Robert Riggs joins us to talk about the flaws in the parole system that allowed a murderer to walk free several times over.
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The Heavy Weight of American Racism
Mary-Frances Winters, president and CEO of diversity and inclusion consulting firm The Winters Group, joins us to discuss the exhaustion that comes with constantly fighting for a seat at the table, especially amid white fragility and empty promises for change.
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Is America Really A Christian Nation?
Boston University professor Jay Wexler joins us to talk about religious rights in the public sphere beyond Christianity, Judaism and Islam and how they fit into a country that increasingly disavows religion altogether.
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Biden Promised To Fix The Climate – Here’s What He Can Do
Heather Hansman of Outside magazine joins us to discuss a myriad of options the president now has before him to mitigate environmental damage, and the political costs of choosing which path to take.
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From Enslaved To Congress: The Life Of Joseph Rainey
Bobby J. Donaldson is director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina, and he joins us to profile a man who was born enslaved before being elected to Congress in the wake of the Civil War.
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The Slow Demise Of The Death Penalty
Maurice Chammah is a staff writer for The Marshall Project, and he joins us to talk about his in-depth look at capital punishment and how the execution of a person affects many lives.
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Trained To Defend, Trained To Kill
Rachel Monroe joins us to discuss the specialized world of shooting schools that advertise themselves as the gatekeepers of the Second Amendment and offer master classes in personal defense.
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QAnon: A Game That Plays People
Reed Berkowitz, director of Curiouser LLC, a media, fiction and games research group, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how QAnon could be thought of as “a game that plays people.”
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Where Do Biden And Trump Go From Here?
Filmmaker Michael Kirk joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the roles each man will play in unifying a deeply divided nation.
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Toxic Patriotism
Mychal Denzel Smith is a fellow at Type Media Center, and he joins us to talk about his thoughts on how he wrestles to understand the current moment studied against the long lens of American history.
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What To Expect From A Biden Presidency
New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos joins host Krys Boyd to talk about Biden’s life, policy positions and the political circumstances that propelled him to become the 46th President of the United States.
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Trump Is Impeached (Again)
Presidential historian Jeffrey Engel joins host Krys Boyd to talk about this unprecedented chapter in American history – and about whether it will unify the country or tear it further apart.
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