NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang joins us to explore what the latest numbers say about the country’s racial makeup – and how this snapshot of America drives everything from federal spending to representation in Congress.
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A Head Start On The Next Pandemic
Dr. Scott Gottlieb joins us to discuss what he calls a system-wide failure of government to control Covid-19, and what needs to happen to prepare for the next global health emergency.
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The Future Of Warfare
Seth G. Jones is director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and he joins us to talk about American adversaries who are changing the game when it comes to international conflict.
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What’s Really Going On Along The U.S.-Mexico Border
Alfredo Corchado is a correspondent for The Dallas Morning News who covers the border, and he joins us to talk about the situation – and the realities of immigration and life along the border amid ever-shifting policies.
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How The Texas Abortion Law Is Like The Fugitive Slave Acts
Michele Bratcher Goodwin is a chancellor’s professor at the University of California, Irvine and founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, and she joins us to talk about how weaponizing the citizenry takes a cue from the Fugitive Slave Acts, and how the practice might affect liberty today.
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Did We Win The War On Terror?
Elliot Ackerman is a former U.S. Marine and intelligence officer, and he joins us to talk about what warfare looks like today, the increasing military-civilian divide, and what the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost America beyond dollars and lives lost.
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How Should We Remember 9/11?
Andrew Levy, professor of English at Butler University, joins us to discuss how the many iterations of “Never Forget” events and monuments have created new narratives of the power and presence of America, and why those need to be reexamined.
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The 20-Year Fallout Of 9/11
Filmmaker Michael Kirk joins us to discuss the decisions made since that day that have altered the course of American and world history, from the war in Afghanistan to the January 6th insurrection.
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It’s Time To Recognize The Value Of ‘Women’s Work’
Type Media Center reporting fellow Sarah Jaffe joins us to talk about how Covid lockdowns made it clear how much Americans rely on care workers – and how little we value them monetarily.
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Natural Disasters Shouldn’t Catch Us Off Guard
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.
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Congress 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.
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Myths 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.
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