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An Artist’s Quest To Replace The Irreplaceable

April 15, 2021 Current Events, History, Race/Identity, Upcoming

Michael Rakowitz joins us to talk about his work that uses historic moments as a launching board to workshop big ideas into moments of change.

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The U.K. Ambassador On The Very Special Relationship

April 14, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, Politics, Upcoming

Dame Karen Pierce is British Ambassador to the U.S., and she joins us to talk about her country’s economic relationship with both Texas and the country as a whole – and we’ll hear how Britain is faring in the fight against Covid.

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Asian Americans And The Rise In Racism

April 12, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Education, History, Race/Identity

Vishakha N. Desai, chair of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought and a past president of the Asia Society, joins us to talk about these troubling statics, how Asians regularly face racist ideas that question their place in American society and what needs to happen to fight back.

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After Vaccination, The Next Steps To Normal

April 8, 2021 Current Events, Economics, Education, Global Issues, Health, Politics, Science and Technology

Dr. Celine Gounder joins us to talk about how we should think about reopening schools, offices and maybe even our vacation plans as more and more people become vaccinated.

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NFTs And The Future Of Digital Art

April 8, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, History

Kyle Chayka is a contributor to The New Yorker, and he joins us to discuss the high stakes, high-price world of digital art and why galleries, museum curators, auction houses, even everyday people are jumping on this cutting-edge trend.

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Online Scams Are Out Of Control

April 6, 2021 Current Events, History, Politics, Science and Technology

Ankush Khardori, a lawyer and former federal prosecutor who specialized in financial fraud and white-collar crime, joins us to discuss internet crime, why it’s gotten worse during the pandemic, and the persistent problems facing the Justice Department.

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Rights Shouldn’t Be A Zero-Sum Game

April 2, 2021 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics

Columbia Law professor Jamal Greene joins us to talk about why courts have an outsized role in determining what Americans fight for and against, a method he says is out of line with what the framers of the Constitution envisioned.

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How Facebook A.I. Enables Misinformation

April 1, 2021 Current Events, History, Politics, Science and Technology

Karen Hao, senior artificial intelligence reporter with MIT Technology Review, joins us to talk about her profile of Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, who built Facebook’s wildly successful AI platform only to later struggle with the reality that he can’t tame the monster he created.

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A Conversation With Sen. Tammy Duckworth

March 31, 2021 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Senator Tammy Duckworth joins us to talk about her thoughts as an Asian American woman in the wake of the recent Atlanta murders – and her ideas as a senator following two high-profile mass shootings.

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Was Closing Schools The Right Move For American Teens?

March 31, 2021 Current Events, Education, Health, Mental Health, Politics

Alec MacGillis covers politics and government for ProPublica, and he joins us to tell the stories of teenagers in two small towns, one in New Mexico and one in Texas, where governors took very different approaches to public safety.

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Dallas Fed Chair Talks Post-Pandemic Economy

March 30, 2021 Current Events, Economics, Health, Politics

Robert Kaplan, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, joins us to talk about how increased rates of vaccination and the rollback of COVID restrictions will affect the state’s economy the rest of the year.

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A 50-Year Look At American Immigration

March 29, 2021 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics

Sarah R. Coleman, assistant professor of history at Texas State University, joins us to work through near-term policy options and to talk about ideas for improving the conditions in the countries migrants are fleeing.

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