Michael Mooney joins host us to talk about TV’s “Joy of Painting” host, Bob Ross, who encouraged us to make happy little accidents.
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Roadmap To Iraq: The Bush Administration’s Path To War
Robert Draper of The New York Times joins us to talk about how a combination of groupthink, faulty intelligence and a flawed decision-making process led to a war that spawned many unintended consequences.
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The Making And Breaking Of The Middle Class
David Stebenne teaches political, legal and constitutional history at The Ohio State University. He joins us to talk about the social movements and government policies that defined the mid-20th century.
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A Doctor Revisits The Worst Of The AIDS Years
Dr. Ross Slotten joins us to talk about his personal experience caring for people amid the epidemic.
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There She Is: The History Of Miss America
City University of New York professor Margot Mifflin takes us backstage, where battles for social change butted up against traditional models of who should wear the crown.
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Can The Black Experience Ever Be Detached From Slavery?
Frank B. Wilderson III, professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, joins us to talk about a theory of Black experience that can never be detached from slavery.
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Why Children Need Love To Love Others
Melissa Fay Greene, Kirk Distinguished Writer in Residence at Agnes Scott College, joins us to talk about severe attachment disorders and the science behind reaching the children of serious trauma.
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America Can’t Back Away From The World Now
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former senior Middle East advisor to President George H.W. Bush, joins us to give his 101 in foreign policy and how it strengthens—or weakens—our lives.
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Why Leprosy Was Always Misunderstood
NPR news correspondent Pam Fessler joins us to talk about the history of a Leprosy colony in Louisiana.
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An Argument For Reparations
Duke University public policy professor William A. Darity Jr. joins us to make the case for monetary compensation for Black Americans.
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Russian Election Interference Started Way Before 2016
Yale University fellow David Shimer joins us to talk about the history of covert programs to influence voters.
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Why America Has Always Been A House Divided
Journalist Colin Woodard joins us to talk about how division has been a part of the American experience since the beginning.
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