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Where Do Biden And Trump Go From Here?

January 19, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

Filmmaker Michael Kirk joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the roles each man will play in unifying a deeply divided nation.

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What To Expect From A Biden Presidency

January 18, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos joins host Krys Boyd to talk about Biden’s life, policy positions and the political circumstances that propelled him to become the 46th President of the United States.

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Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump Is Impeached (Again)

January 14, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, History, Politics

Presidential historian Jeffrey Engel joins host Krys Boyd to talk about this unprecedented chapter in American history – and about whether it will unify the country or tear it further apart.

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A woman wears a respiratory mask over her eyes.

When Medical Misinformation Goes Viral

January 12, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, Science and Technology

Dr. Seema Yasmin, director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, joins host Krys Boyd to dispel common rumors and myths about science and medicine, and why facts still don’t tamp down lies.

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What Must Be Done Before The Next Pandemic

December 17, 2020 Global Issues, Health, Science and Technology

Jennifer Nuzzo, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins us to talk about when politics and science collide during a global pandemic and what an effective response should look like next time.

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Why We Actually Do Need Space Force

December 9, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Global Issues, Politics, Science and Technology

W.J. Hennigan covers the Pentagon and national security for Time Magazine, and he joins us to talk about the new military branch charged with defending American GPS, communications, weather and missile-warning systems – and why battling its critics is currently job number one.

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What It Will Take For Texas To Survive COVID

November 19, 2020 Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, Health

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank president and CEO Robert Kaplan and Joe Straus, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, join host Krys Boyd to discuss the pandemic’s impact on the state in terms of dollars, jobs, and the health of Texans.

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To Survive And Thrive, America Needs A Lot More Americans

November 16, 2020 Economics, Global Issues

Mathew Yglesias, co-founder and senior correspondent for Vox, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his vision for making America economically competitive again and how declining birthrates, empty Rust Belt cities, and immigration backlogs hamper future prospects.

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You Made It Out Of Childhood Thanks To Public Health

October 22, 2020 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, Race/Identity

Perri Klass, professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University, joins us to talk about the hard-fought battle against infant and child mortality.

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When Kids Sued The Government Over Climate Change

October 21, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Environment, Global Issues

Environmental journalist Lee Van Der Voo joins us to talk about the 21 young people who sued the federal government in a landmark case that sought to hold elected officials responsible for protecting the planet.

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A Former FBI Deputy Director On The Russian Threat

October 15, 2020 Current Events, Global Issues, History, Politics

Peter Strzok served as deputy director of the counterintelligence division and received the bureau’s highest investigative honor, the Director’s Award for Excellence. He joins us to talk about his career tracking Russian interference – and about his very public firing after President Trump took office.

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The Deterioration Of US-China Relations

October 12, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, History, Politics

Mary Gallagher, director of the International Institute at the University of Michigan, joins us to discuss the current state of U.S.-China relations and what it would take for the relationship to improve.

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