History professor Dan Bouk talks about his examination of the 1940 Census, which both set the stage for New Deal politics and divided the nation after World War II.
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Fixing what the Fair Housing Act didn’t
Affordable housing consultant Leah Rothstein discusses solutions to alleviate inequalities that remain in communities to this day.
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How old is too old to be president?
Journalist Chris Smith discusses the ways both Republican and Democratic strategists view President Biden’s age and how voters might assess his abilities.
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What will it take for Texas to embrace clean energy?
Justin Worland of Time magazine discusses how politics is getting in the way of progress toward renewable energy and why the state continues to incentivize carbon-heavy methods.
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The early history of hip-hop
Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, talks about hip-hop’s birth in the Bronx and its dual identities of both protest music and party music.
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How the U.S. became a superpower
U.S. foreign policy expert Sean A. Mirski discusses how the U.S. attained superpower status, the invasions and occupations that got us there, and where we go next.
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How many superpowers are there in the world?
Dartmouth College professor William Wohlforth talks about why he believes peer nations still have a long way to go to match American power.
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What Putin really wants in Ukraine
International affairs professor Christopher Layne discusses why Russia’s opposition of NATO has brought Europe to this point, and why the U.S. arming Ukrainians might have made the world less safe from nuclear warfare.
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Other countries are begging for immigrants. Why aren’t we?
Wall Street Journal reporter Tom Fairless discusses the ways South Korea, Australia, Japan and other countries are embracing immigration as a boon to their populations and work forces, and why the U.S. hasn’t followed suit.
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The alliances and rivalries of Cold War-era journalists
Journalism professor Kathryn J. McGarr joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the media after WWII often presented a monolithic view of the world while keeping their readers and listeners in the dark about the truth.
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The case for Europe acting like an empire
Oxford professor Timothy Garton Ash makes the case that to stabilize the continent, the E.U. must embrace some imperial characteristics.
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What happens if we don’t raise the debt ceiling
Cornell law professor Robert Hockett joins us to discuss the repercussions of a debt default and the political and legal maneuvers available to avoid it.
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