Charlotte Alter, national correspondent for Time magazine, joins us to talk about the emerging national leadership of this oft-maligned generation.
Read moreThe Countdown to Super Tuesday
In the public radio special “Countdown to Super Tuesday,” we’ll hear from journalists, experts and voters from those states, receive updates from NPR’s election team and key party strategists, and tackle the major storylines developing ahead of March 3, 2020.
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New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman joins us to talk about disproven ideas that have been resurrected by politics and fear – and about how to argue for common sense.
Read moreWho Decides What’s Really a National Emergency?
Robert L. Tsai, professor of law at American University, joins us to talk about his research into how exaggerated situations and distorted facts whittle away at democracy.
Read moreThe White Supremacy Of Pro Sports
Howard Bryant joins us to talk about how America’s ongoing conversation about race so often spills onto the court and field.
Read moreWhy Debates Don’t Change Minds
Eleanor Gordon-Smith joins us to talk about why, with all our power to be rational, analytical, empathetic and reflective, we’re still prone to refusing to listen to another side.
Read moreSteve Inskeep On America’s First Power Couple
Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition and Up First, joins us to talk about the most famous trailblazing political couple you’ve likely never heard of.
Read moreWhat Trump’s Acquittal Means For Future Impeachments
Jeffrey A. Engel joins us to talk about how the Trump impeachment differed from the impeachments of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton – and about how it will affect future impeachment proceedings.
Read moreWhat It Takes To Get By In Putin’s Russia
Joshua Yaffa, Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, joins us to talk about the power players who’ve succeeded in Putin’s shadow – and others who weren’t able to carve out their places.
Read moreA Former Ambassador To Iraq Talks Iran
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq from 2016-19, Douglas A. Silliman joins us to talk about U.S. strategy in the region – and about what it will take to improve relations with Iran.
Read moreThe Nightmare Of Guantanamo
Peter Jan Honigsberg, director of Witness to Guantanamo, joins us to talk about his years-long work chronicling the extrajudicial practices and people affected inside the prison walls.
Read moreHow Obama Led To Trump
Michael Kirk joins us to talk about the factors that got us to this point in American politics and what the future could hold for our democracy.
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