Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, joins us to talk about the many factors – some political, some not – that go into deciding how Americans cast their votes.
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Making America Great In The Eyes Of The World
Robert Zoellick joins us to talk about aligning U.S. policy decisions with a larger global purpose.
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Does Personal Freedom Endanger Public Health?
Mark Rothstein joins us to talk about what to do when public health directives during a pandemic clash with our expectation of personal liberty.
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Roadmap To Iraq: The Bush Administration’s Path To War
Robert Draper of The New York Times joins us to talk about how a combination of groupthink, faulty intelligence and a flawed decision-making process led to a war that spawned many unintended consequences.
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Gun Culture A Year After El Paso
Jennifer Carlson joins us to look at how the discussion around guns has changed during COVID-19 and explore how the conversation will be framed during the 2020 presidential campaigns.
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Life In The Shadow Of The Border Wall
D.W. Gibson spent two years observing a section of the wall’s development – from prototype to construction – and he joins us to talk about what he learned from talking to people who live and work near it.
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Alex Jones And The Explosion Of Conspiracy Theory
Filmmaker Michael Kirk talks to us about how hoaxes and conspiracies are perpetuated and the battle between truth and lies.
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America Can’t Back Away From The World Now
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former senior Middle East advisor to President George H.W. Bush, joins us to give his 101 in foreign policy and how it strengthens—or weakens—our lives.
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Citizens Of Other Countries Trust Their Governments. Why Don’t We?
Wired magazine contributor Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins us to talk about how other nations have more successfully contained the coronavirus thanks to a shared trust with citizens – and about what it will take for the U.S. to rebuild a similar level of trust.
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Russian Election Interference Started Way Before 2016
Yale University fellow David Shimer joins us to talk about the history of covert programs to influence voters.
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Why America Has Always Been A House Divided
Journalist Colin Woodard joins us to talk about how division has been a part of the American experience since the beginning.
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Why Science Is So Easy To Dismiss
Adrian Bardon, professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University, joins us to talk about how identity, political affiliation, culture and rationalization have led to science denial.
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