We’ll talk about the logistical and moral questions surrounding the migrant negotiations with James F. Hollifield, director of the Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU.
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Building A Mystery
This hour, we’ll talk about the art of keeping readers in suspense with Black-Eyed Susans author Julia Heaberlin.
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The Voting Rights Act – 50 Years Later
We’ll talk about the struggle to pass the act – and how revisions to the law could affect the 2016 presidential election – with Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
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Healthcare Hang-ups
We’ll talk to Dr. Sandeep Jauhar about how the pharmaceutical industry, insurance companies and government policies are affecting patient care, which he writes about in Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician.
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25 Years Of The ADA
We’ll talk this hour about the ADA’s unlikely path from idea to law with Lennard J. Davis, author of Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights.
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The Life Of A Speechwriter
We’ll talk about the process of populating all those TelePrompters with Barton Swaim, a one-time speechwriter for former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
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From Lawyer to Desert Diplomat
We’ll talk to for U.S. Ambassador Robert Jordan about the role he played in building relationships in the Middle East, which he writes about in Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11.
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Spies Spying Spies
For three years, American Naveed Jamali filtered sensitive information to a Russian spymaster. What the Russians didn’t know was that Jamali was doing this work as a double-agent working for his native country.
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Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Legal
We’ll talk about what the ruling means for gay couples with Mark Pharris and Victor Holmes, the Plano men who were among the plaintiffs suing to have Texas’ law against same-sex marriage overturned.
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Finding Constants In A Changing Constitution
What would the Founding Fathers think of our interpretation of the Constitution? We’ll ask the question to Carol Berkin, professor of history at Baruch College and author of ‘The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties.’
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Reviewing Reagan
Ronald Reagan guided the U.S. through the last days of the Cold War and ushered in a new breed of conservatism that still reverberates today. We’ll take inventory of his legacy this hour with biographer H.W. Brands.
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Fairness In Paid Time Off
In his State of the Union address this year, President Obama called for comprehensive paid leave for American workers. We’ll talk about the idea with Lauren Sanders, who writes about it for The New Republic’s current issue.
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