Georgetown law professor Peter Edelman joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about his call for a renewed focus on people below the poverty line.
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The Most Prolific Serial Killer You’ve Never Heard Of
Investigative journalist Maureen Callahan joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about Israel Keyes, who meticulously plotted and murdered victims undetected for 14 years.
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How Your Brain Rewires Itself
Neuroscientist David Eagleman, host of the Emmy-nominated television series “The Brain,” joins us to talk about the latest understanding of how our minds work.
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The Dreams Of Those Who Don’t Get DACA
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is a former DACA recipient, and she joins us to talk about the undocumented immigrants she met across the country and the toll it takes on their health and happiness.
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The Evolution Of The Tattoo
Filmmaker Alan Govenar joins us to talk about the history of tattooing, from Biblical times to today.
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A Look Back At Election Night
University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus and Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto from UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs join us to analyze the election results and talk about what they say about the direction of the nation.
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On The Eve Of The Election, Can Polls Be Trusted?
W. Joseph Campbell joins us to talk about how polling works and why data sometimes fail to predict the future.
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There Is No Road to the White House Without Black Women
Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University, joins us to talk about this key voting bloc—and why Black women voters are sometimes called the backbone of the Democratic party.
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Nobody’s Trying to Abolish the Suburbs
Kriston Capps, Staff writer at Bloomberg CityLab, joins us to talk about Trump’s take on federal fair housing—his thoughts on who’s allowed to live where— and why he hopes some voters hear his call.
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A Short History of Voting in America
Journalist Erin Geiger Smith joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of voting and provides simple ways to encourage people to exercise their right.
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It’s No Longer Just a Man’s World
Jennifer Palmieri is president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and former White House Communications Director for President Barack Obama. She joins us to talk about stories of achieving equity in the workplace.
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How Trump and Biden Became Trump and Biden
Frontline filmmaker Michael Kirk joins us to talk about two investigative biographies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden focused on how each faced and overcame challenges in their own lives.
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