Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard, joins us to talk about a new breed of conspiracy theorist – one who believes an idea to be true and uses repetition and bold assertions to turn fiction into fact.
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Mayor Mike Rawlings joins us to talk about how Dallas has changed during his time in office, how he and police chief David Brown guided the city through one of its darkest days and about who he might like to succeed him at City Hall.
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John Sexton, president emeritus of New York University, joins us to talk about the how universities might be our last, best hope of fostering an honest exchange of political ideas.
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MIT professor Simon Johnson – a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund – joins us to make the case that public investment is needed to pump life into our economy.
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Reporter Nick Penzenstadler lead an investigation for USA Today, and he joins us to talk about just how easy it is for special interest groups to push their platforms into law by creating model bills.
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond joins host us to talk about his latest effort on the topic, which looks specifically at why some countries recover from trauma while others don’t.
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Emily Bazelon joins us to talk about ways to level the playing field for defendants, which she writes about in “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.”
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Bryce Covert writes about working life in America, and she joins us to talk about the disconnect in how the American work ethic applies to workers based on the tax bracket they occupy.
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Cheryl Allison joins us to profile North Texas women who have led the fight against sexual harassment – including former Texas Senator Wendy Davis, who also joins the conversation.
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David Frum joins us to walk through the many complicated issues at play with immigration like the question that divides us– how much is too much?
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Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at Tufts University, joins us to talk about how the current breakdown of international trade agreements eerily resembles the run-up to the First World War.
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Janet Napolitano joins us to take stock of our post-9/11 efforts to root out terrorism without crippling our free society. Her new book is called “How Safe Are We?: Homeland Security Since 9/11.”
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