Samantha Montano is an assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and she joins us to talk about the science of emergency management, and why we’re not doing enough to keep the public safe.
Read moreCongress Cares More About Washington Than Your Home Town
David Fontana is the Samuel Tyler Research Professor at George Washington University Law School, and he joins us to talk about how when members of Congress are forced to choose between the people they represent and what their party and donors want.
Read moreMyths About Immigration Are Holding America Back
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades, and she joins us to talk about how the myth of equality obscures the more complex, hard truths that the nation has yet to address.
Read moreWhat Happens To Afghan Women Now?
Meighan Stone, an adjunct senior fellow in the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to talk about the humanitarian fallout of the rapid collapse of the nation and how the U.S. might help aid the women and girls left behind.
Read moreHow Will Schools Protect Students And Staff?
Michael Hinojosa is superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District, and he joins us to talk about defying the governor’s orders by directing that masks be worn at schools – and about how schools are addressing the issues of learning loss by shutting down last school year.
Read moreWhy Gay Bars Matter
KERA’s Miguel Perez joins us to discuss the significance of gay bars to LGBTQ life in North Texas. And later in the hour, Oberlin College sociologist Greggor Mattson talks about the closure of so many of these spaces during the pandemic has meant to the communities they serve.
Read moreDid Texas Learn Anything From The Power Grid Failure?
Mose Buchele, a reporter and host at Austin public radio station KUT, joins us to discuss the worst blackout in the state’s history and how our drive to operate on a grid separate from the rest of the country contributed to the problem.
Read moreMyPillow Guy Isn’t Going Away
Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a fellow at SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. She joins us to talk about spending time with Mike Lindell to talk through his claims.
Read moreThey Had No Contact With Al Qaeda But Were Tried Like Terrorists
Filmmaker Dan Reed joins us to discuss the trial of the “Liberty City Seven,” accused of conspiring with al Qaeda to blow up U.S. buildings despite the fact that they didn’t have weapons or communicate with the organization.
Read moreThe Inmates Sentenced To Die From Covid
Lisa Armstrong is a professor at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and she joins us to talk specifically about incarcerated people over the age of 55 who could’ve been paroled early to reduce overcrowding but instead remained in prison.
Read moreQuarantines Aren’t Going Anywhere
Journalist Nicola Twilley joins us to talk about how and why quarantines have been used throughout history – and about how the technique has been updated to fight modern threats.
Read moreDo We Really Need More Freeway Lanes?
Texas Observer executive editor Megan Kimble joins us to talk about alternatives to building more roads to suit the state’s ever-growing population.
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