Robyn Thomas and Peter Ambler, from the Giffords Law Center and Giffords, join us to talk about strategies for decreasing gun violence while balancing gun owners’ 2nd Amendment rights.
Read moreWhen A White Supremacist Attended Shabbat
Derek Black and Matthew Stevenson join us to talk about the time Matthew invited Derek to attend a Shabbat dinner – and how that interaction paved the way to a new understanding.
Read moreWhat Happened To All Those Migrant Children?
Frontline investigative producer and correspondent Daffodil Altan joins us to talk about what happens to migrant children once they’re in federal custody.
Read moreDo Red Flag Laws Actually Work?
Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine joins us to talk about his view that “great idea on paper” is simply a license to prevent gun ownership.
Read moreWhat Brexit’s Really About
Fintan O’Toole joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the English worldview after the empire collapsed and why that’s key to the fractured policies of today.
Read moreThomas Jefferson’s Utopian Vision and the Violent Reality
Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, joins us to talk about how a school founded, in part, to end slavery ultimately preserved it.
Read moreHow President Bush Made The Call On The 2007 Iraq Surge
Jeffrey A. Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, and Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin, join us to talk about the behind-the-scenes White House strategy that led to the Iraq troop surge.
Read moreWe All Want To Be Equal (And Above Everyone Else)
Francis Fukuyama, senior fellow at Stanford University and Mosbacher Director at The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, joins us to talk about how culture impacts a democracy.
Read moreWhy We Should Bring Back The Draft
Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine, and he joins us to discuss why, he says, we’re writing blank checks for protracted conflicts with an all-volunteer military.
Read moreLife Lessons From A Black Academic
Black feminist author and associate professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University Tressie McMillan Cottom, joins us to talk about her exploration of black women’s space in culture, affluence, beauty and power.
Read moreTravel Writer Paul Theroux On Life And Death In Mexico
Paul Theroux joins us to discuss his journey from the impoverished Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas to the Arizona border.
Read moreShe Fights for Muslim’s First Amendments And She Would Fight For Yours Too
Lawyer Asma Uddin joins us to discuss how a battle for the rights of one religion affects all religions.
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