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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The Future Of DACA
In this collaboration between Think and The Texas Newsroom, we’ll explore why Congress has been unwilling to create legislation that addresses DACA, share the stories of DACA recipients as they go about their lives unable to plan for their futures, and talk to Janet Napolitano, who initiated the program as President Obama’s Homeland Security secretary.
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In Defense Of The Suburbs
Ian Bogost, contributing writer at The Atlantic and the Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins us to talk about ditching the urban core for peace — and distance.
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A Business Approach To Fixing Politics
Katherine M. Gehl, founder of the Institute for Political Innovation, joins us to talk about lessons from the business world that could fix our political system.
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Not Black And White: Asian-American Women And Colorism
Nikki Khanna, associate professor in the department of sociology at the University of Vermont, joins us to talk about how these women internalize feelings of being less than.
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How Women Earned The Right To Vote
Writer, director, and producer Michelle Ferrari joins us to talk about the passage of the 19th Amendment and the brave women who pushed that movement to success.
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George Washington: America’s Reluctant Father
Alexis Coe, host of the Audible series “Presidents Are People Too!” and “No Man’s Land” podcasts, joins us to take a 21st Century look at a figure we all think we know.
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