Amanda Ripley, host of the Slate podcast “How To!” talks with Krys Boyd about why many of us are tuning out the news, and offers solutions to make the news relevant again.
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Pandemic eviction bans didn’t always help
Bonnie Bertram joins us to discuss why eviction protections vary from state to state, and how the judicial system is tough to navigate for those who are most in need.
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Pessimistic world leaders can be dangerous
Professor Daniel Drezner joins us to talk about why power should be measured in how a country’s leader views the future, why that’s key to approaching world affairs and how a negative outlook puts the population at risk.
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Is the US Border Patrol overstepping its boundaries?
Professor Reece Jones joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the almost-unfettered Border Patrol, how the Supreme Court has authorized its powers, and how it’s becoming a national police force.
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Dr. Deborah Birx on the politics of COVID
Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, discusses her role in ramping up the Trump administration’s efforts to combat the virus and the political turmoil she found behind the scenes.
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Dobbs and the future of abortion
The University of Texas at Austin Law Professor Elizabeth Sepper joins us to talk about America’s post-Roe future and if the Dobbs ruling opens the door for other challenges before the Supreme Court.
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Why war is surprisingly rare
Prof. Christopher Blattman from the University of Chicago discusses his years of peacemaking experience, why compromise sometimes loses out to conflict, and how to encourage warring parties to make a deal.
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The connection between power and corruption
Brian Klaas is professor of global politics at University College London, and joins us to discuss the temptations and trappings of power, why we pick the leaders we do, and lessons we can learn from bad actors.
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Scared of nukes? You should be
History professor Daniel Immerwahr discusses why a population that doesn’t remember the horrors of nuclear war bodes ill for the future of warfare, and why modern brinkmanship is now an even more dangerous game.
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Do you still have privacy in the digital age?
Law professor Amy Gajda discusses the ethics of data privacy in the tech age, from modern muckraking journalism to a person’s right to be forgotten—and if we even still have it.
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How America mythologizes war
West Point English professor Elizabeth D. Samet talks about the picture of American exceptionalism that emerged post-World War II, the ways it has shaped domestic and foreign policy, and the myths it created.
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Is classical liberalism dead?
Francis Fukuyama joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pushback against classical thoughts about individual rights, rule of law and equality, and what he sees as the decaying of American institutions.
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