Farhat Popal and Chris Walsh of the George W. Bush Institute join us to make the case that the U.S. should remain in Afghanistan in order to preserve fledgling democratic rights.
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Puerto Rico is Not Free
Ed Morales, lecturer Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, joins us to talk about the difficult past and uncertain future of Puerto Rico.
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The Deadly Cost of Amazon’s One-Day Delivery
Buzzfeed News reporter Caroline O’Donahue joins us to talk about the safety, labor, and human costs that are very much a part of our consumer demands when it comes to delivery services.
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Who’s Looking After Home Health Care Workers?
Reporter Alexia Fernández Campbell joins us to talk about the harsh realities of a job asked to provide comfort when supplying very little of its own.
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Why True Crime’s Biggest Fans are Women
Journalist Rachel Monroe joins us to talk about murder, media, and the people obsessed with dark stories.
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The Case For Single Payer Healthcare
Healthcare activist Timothy Faust joins us to discuss why, he says, it’s more dangerous to get sick in the U.S. than anywhere in the world.
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How Liars Take Advantage Of Your Search For Truth
Jennifer Schwartz joins us to explain the scientific, social and mathematical reasons for why we’re choosing to believe misinformation as gospel truth.
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A Better Place In A Warming World
Southern Methodist University professor Klaus Desmet talks about the importance of strategizing long-term solutions for commerce and conservation in the era of climate change.
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Rethinking the U.S. Approach to China
Former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan joins us to talk about U.S. strategy when it comes to dealing with China.
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Assimilation Is A Two-Way Street
Stanford University associate professor Tomás Jiménez joins us to take on the idea of assimilation, the history behind it, and what’s lost when immigrants are encouraged to change who they are.
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White People Problems
Psychologist Natasha Stovall joins us to talk about why it’s taboo to study how white patients worry, reckon, or rage about their place in the social system.
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The Underbelly Of The Internet
This hour, we take a look at the dark corners of the web and talk with a former diplomat about what regulating the internet might look like.
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