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With Roe overturned, are privacy rights over?

October 20, 2022 Politics

Wired contributor Matt Laslo discusses fears that the fall of Roe will mean bounty hunters will sift through data to find women who sought abortions and use it to punish them.

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Consumer rights are civil rights

October 19, 2022 Politics, Science and Technology

President and CEO of Consumer Reports Marta L. Tellado joins us to talk about data breaches, digital spying concerns and product failures. Plus, a blog post with 3 facts you didn’t know about companies collecting your digital data.

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Why China’s slowing growth makes it more dangerous

October 18, 2022 Economics, Politics

Associate Professor Michael Beckley joins us to talk about why he believes competition between America and China will peak in the 2020s – setting up a showdown between authoritarianism and democracy.

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Revenge or rehabilitation? How to make prison better

October 17, 2022 Politics

Bill Keller of the Marshall Project discusses why prison systems in the U.S. got away from early ideas of reforming inmates, and why arguments that these methods are soft on crime are misguided.

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From the party of Reagan to the party of Trump

October 5, 2022 Politics

Political historian Nicole Hemmer discusses the turn of the Republican party to the far right, the voices guiding it today, and what the platform now represents

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Child poverty has plummeted, but most people haven’t heard

September 28, 2022 Economics, Politics

Jason DeParle of The New York Times discusses the reasons why childhood poverty figures have plummeted.

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How politicians are using social to sidestep the media

September 22, 2022 Culture, Politics

Professor Elizabeth Losh discusses the realities of direct access to politicians through our devices – and the many ways Twitter, TikTok and other platforms can disrupt democracy.

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How Trump built up to the Big Lie

September 19, 2022 Politics

Filmmaker Michael Kirk discusses how fragile our democracy is when its legitimacy is called into question – and the politicians who rallied their bases around these claims.

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The unfinished work of Reconstruction

September 6, 2022 History, Politics

Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Political Values and Ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He joins us to assess the current push for racial equality – from the election of Barack Obama to Black Lives Matter.

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What does the census tell us about our democracy?

September 6, 2022 History, Politics

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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Should America stop trying to rule the world?

August 30, 2022 Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, Politics

Prof. Daniel Bessner joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss if the U.S. should continue to try to rule the world through force – or if recent history suggests it’s time to back off.

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Everybody hates gerrymandering, but it’s here to stay

August 25, 2022 History, Politics

Professor Nick Seabrook joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the history of gerrymandering — even Abraham Lincoln was a victim — and why it’s not so easy to mitigate its effects today.

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