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The Invention Of Money

September 15, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, History, Politics

Jacob Goldstein, co-host of NPR’s “Planet Money,” joins us to talk about how our world goes ‘round in large part because we’ve all swallowed hard and agreed to not ask too much about the real value of currency.

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He Died, Their Love Survived

September 11, 2020 History, Literature

Tembi Locke talks to us about love and loss: from finding her soulmate in Florence to his death from cancer, to the decision to travel back to her husband’s Sicilian hometown to find herself — and her family — again.

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How Slave Patrols Became Police Departments

September 10, 2020 Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Josie Duffy Rice is president of The Appeal, a news publication that covers the criminal justice system. She joins us to talk about why the idea of policing as we know it must be upended because it views “Black safety” as fundamentally separate from “white safety.”

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Modern Man Vs Cave Man: Why We Might Be Losing That Battle

September 9, 2020 Culture, Global Issues, Health, History, Race/Identity, Uncategorized

Christopher Ryan joins us to talk about how our ancestors might not have enjoyed some of the perks of the 21st Century, but they also didn’t have some of the worries that we do today.

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How Trump And Biden Are Courting Your Vote

September 2, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Washington Post’s national political reporter and Washington Week moderator Robert Costa joins us to talk about the Biden and Trump campaign strategies to woo voters ahead of Election Day.

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Was It A Mistake To Unite The States?

August 31, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics

Richard Kreitner, contributing writer to The Nation, joins us to look at past and present attempts to dissolve the United States.

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In The Revolution, Most Black Soldiers Fought For The British

August 28, 2020 History, Race/Identity

Farah Peterson, law professor and legal historian at the University of Chicago Law School, joins us to set the record straight on the Black experience dating back to the time of the nation’s founding.

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Is Kamala Harris Biden’s Bridge To The White House?

August 27, 2020 Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Niambi Carter, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Political Science at Howard University, joins us to reflect on the Democratic and Republican National Conventions – and talk about what Howard alum Kamala Harris brings to the Joe Biden ticket.

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Designing For Disability Helps Everybody

August 26, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Education, Health, History

Sara Hendren teaches design for disability at Olin College of Engineering, and she joins us to talk about the idea that disability isn’t about a person, so much as the way a person must navigate an unhelpful world.

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America’s Do-Over: The Three Amendments That Define Reconstruction

August 25, 2020 History, Politics

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, joins us to talk about how the blueprint for our modern America was drawn during Reconstruction.

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So Who’s Russia Backing In November?

August 25, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Global Issues, History, Politics

Laura Rosenberger, the director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins us to talk about foreign interference and the security of the 2020 presidential election.

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How We Can Protect Voter Rights In November

August 24, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Gilda R. Daniels, former voting expert in the Justice Department of both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, joins us to talk about protecting the voting rights of Americans.

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