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Education Inequality Starts Outside The Classroom

December 4, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Education, History, Politics

Ohio State professor Douglas B. Downey joins us to explain why academics are approaching closing equity gaps for student achievement all wrong.

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Big Tech Doesn’t Care About Your Safety

December 3, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Science and Technology

Soraya Chemaly, executive director of The Representation Project and co-founder of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project, joins us to talk about big tech’s moral failings that put profit ahead of safe spaces.

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How Cable News Came To Be

December 2, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Science and Technology

Lisa Napoli joins us to talk about how the cable news network transformed how our modern world consumes current events.

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How One White House Hands Off The Baton To The Next

November 30, 2020 Current Events, History, Politics

Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor at Politico, joins us to discuss the complicated issues of presidential transitions, from national security to the COVID-19 pandemic, and what happens when they don’t run smoothly.

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How Public Education Props Up Our Democracy

November 24, 2020 Education, History, Politics

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

November 23, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

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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Why Migrant Kids Are Spending Years In U.S. Custody

November 11, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics

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

November 10, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

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

November 4, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics

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

November 4, 2020 History, Politics

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

November 3, 2020 Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

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?

November 3, 2020 Current Events, History, Politics

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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