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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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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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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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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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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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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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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W. Joseph Campbell joins us to talk about how polling works and why data sometimes fail to predict the future.
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Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University, joins us to talk about this key voting bloc—and why Black women voters are sometimes called the backbone of the Democratic party.
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Kriston Capps, Staff writer at Bloomberg CityLab, joins us to talk about Trump’s take on federal fair housing—his thoughts on who’s allowed to live where— and why he hopes some voters hear his call.
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Journalist Erin Geiger Smith joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of voting and provides simple ways to encourage people to exercise their right.
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Jennifer Palmieri is president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and former White House Communications Director for President Barack Obama. She joins us to talk about stories of achieving equity in the workplace.
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