Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine joins us to talk about his view that “great idea on paper” is simply a license to prevent gun ownership.
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What Brexit’s Really About
Fintan O’Toole joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the English worldview after the empire collapsed and why that’s key to the fractured policies of today.
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When To Blow The Whistle
Tom Mueller joins us to talk about the calculations that whistleblowers go through when they decide to raise an issue – and about what’s ahead for the person who called foul on the President.
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The Evolution of City Mouse And Country Mouse
Brendan Koerner joins us to talk about the burgeoning study of urban evolution.
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Meet The Man Trying To Primary Trump
Two-time governor of Massachusetts William Weld joins us to talk about his strategy for challenging the president in the Republican primary.
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Why Money Is The Problem – And Solution – For Honduras
Sonia Nazario joins us to talk about how the combination of violence and corruption has everyday Hondurans fleeing in record numbers – and why cutting U.S. aid makes the situation worse.
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How Abusers Stalk Through The Courts
Journalist Jessica Klein joins us to talk about the little known trauma of “paper abuse”.
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Margaret Atwood Tells The Rest Of The Story
Novelist Margaret Atwood joins us to talk about her new book,“The Testaments.”
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Are We Going To War With Iran?
Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute, joins us for a primer on why tensions are escalating quickly in the Middle East, what it means for worldwide energy supply and if it could lead to a U.S.-backed war.
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Why Trump Is THE T.V. President
James Poniewozik, chief television critic for The New York Times, joins us to argue that Donald Trump represents the melding of politics and pop culture.
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Do Colleges Really Need Safe Spaces?
Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University, joins us to talk about his approach to civil discourse and toning down heated rhetoric to get to the heart of important issues
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The $300 Band-Aid: Surprises In Medical Bills
Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon and professor of health policy at Johns Hopkins University, joins us to talk about the medical debt that consumes one in five Americans.
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