Jaquira Diaz joins us to talk about overcoming her struggles with sexual assault and depression, growing up in Puerto Rican housing projects, and more.
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What Happened To All Those Migrant Children?
Frontline investigative producer and correspondent Daffodil Altan joins us to talk about what happens to migrant children once they’re in federal custody.
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How Religion, Violence And Greed Shaped Latin America
Marie Arana, literary director of the National Book Festival, joins us to talk about how exploitation, violence and religion have combined to make the region the place it is today.
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How President Bush Made The Call On The 2007 Iraq Surge
Jeffrey A. Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, and Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin, join us to talk about the behind-the-scenes White House strategy that led to the Iraq troop surge.
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Why We Should Bring Back The Draft
Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine, and he joins us to discuss why, he says, we’re writing blank checks for protracted conflicts with an all-volunteer military.
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Why You Should Fear Volcanoes More Than Ebola
Journalist Bryan Walsh joins us to talk about the many probabilities of world-ending catastrophic events, reported with humor and backed up by hard science.
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What Does Jeff Bezos Want?
Staff writer for The Atlantic, Franklin Foer joins us to talk about his research into Amazon and what happens when Big Tech takes on not just the nuts-and-bolts of government but our planet too.
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Travel Writer Paul Theroux On Life And Death In Mexico
Paul Theroux joins us to discuss his journey from the impoverished Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas to the Arizona border.
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Netflix And Chill? You Are Burning Coal
Journalist Tatiana Schlossberg joins us to talk about how re-evaluating our lifestyles is the key to any real, radical change.
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When To Blow The Whistle
Tom Mueller joins us to talk about the calculations that whistleblowers go through when they decide to raise an issue – and about what’s ahead for the person who called foul on the President.
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Women In The Ashes Of ISIS
Journalist Azadeh Moaveni joins us to talk about the realities young female runaways found inside ISIS and the nationless status they have now.
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How Saudi Arabia Won Donald Trump Over
Journalist Martin Smith joins us to talk about Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia’s influence on the Middle East.
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