Peter Strzok served as deputy director of the counterintelligence division and received the bureau’s highest investigative honor, the Director’s Award for Excellence. He joins us to talk about his career tracking Russian interference – and about his very public firing after President Trump took office.
Read moreA Look At The Past And Present Of Illness In The White House
Jeffrey Engel is the founding director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. He joins us to talk about how previous administrations have communicated with the public about the health of the president.
Read moreHow Obama Led To Trump
Michael Kirk joins us to talk about the factors that got us to this point in American politics and what the future could hold for our democracy.
Read moreAre We Going To War With Iran?
Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute, joins us for a primer on why tensions are escalating quickly in the Middle East, what it means for worldwide energy supply and if it could lead to a U.S.-backed war.
Read moreThe Dallas Pastor Who Has Trump’s Ear
Michael J. Mooney joins host Krys Boyd to talk about what he learned about from First Baptist Dallas church pastor and Trump supporter Robert Jeffress.
Read moreA Muslim Doctor In Trump Country
Dr. Ayaz Virji talks with guest host Courtney Collins about racism and rejection in the age of Trump.
Read moreAssessing America’s Trade Wars
Co-founder of Vox Media, Matthew Yglesias and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, Maurice D. Kugler who is actually shouldering the brunt of tariffs between the United States and China.
Read moreA Conversation With Sen. Bernie Sanders
Senator Bernie Sanders joins us to talk about the issues he’s building his presidential campaign around ahead of this week’s first round of debates.
Read moreNational Security from the Top Down
John Gans joins us to talk about how the National Security Council has evolved since 1947 – and about how President Trump has adjusted the mix of advisors during his time in office.
Read moreOverhauling The V.A.
Isaac Arnsdorf joins us to talk about whether or not Trump has held up his campaign promise to improve the care veterans receive through the V.A. which he writes about for ProPublica.
Read moreA Former U.S. Diplomat On Trump’s Foreign Policy
Former diplomat William J Burns joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the continued importance of “soft power” in the wake of President Trump’s call for 23 percent cut in the State Department funding.
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