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You’re tired of reading the news (and it’s not just you)

July 27, 2022 Current Events, Politics

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

July 26, 2022 Current Events, Politics

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

July 21, 2022 Politics

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?

July 18, 2022 Current Events, Politics

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

June 29, 2022 Current Events, Politics

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

June 27, 2022 Current Events, Politics

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

June 15, 2022 Current Events, Politics

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

June 15, 2022 Economics, Global Issues, Politics

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

June 2, 2022 History, Politics

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?

May 31, 2022 Politics, Science and Technology

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

May 30, 2022 Global Issues, History, Politics

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?

May 26, 2022 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics

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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