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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Why Money Is The Problem – And Solution – For Honduras
Sonia Nazario joins us to talk about how the combination of violence and corruption has everyday Hondurans fleeing in record numbers – and why cutting U.S. aid makes the situation worse.
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Margaret Atwood Tells The Rest Of The Story
Novelist Margaret Atwood joins us to talk about her new book,“The Testaments.”
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Are We Going To War With Iran?
Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute, joins us for a primer on why tensions are escalating quickly in the Middle East, what it means for worldwide energy supply and if it could lead to a U.S.-backed war.
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A Case For Staying In Afghanistan
Farhat Popal and Chris Walsh of the George W. Bush Institute join us to make the case that the U.S. should remain in Afghanistan in order to preserve fledgling democratic rights.
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Puerto Rico is Not Free
Ed Morales, lecturer Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, joins us to talk about the difficult past and uncertain future of Puerto Rico.
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Gimme Shelter: Staying Alive In Extreme Places
Dan Richards joins us to talk about surviving in remote places – and what makes isolated sites worth the journey.
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