David Frum joins us to talk about what it would take to fundamentally alter our democracy.
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30 Seconds Closer To Midnight
Kennette Benedict joins us to talk about why last year we ticked forward another 30 seconds closer to the end of the world – and about if there’s anything we can do to turn back the clock.
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Democracy In Black
Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. joins us to talk about why a total remaking of our democracy is the only path to equality.
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The President’s Use Of Executive Orders
Daniel Gitterman, chair of the University of North Carolina Department of Public Policy, joins us to talk about how presidents use executive orders, which he writes about in “Calling the Shots: The President, Executive Orders, and Public Policy.”
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A Look At President Trump’s Travel Ban
President Trump’s executive order banning travel for refugees and others from seven predominantly Muslim countries led to protests at airports across the country. We talk about what happened over the weekend and what the order means going forward.
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State Of Execution
Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, and Tim Cole, an assistant professor at UNT Dallas join us to talk about how Texas’ use of the death penalty compares with other states.
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Trump And Texas
William McKenzie of the Bush Institute and O. Ricardo Pimentel, columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, join us to talk about what Texans would like the president-elect to know about our state.
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Divided States Of America
Michael Kirk joins us to talk about how the extreme partisanship from the recent election cycle has infiltrated nearly every area of our lives.
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The New Civil Rights Movement
New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb joins us to talk about how Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street and other groups are following Martin Luther King Jr’s model of civil disobedience.
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The Prisoner
Skip Hollandsworth joins us to talk about how the experience of one juvenile prisoner opens up a new conversation about the balance between justice, mercy and rehabilitation.
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A Talk With Justice Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer, associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, joins us to talk about his career on the bench – and about his book, “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.”
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The Legacy Of Barack Obama
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael D’Antonio joins us to talk about the ups and downs of the last eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
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