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The Future Of DACA

July 10, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Education, Politics, Race/Identity

In this collaboration between Think and The Texas Newsroom, we’ll explore why Congress has been unwilling to create legislation that addresses DACA, share the stories of DACA recipients as they go about their lives unable to plan for their futures, and talk to Janet Napolitano, who initiated the program as President Obama’s Homeland Security secretary.

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In Defense Of The Suburbs

July 9, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Politics

Ian Bogost, contributing writer at The Atlantic and the Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins us to talk about ditching the urban core for peace — and distance.

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A Business Approach To Fixing Politics

July 9, 2020 Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, Politics

Katherine M. Gehl, founder of the Institute for Political Innovation, joins us to talk about lessons from the business world that could fix our political system.

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The Argument For Increasing The National Debt

June 15, 2020 Economics, Politics

Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University and former Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, talks to us about using the national debt as a tool in service of a higher standard of living for all Americans.

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How The Economy Survived The 1918 Flu

June 15, 2020 Current Events, Economics

Stanford professor Walter Scheidel joins us to talk about how the 1918 flu took many lives but in the end spared the economy.

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When The Buzz From Buying Stuff Is Gone

June 4, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics

Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News, joins us to talk about a history of American messaging that has always promoted “buy, buy, buy” to buoy the economy, and why that isn’t working now.

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Poor And Pregnant In Texas? You Might Want To Move

June 1, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Health, Race/Identity

ProPublica reporter Nina Martin joins us to talk about the critical links between maternal mortality and Medicaid and why limited to no access means pregnant and new mothers are dying at an alarming rate.

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A Moral Guide To Economics

May 28, 2020 Economics, Global Issues, Politics

Gene Sperling, Chief Economic Advisor to Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, joins us to talk about reimagining contemporary capitalism.

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Each Human Life Has A Value (And It’s $10 Million)

May 27, 2020 Economics, Politics

Adam Rogers, senior correspondent for Wired, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the actuarial models that determine the dollar value of a life and how that information guides public and business policies.

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Who Gets Rich In The Cocaine Trade

May 26, 2020 Economics, Global Issues

Toby Muse joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his 15 years living in Colombia observing how the drug trade there operates from the top down.

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Building A Democracy Not Dominated By Dollars

May 26, 2020 Economics, Politics

UT-Dallas professor Lloyd Dumas joins us to talk about the intersection of morality and money.

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The Undervalued Assets Of Black Communities

May 21, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Politics, Race/Identity

Andre M. Perry, a fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about his deep-dive into six black-majority cities to find out why property is undervalued and what residents should demand for their futures.

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