Former Buzzfeed LGBT culture editor Saeed Jones joins us to discuss his coming-of-age growing up black and queer in a Texas town.
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Main Streets As The Beating Hearts Of Communities
Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, professor of urban policy and health at The New School, joins us to talk about how physical spaces are turned into communities, from her research in 178 cities across 14 countries.
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Courting The Latino Vote
Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz joins us to discuss the issues most important to the people some say will determine the 2020 election.
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In Politics, The Loneliest Place Is The Middle
P.J. O’Rourke is a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, a Cato Institute fellow and editor-in-chief of the web magazine American Consequences. He joins us to talk about how before we return to civility, we first must return to sanity.
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Three Ideas For Police Reform
This hour, we’ll talk about the multiple ways we can think about policing in America.
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How We Might Fix Election Security
Journalist Benjamin Wofford joins us to talk about Texas election administrator Dana DeBeauvoir, who partnered with the tech world to build a safer election system.
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His Dad Was Kidnapped – And That Was Just The Beginning
Filmmaker Miles Hargrove joins us to tell his own story — the story he captured on a Video8 camcorder — of his family’s dramatic and harrowing struggle to get their patriarch home.
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How To Find Your Purpose In Life
Philosopher Frank Martela joins us to talk about identifying the essential qualities of happiness.
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Traveling With A Migrant Caravan
Filmmaker Nick Quested joins us to talk about embedding with Guatemalan immigrants bound for the U.S. border.
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A Meritocracy Leaves Many Unfairly Behind
Harvard government professor Michael J. Sandel joins us to talk about how many of America’s problems can be traced to a lack of concern over what’s best for society.
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The Origins Of The Satanic Panic
Journalist Jen Gerson joins us to discuss how and why the daycare “satanic panic” of the 1990s set the stage for the bizarre child abuse stories seen today.
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One Attorney’s Crusade Against Racism In The Law
Brittany K. Barnett is an attorney who helped win executive clemency from President Obama for seven of her clients and an entrepreneur focused on social impact investing. She joins us to talk about being the daughter of an incarcerated mother, her pro bono legal work, and her resolve to challenge the status quo.
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