New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb joins us to talk about how Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street and other groups are following Martin Luther King Jr’s model of civil disobedience.
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The Prisoner
Skip Hollandsworth joins us to talk about how the experience of one juvenile prisoner opens up a new conversation about the balance between justice, mercy and rehabilitation.
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A Talk With Justice Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer, associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, joins us to talk about his career on the bench – and about his book, “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.”
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The Legacy Of Barack Obama
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael D’Antonio joins us to talk about the ups and downs of the last eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
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The Necessity of Military Force
Johns Hopkins University professor of strategic studies Eliot A. Cohen joins us to talk about why traditional boots on the ground are still vital for keeping the peace.
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Life In Trump’s America
James Fallows of The Atlantic joins us to talk about visiting Middle America, where he spoke with voters about why they are optimistic about their communities yet concerned for the nation.
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The Future of Journalism
Dallas Morning News editor Mike Wilson and Al Día editor Alfredo Carbajal join us for a conversation about the state of journalism.
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The Politics Of Intelligence
Joshua Rovner, chair of International Politics and National Security at SMU, joins us to talk about what’s at stake if the future president ignores the intelligence community.
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Presidential Appointees
This hour, we’ll talk about building smooth transitions from one administration to the next with G. Edward DeSeve of the Brookings Institute. He writes about the topic in “The Presidential Appointee’s Handbook.”
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The Republic Of Spin
This hour, we’ll talk about how every administration since then has used presidential press conferences as opportunities to craft the messages they want the American public to hear with Rutgers University presidential historian David Greenberg. He writes about the topic in “Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency”
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The Use And Abuse Of Stop And Frisk
This hour, we’ll talk about the history of the stop and frisk – and about if it’s even possible to hunt for criminals without racial profiling. We’ll be joined by Arizona State criminology professor Michael D. White, co-author of “Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic.”
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Twilight Warriors
This hour, we’ll talk about how the CIA, FBI and military special forces share information and increasingly work together to fight terrorism with James Kitfield, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.
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