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Global Issues

How Ukrainians are holding up under Russian assault

March 16, 2023 Global Issues, Politics

Anne Applebaum, a staff writer at The Atlantic, talks with Krys Boyd about the many threats to democracy and what can be done about it.

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Liberal democracy in Mexico is in danger. What does that mean for us?

March 15, 2023 Global Issues, Politics

David Frum, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to discuss Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, his moves toward consolidating power, and the impacts his policies have on the United States.

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Cities are full of wildlife, if you know where to look

March 13, 2023 Environment, Global Issues

Ben Wilson joins us to discuss the modern quest for biodiversity within cities, how ancient civilizations lived alongside grasslands and rivers, and what we can do to reclaim green spaces.

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The many flaws in Russia’s plans for Ukraine

March 8, 2023 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

Dara Massicot, senior policy researcher at the Rand Corporation, joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the errors Russia has made thus far, and how Ukraine has defied the odds with the help of its international allies.

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Is classical liberalism dead?

February 28, 2023 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

Francis Fukuyama joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pushback against classical thoughts about individual rights, rule of law and equality, and what he sees as the decaying of American institutions.

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What authoritarian leaders have in common

February 23, 2023 Global Issues, History, Politics

Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins guest host John McCaa to discuss how world leaders from Benito Mussolini to Vladimir Putin have gained followers and manipulated the media.

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Presidents come and go, but Putin remains

February 20, 2023 Global Issues, History, Politics

Frontline filmmaker Michael Kirk joins us to discuss Putin’s relationship to not only President Biden, but to Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

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If you needed asylum, who would believe you?

February 16, 2023 Global Issues, Health, Mental Health, Politics

Dina Nayeri talks about how trust is codified in boardrooms, hospitals, the asylum process and elsewhere – and the relationship between trust and privilege.

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What Ukraine needs from the U.S.

February 16, 2023 Global Issues, Politics

David J. Kramer, executive director of the Bush Institute, discusses policy recommendations the Institute has for the Biden administration and Congress that focus on bringing the war in Ukraine to an end.

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The climate impact of your future kids

February 15, 2023 Environment, Global Issues

Bryan Walsh, editor of Vox’s Future Perfect, talks about a U.S. population that’s trending downward and arguments on the political Left vs. Right about why having children might be a good thing for America’s future.

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We’re closer to the end of the world than we’ve ever been

February 8, 2023 Current Events, Environment, Global Issues

Rachel Bronson, the president and CEO of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, discusses the factors that have ticked us closer to disaster – from the war in Ukraine to Covid and climate change.

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How you can stop wasting food

January 18, 2023 Environment, Global Issues

Reporter Susan Shain explains how food waste is responsible for twice as many greenhouse gas emissions as commercial aviation.

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