Journalist Tom LoBianco has covered Pence for decades, and he joins us to talk about what he’s learned about who Pence is publicly and privately – and why he agreed to partner with a president with whom he seemingly has little in common.
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We Need To Update Our Definition Of ‘War’
Tanisha M. Fazal, associate professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, joins us to talk about how a belief that modern war is tapering off is a dangerous falsehood.
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A Conversation With John Cleese
John Cleese joins us to talk about how his life is built around making people laugh.
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Living In The Shadow Of George Wallace
Peggy Wallace Kennedy talks to us about her work to change her family’s legacy.
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Let Them Eat Dirt!
New York Times reporter Matt Richtel joins us to talk about our complicated immune system, which is capable of both healing the body and turning on it. His new book is called “An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System.”
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Susan Rice On Benghazi, Iran And Handing The Keys To The Trump Administration
Former national security adviser and UN ambassador Susan E. Rice joins us to talk about everything from her family’s history of enslavement, to her own privilege and power, to her headline-making policy decisions that still define America’s reach today.
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Can Stem Cells Really Cure Everything?
Health and science journalist Laura Beil joins us to talk about the stem cell industry skirting the line between innovation and danger.
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When Bombs Tried to Kill Them, Books Kept Their Souls Alive
Journalist Mike Thompson joins us to talk about one bright spot in the Syrian Civil War: a secret world of books that offered normality and refuge.
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Melinda Gates On Empowering Women
Melinda Gates joins us to make the case that providing opportunities to women is the key to bettering society as a whole.
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Lindy West Takes On The Patriarchy
The New York Times columnist Lindy West joins us about to talk about her book “The Witches Are Coming,” which looks the deep ways that misogyny and male privilege are baked into American society.
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New Strategies For Preventing Gun Violence
Robyn Thomas and Peter Ambler, from the Giffords Law Center and Giffords, join us to talk about strategies for decreasing gun violence while balancing gun owners’ 2nd Amendment rights.
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What Happened To All Those Migrant Children?
Frontline investigative producer and correspondent Daffodil Altan joins us to talk about what happens to migrant children once they’re in federal custody.
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