Adrienne LaFrance joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why feelings of powerlessness can lead to violence and the disturbing historical patterns that seem to be repeating today.
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Why the Supreme Court doesn’t represent America
Krys Boyd talks to constitutional law professor Kevin J. McMahon of Trinity College,to discuss how we got to a court that doesn’t reflect the majority of the electorate, what that means for its reputation, and ideas for how to fix what’s broken.
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Why neither party gets Latino voters
Mike Madrid is a political consultant and a cofounder of The Lincoln Project, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why both Democrats and Republicans have had trouble connecting with Latino voters – and why focusing on immigration is a turn-off for the middle-class.
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The Democrats’ Biden Dilemma
Jeffrey Engel, David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pressure Biden is under to step aside – and whether the Democratic Party would consider drafting another candidate regardless of the president’s wishes.
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The surprising power of willful forgetting
Linda Kinstler joins us to discuss the idea of “oblivion,” allowing society to forgive low-level offenders in order to heal a fractured society.
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Why Europe is bracing for a second Trump term
McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss European anxieties of how Trump might approach the now 75-year-old allyship, what his demands might mean for defense spending in the E.U. and Russian aggression, and what the current U.S. ambassador to NATO is saying about these possibilities.
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Congress is not gridlocked. No really.
Despite the charged rhetoric to the contrary, there actually is work getting done in Washington.
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Small-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.
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The battle over free speech on college campuses
Len Gutkin, senior editor at The Chronicle Review, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how universities are struggling to maintain the tradition of being places that welcome the free exchange of ideas.
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Debunking the myths of migration
Hein de Haas, a professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his research into migration patterns and how laws restricting migrants don’t line up with the demand for labor in the U.S.
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For old-school conspiracy theorists, QAnon crossed a line
Conspiracy theory researcher Annie Kelly discusses how old-school skeptics raised on late-night call-in radio fear modern day conspiracy theorists are giving their passion a bad name.
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Racial progress isn’t a zero-sum game
Juliet Hooker, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science at Brown University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how white supremacy creates an expectation of winning while Black Americans are so often expected to suffer in exchange for any social or political gains.
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