University of South Carolina School of Law professor Derek W. Black joins guest host John McCaa to talk about why a public education system built to serve all students is fundamental to creating an equitable society.
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Tearing Down Racist Statues Doesn’t Mean We’ve Torn Down Racism
Connor Towne O’Neill, journalist, producer on the NPR podcast White Lies, teacher at Auburn University and with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project, joins us to talk about how the battle over monuments reveals racism is baked into the very mold of America.
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What To Expect From A Biden Presidency
New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos joins host Krys Boyd to talk about Biden’s life, policy positions and the political circumstances that propelled him to become the 46th President of the United States.
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Why Migrant Kids Are Spending Years In U.S. Custody
Aura Bogado, reporter for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, joins us to discuss the 1 in 10 migrant children stranded in U.S. custody for prolonged periods.
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How Debtors’ Prisons Never Really Went Away
Georgetown law professor Peter Edelman joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about his call for a renewed focus on people below the poverty line.
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A Look Back At Election Night
University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus and Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto from UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs join us to analyze the election results and talk about what they say about the direction of the nation.
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Reconsidering Jimmy Carter
Jonathan Alter, MSNBC political analyst and former senior editor at Newsweek, joins us to discuss Carter’s moral message after Watergate and his governing skills that sought to bring peace to a divided country.
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Asian-American Identity And Politics
Russell M. Jeung, professor of Asian-American Studies at San Francisco State University, joins us to talk about the issues that speak to Asian-American voters – and how religion plays into party affiliation.
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Does The Supreme Court Need A Reset?
Columbia University law professor Jamal Greene joins us to talk about expanding the courts, justice term-limits, and whether or not the judiciary is just fine as it is.
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On The Eve Of The Election, Can Polls Be Trusted?
W. Joseph Campbell joins us to talk about how polling works and why data sometimes fail to predict the future.
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There Is No Road to the White House Without Black Women
Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University, joins us to talk about this key voting bloc—and why Black women voters are sometimes called the backbone of the Democratic party.
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Nobody’s Trying to Abolish the Suburbs
Kriston Capps, Staff writer at Bloomberg CityLab, joins us to talk about Trump’s take on federal fair housing—his thoughts on who’s allowed to live where— and why he hopes some voters hear his call.
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