March 20, 2025
Maja Stojanovic, Executive Director of Civic Initiatives, on the mass protests against Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić. Actor and co-writer Stephen Graham on his new Netflix show "Adolescence." The New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof on the harrowing picture in Kenya and Sudan after USAID supply lines were cut.
Episodes
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March 20, 2025
S2025 E7189 - 55m 24s
Maja Stojanovic, Executive Director of Civic Initiatives, on the mass protests against Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić. Actor and co-writer Stephen Graham on his new Netflix show "Adolescence." The New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof on the harrowing picture in Kenya and Sudan after USAID supply lines were cut.
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March 19, 2025
S2025 E7188 - 55m 46s
Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander discusses the role of the U.S. in negotiating with Russia and Ukraine. Greg Swenson, Chairman of Republicans Overseas UK, talks about Trump's latest clash with the legal system. Author John Green explores the history and prevalence of tuberculosis in his new book "Everything is Tuberculosis."
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March 18, 2025
S2025 E7187 - 55m 29s
Jeremy Diamond reports on Israeli strikes in Gaza. Olga Cherevko describes what she's seeing from Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko on what Ukrainians make of today's Trump-Putin phone call. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris on Trump's trade war the the U.S.-Irish relationship. Co-authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson on their new book "Abundance."
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March 17, 2025
S2025 E7186 - 55m 47s
Gavin Kelleher of the NRC discusses the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Elizabeth Goitein from the Brennan Center for Justice looks at the constitutionality of recent deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Noubar Afeyan speaks about the tentative peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Fmr. DOJ official Mary McCord discusses Donald Trump's crackdowns on prominent law firms.
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March 14, 2025
S2025 E7185 - 55m 37s
EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas discusses the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting and questions of global policy. Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar on Putin's ambitions and the mood inside his home country. Jonathan D. Cohen on his new book "Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling."
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March 13, 2025
S2025 E7184 - 55m 47s
Former U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland weighs in on Putin's reaction to the proposed Ukraine ceasefire. Baher Azmy, the attorney for Mahmoud Khalil, discusses the arrest of his client, a Palestinian activist. NYT journalist Farnaz Fassihi on the potential for a nuclear deal with Iran. Eric Lascelles of the Royal Bank of Canada discusses Trump's tariffs.
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March 12, 2025
S2025 E7183 - 55m 36s
Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO weighs in with the latest on Trump's tariffs and negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. National Legal Director for the ACLU Cecillia Wang on the on the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Scott Galloway breaks down what Trump's policies mean for the American economy.
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March 11, 2025
S2025 E7182 - 55m 47s
Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Richard Clarida weighs in on the stock market plunge in the US. European policy expert Alina Polyakova offers her take on the latest in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima discusses USAID's role in Uganda. Dr. Ashish Jha looks back on five years since the start of the COVID pandemic.
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March 10, 2025
S2025 E7181 - 55m 47s
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander on what this week's meetings could mean for the war in Ukraine. Rim Turkmani, director of the LSE Syrian Conflict Research Program, on what's happening on the ground in Syria. Sexual abuse and harrassment lawyer Ann Olivarius breaks down the implications of Andrew Tate's return to the U.S. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman on his new book "Superagency."
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March 7, 2025
S2025 E7180 - 55m 47s
Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman on what cues Donald Trump seems to be taking from Hungary in terms of foreign policy. From the archive: Co-directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham discuss their film “No Other Land,” which just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Travel writer Rick Steves tells the story of his most formative trip in his new book "On the Hippie Trail."
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March 6, 2025
S2025 E7179 - 55m 47s
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly on Trump's tariffs. Top European leaders are meeting with President Zelensky for a special summit on defense. Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk joins the show to discuss. May Pundak and Rula Hardal, co-directors of the NGO A Land for All, on the state of the Gaza ceasefire. Veteran D.C. journalist Frank Sesno on Trump and the press.
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March 5, 2025
S2025 E7178 - 55m 45s
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) reacts to Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress. Fmr. Executive Editor of The Washington Post Marty Baron discusses the Trump administration's strict rules for journalists and changes within the media. Elaine Weiss tells the story of citizenship schools that secretly taught Black adults in the South during the Jim Crow era in her book "Spell Freedom."
