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How Reading And Writing Saved A Lost Girl

November 12, 2019 Economics, Global Issues, Health, Race/Identity

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?

November 11, 2019 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

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

October 23, 2019 Global Issues, History

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

October 22, 2019 Global Issues, History, Politics

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

October 21, 2019 Global Issues, History, Politics

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

October 18, 2019 Environment, Global Issues, History, Science and Technology

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?

October 16, 2019 Economics, Global Issues, Science and Technology

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

October 14, 2019 Culture, Global Issues, Politics

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

October 14, 2019 Environment, Global Issues, Science and Technology

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

October 4, 2019 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

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

October 3, 2019 Global Issues, Politics

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

September 30, 2019 Global Issues, History, Politics

Journalist Martin Smith joins us to talk about Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia’s influence on the Middle East.

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