advocate for ourselves and receive better medical care with Leslie D. Michelson, author of “The Patient’s Playbook: How to Save Your Life and the Lives of Those You Love” (Knopf).
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Examining The Migrant Crisis
We’ll talk about the logistical and moral questions surrounding the migrant negotiations with James F. Hollifield, director of the Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU.
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The Life Of A Speechwriter
We’ll talk about the process of populating all those TelePrompters with Barton Swaim, a one-time speechwriter for former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
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A Full Inventory Of Our 44th Presidency
We’ll spend this hour with David Bromwich, whose essay in the June issue of Harper’s is “What Went Wrong: Assessing Obama’s Legacy.”
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D.C. On TV And Film
Political television shows such as House of Cards and Veep just wouldn’t feel authentic if they didn’t film at least some of their scenes in the nation’s capital. This hour, we’ll talk about shooting TV and movies in America’s most security conscious city with Angie Gates, director of the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development; and House of Cards location manager Patrick Burn.
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A Conversation With David Axelrod
He was instrumental in getting Barack Obama into the Oval Office. This hour, we’ll talk with Axelrod about his journey from a Chicago newsroom to the White House.
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National Security vs. Free Speech
In a post-Snowden world, it can seem harder than ever to agree on just how much citizens have a right to know about their government. We’ll talk about that difficult balance with when we talked about how we can maintain that balance with Stephen Whitfield, professor of American civilization at Brandeis University.
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Oil And Politics: A History
This hour, we’ll learn how money and politics became fast friends in the Texas sun with Alan Peppard of The Dallas Morning News. His three-part series, “Islands of the Oil Kings,” concludes in this Sunday’s paper.
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The Rise Of Tabloid Politics
This hour, we’ll talk about how Gary Hart’s rise and fall changed the way we think about politicians with Yahoo’s national political columnist Matt Bai, author of All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid.
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