Robert Kagan joins us to describe how reduction of U.S. involvement in global affairs will make the world a more unstable place.
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The Risk Of Government Brain Drain
Michael Lewis talks about the federal government machine, and how it’s in danger of grinding to a halt.
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Us Vs. Them (And Everyone Else In The Middle)
Researcher Daniel Yudkin joins us to take a more accurate and nuanced look at what separates us from our fellow Americans.
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You Might Not Be Alone In The Voting Booth
Kim Zetter joins us to talk about how susceptible voting machines are to hacking.
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A Line Divides: 100 Days Since Zero Tolerance
In a special co-production from Think at KERA and The California Report at KQED, we look at U.S. policy on family separation, how those separations affect children and what it takes for an immigrant seeing asylum to gain entry into America.
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Lessons From the Opioid Epidemic
Zoë Carpenter of The Nation talks about the ripple effect the opioid crisis is having on children.
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Who Has Guns, Who Doesn’t, And Why
Juliana Menasce Horowitz of the Pew Research Center joins us to talk about America’s complex relationship with guns.
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Let’s Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo joins us to talk about how privilege, police brutality and academic opportunity inform our conversations about race.
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The Texas Church Shootings: A National Call-in Special
We’ll get the latest from reporters at the scene. We’ll also talk with a security expert about active shooter situations. We’ll hear from Al Meredith, who was pastor at Fort Worth’s Wedgwood Baptist Church in 1999 when a gunman attacked his congregation.
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Violence, The Media And Finding A Way Forward
Dr. Jeff Gusky joins us to talk about how we can learn to confront the fear of terrorism – and feel safer in the process.
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The Politics Of The White Working Class
This hour, we’ll talk about how many in the white working class have come to feel disenfranchised with George Mason University’s Justin Gest. He’s the author of “The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Era of Immigration and Inequality.”
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Change For Cuba
This hour, we’ll talk about what it’s like to visit Cuba today – and about if the country is ready for the influx of tourists – with Cynthia Gorney. Her story “Here Comes a Wave of Change for Cuba” appears in the November issue of National Geographic magazine.
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