Steve Inskeep, cohost of NPR’s Morning Edition, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how Lincoln sought to build a social revolution and hold the nation together.
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The absurdity of Texas politics
New Yorker staff writer, playwright and novelist Lawrence Wright joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his fictional character Sonny Lamb, a rancher who makes the unlikely move to run for state legislature, and the pursuit of virtue in a political system.
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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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Elon Musk basically owns space
New York Times reporter Cade Metz discusses Starlink, the satellite internet company Musk runs that accounts for more than 50 percent of all active satellites, and the issues it’s raising for global security.
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How the Supreme Court grabbed power from the president
Vox reporter Ian Millhiser discusses the “major questions doctrine,” which allows the court to veto actions by a federal agency for economic or political reasons, and how its use picked up when President Biden took office.
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Ground for a new school was broken, an ugly past was dug up
“Sugar Land” hosts Brittney Martin and Naomi Reed discuss the discovery of 95 unmarked graves in Sugar Land, Texas, and their ties to the brutal practice of convict labor.
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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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You know your rights, what about your obligations?
Richard Haas, president of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to discuss why rights alone will not guide the country into a unified future, and why we must ask what democracy requires of us to make it work.
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What will it take for Texas to embrace clean energy?
Justin Worland of Time magazine discusses how politics is getting in the way of progress toward renewable energy and why the state continues to incentivize carbon-heavy methods.
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Gun sellers peddle more than just weapons
Jennifer Carlson joins Krys Boyd to discuss her in-depth interviews with gun sellers to better understand how they market a certain brand of American individualism.
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The backstory of Clarence and Ginni Thomas
Filmmaker Michael Kirk discusses the backstory of the justice and his wife, how they are reshaping U.S. politics and law, and his connection to billionaire Harlan Crow.
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Does being an American kill your ancestral culture?
Barrett Holmes Pitner joins us to discuss why Black Americans have faced ethnocide since the beginning of the slave trade, why the post-Trump world has spotlighted this issue further, and the way it continues to shape the future.
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