Does Personal Freedom Endanger Public Health?

August 6, 2020 Current Events, Health, Politics, Upcoming

Mark Rothstein joins us to talk about what to do when public health directives during a pandemic clash with our expectation of personal liberty.

Roadmap To Iraq: The Bush Administration’s Path To War

August 4, 2020 Global Issues, History, Politics, Upcoming

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.

Gun Culture A Year After El Paso

August 3, 2020 Current Events, Politics

Jennifer Carlson joins us to look at how the discussion around guns has changed during COVID-19 and explore how the conversation will be framed during the 2020 presidential campaigns.

Life In The Shadow Of The Border Wall

July 31, 2020 Current Events, Politics

D.W. Gibson spent two years observing a section of the wall’s development – from prototype to construction – and he joins us to talk about what he learned from talking to people who live and work near it.

Alex Jones And The Explosion Of Conspiracy Theory

July 28, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics

Filmmaker Michael Kirk talks to us about how hoaxes and conspiracies are perpetuated and the battle between truth and lies.

America Can’t Back Away From The World Now

July 20, 2020 Global Issues, History, Politics

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.

Citizens Of Other Countries Trust Their Governments. Why Don’t We?

July 16, 2020 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, Politics, Science and Technology

Wired magazine contributor Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins us to talk about how other nations have more successfully contained the coronavirus thanks to a shared trust with citizens – and about what it will take for the U.S. to rebuild a similar level of trust.

Russian Election Interference Started Way Before 2016

July 15, 2020 Global Issues, History, Politics

Yale University fellow David Shimer joins us to talk about the history of covert programs to influence voters.

Why America Has Always Been A House Divided

July 14, 2020 History, Politics

Journalist Colin Woodard joins us to talk about how division has been a part of the American experience since the beginning.

Why Science Is So Easy To Dismiss

July 13, 2020 Current Events, Health, Politics, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Adrian Bardon, professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University, joins us to talk about how identity, political affiliation, culture and rationalization have led to science denial.

The Future Of DACA

July 10, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Education, Politics, Race/Identity

In this collaboration between Think and The Texas Newsroom, we’ll explore why Congress has been unwilling to create legislation that addresses DACA, share the stories of DACA recipients as they go about their lives unable to plan for their futures, and talk to Janet Napolitano, who initiated the program as President Obama’s Homeland Security secretary.

In Defense Of The Suburbs

July 9, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Politics

Ian Bogost, contributing writer at The Atlantic and the Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins us to talk about ditching the urban core for peace — and distance.