Extras + Features
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“A Tide of Suffering and Death:” NYT’s Nicholas Kristof on Musk’s USAID Cuts
S2025 E7189 - 18m 7s
A federal judge has halted the shutdown of USAID following relentless efforts by Elon Musk's DOGE to slash the agency's resources. Musk insists that no lives were lost from the pause in foreign aid. But New York Times Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof reports otherwise. Kristof speaks to Hari Sreenivasan about the harrowing picture in Kenya and Sudan after USAID supply lines were cut.
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“Everything Is Tuberculosis” John Green on Funding Cuts & the Fight to End TB
S2025 E7188 - 17m 34s
A federal judge in Maryland is blocking the Trump/Musk dismantling of USAID. Author John Green argues the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid are disastrous for global health outcomes, especially for infectious diseases like tuberculosis. Green explains why TB is still so prevalent in his new book "Everything Is Tuberculosis." The author joins the show to discuss what can be done.
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“Abundance:” Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson’s Bold Vision for Democrats
S2025 E7187 - 18m 2s
The Trump administration is creating a task force to identify federal lands suitable for building affordable homes. The initiative marks a first step by the Trump White House to address one of the worst housing shortages in decades. The housing crisis is a focal point of the new book "Abundance." Co-authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson join Walter Isaacson to discuss it.
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Trump Targets Law Firms in a Series of Executive Orders
S2025 E7186 - 18m 7s
Another of President Trump's executive orders is under scrutiny: his termination of security clearances for two prominent law firms, both of which have represented his opponents. Mary McCord, former Acting Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ, speaks about the effect of these attacks on the legal system.
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Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
S2025 E7185 - 17m 51s
A huge and potentially dangerous market is surging within the U.S.: sports gambling. The business has grown massively since a 2018 Supreme Court ruling allowed states to legalize it. Might there be a cost to people's lives? Author and historian Jonathan D. Cohen investigated the subject for his new book. He tells Michel Martin what he learned.
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Pres. Trump Says the U.S. Doesn’t “Need” Canada. Is He Right?
S2025 E7184 - 17m 53s
In a trade war that is spiraling out of control, the gloves are off between the U.S. and Canada. Canada's next Prime Minister has promised to stand up to Trump. Eric Lascelles is Chief Economist of the Royal Bank of Canada Global Asset Management. He joins the show to look at what all this might mean.
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Scott Galloway on Markets, Musk, and Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Distraction”
S2025 E7183 - 17m 38s
Scott Galloway believes there is method in Trump's "MAGA-nomics" -- from a tariff war to tax cuts for the rich. Galloway is an NYU professor, author and podcast host. He joins the show to break down what Trump's policies mean for the American economy.
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COVID Five Years Later: From Lockdowns to Long COVID — and What Went Wrong
S2025 E7182 - 18m 3s
Five years ago today, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and the world changed forever. Since then, there have been over 700 million cases and seven million deaths worldwide. As the COVID-19 Coordinator under President Biden, Dr. Ashish Jha helped lead the U.S. response. He joins the show to reflect on how the pandemic transformed society — and how it continues to impact us today.
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Reid Hoffman on What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future
S2025 E7181 - 17m 40s
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, believes the list of potential benefits of artificial intelligence is long, even when weighed against the risks. He joins Walter Isaacson to talk about his new book "Superagency."
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“Travel Is a Political Act:” Rick Steves on the “Hippie Trail”
S2025 E7180 - 18m 9s
”The hippie trail” was a legendary route for travelers, thousands of miles overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu. It's the journey that inspired the highly respected travel writer Rick Steves back in 1978. Now Steves is on an entirely different journey after battling prostate cancer. He tells Walter Isaacson why he believes travel is a vital force for peace.
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Trump and the Press: Frank Sesno on the State of Journalism
S2025 E7179 - 17m 54s
As the Trump administration continues to exert pressure on the media, The New York Times editorial board has accused it of having a distorted view -- "banning words, phrases and ideas" to conform with the Trump version of free speech. Frank Sesno, former CNN Washington Bureau Chief and professor at GW's School of Media and Public Affairs, joins Michel Martin to discuss this worrying trajectory.
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How Underground Schools Across the South Built the Civil Rights Movement
S2025 E7178 - 18m 18s
A book event intended to honor journalist Elaine Weiss was part of a recent string of event cancellations at the National Archives. Her book "Spell Freedom" focuses on four activists who laid the foundation of the Civil Rights Movement. Weiss believes this is a result of budget cuts and new leadership at the National Archives. The author discusses the relevance of her work in today's America.
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