May 3, 2024
Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University, discusses the protests on campuses across the country and the deal his university was able to strike. Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists on threats to press around the globe. Photographer Platon discusses his new book “The Defenders.” Sociologist Brad Wilcox explores the positives of marriage in his book "Get Married."
Episodes
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July 13, 2021
S2021 E4009 - 55m 39s
Narendra Taneja discusses the COVID crisis in India. Sen. Todd Young discusses politics and foreign relations. Kamilah Willingham and Soma Sara discuss the camapaign against sexism, misogyny, and sexual violence. Professor Cornel West explains why classics must remain in university curricula.
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July 12, 2021
S2021 E4008 - 55m 41s
Anthony Costello and David Spiegelhalter discuss European vaccine rollout. Mandu Reid and Jackson Katz explain how men can be allies allies in the campaign against misogyny. Rep. Jahana Hayes reflects on coronavirus’s impact on education.
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July 9, 2021
S2021 E4007 - 56m 4s
Jeremy Farrar discusses the state of the pandemic in the UK. WWII resistance spy Selma van de Perre discusses her new memoir “My Name Is Selma.” Freedom Rider Charles Person reflects on the Civil Rights Movement. Artist Maya Lin explains the inspiration behind her new exhibition in New York’s Madison Square Park.
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July 8, 2021
S2021 E4006 - 55m 44s
Donald De Lucca and Laura Coates discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin. Regina King and Kemp Powers discuss their new movie ““One Night in Miami…” Tax law professor Dorothy A. Brown talks about the racism present in tax policy.
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July 7, 2021
S2021 E4005 - 55m 32s
Sen. Amy Klobuchar discusses her new book “Antitrust." Rana Ayyub and Amanda Bennett discuss press freedom. Malcolm Gladwell discusses his book “The Bomber Mafia.”
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July 2, 2021
S2021 E4002 - 55m 25s
Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi reacts to yesterday’s verdict. Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo offers his opinion. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan talks future of country after Chauvin conviction. Political philosopher Danielle Allen relates ancient Greek ethics to modern day police reform.
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July 1, 2021
S2021 E4001 - 56m 4s
Experts reflect on the life and legacy of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
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June 30, 2021
S2021 E3261 - 55m 43s
Former Homeland Security official Elizabeth Neumann discusses immigration reform. John Hume Jr. and Martin Luther King III reflect on the peace movement and their fathers’ legacies. In a conversation recorded before Tuesday’s events in Atlanta, pro basketball player Jeremy Lin Jeremy Lin explains why he chose to speak out after being called “coronavirus” by a fellow player on the court.
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June 29, 2021
S2021 E3260 - 55m 49s
Former Ambassador Bill Taylor discusses foreign relations. Clinical psychologist Christine Runyon discusses what post-vaccine "normalcy" will look like. Actor and activist George Takei speaks out against the rise in anti-Asian violence and hate crimes.
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June 28, 2021
S2021 E3259 - 55m 55s
Walter Isaacson discusses CRISPR and “The Code Breaker.” Plus, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby explains how the Biden administration will approach tensions with China and Taiwan. And Nse Ufot, CEO of The New Georgia Project, explains how she’s working to make voting easier and more accessible.
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June 25, 2021
S2021 E3258 - 55m 52s
The Biden administration aims to confront homegrown racism and bigotry. Award-winning historian Kathleen Belew speaks with Michel Martin about American violence and how to combat it.
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June 24, 2021
S2021 E3257 - 55m 44s
Susan Lund; Samantha Stark; John Allen; Abigail Disney
Extras + Features
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The Fight For Voting Rights in Georgia
S2021 E3181 - 18m 10s
Voting rights are still under fire, with bills restricting access to the ballot working their way through legislatures in more than 40 states, including Georgia. Activist Nse Ufot is working to change that, as CEO of The New Georgia Project, a non-partisan group that register voters. She speaks with Michel Martin about why so many of these bills are about race and class.
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How Bumble is Changing Dating Norms
S2021 E3180 - 2m 3s
Last month, Bumble founder and CEO Emily Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman to take a major American company public. She joins Christiane to talk about her personal journey and dating in the age of COVID-19.
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Activist and Fmr. Ambassador Discuss Uyghur Genocide
S2021 E3180 - 2m 57s
Does the world now have a duty to intervene? That is the big question after a blistering new report concludes China bears responsibility for genocide against the Uyghur people. Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer joins the program alongside Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham, whose father is serving a life sentence in China.
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Groundbreaking Revelations on Guaranteed Income
S2021 E3180 - 18m 22s
Starting in 2019, a guaranteed basic income effort known as SEED started giving 125 individuals $500 a month for two years, with volunteers chosen from neighborhoods where the median income was around $46,000 or below. Director Sukhi Samra and researcher Amy Castro Baker have closely analyzed the results of this experiment, and they discuss their findings with Hari Sreenivasan.
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Reactions to the Sussexes interview with Oprah
S2021 E3179 - 2m 59s
The British Royal Family is dealing with the shockwaves from Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah, in which audiences got a glimpse into their everyday lives after the fairytale wedding. Sir Peter Westmacott served as Prince Charles’ deputy private secretary, and joins the show to offer his reflections.
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Belgian Prime Minister Pens Book on Feminism
S2021 E3179 - 3m
This year, the global pandemic has hit women hardest -- especially those in the workforce. One man who talks the talk and walks the walk when it comes to achieving parity is Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Gender equality is at the center of De Croo's post-COVID plan to build back. He also is author of "The Age of Women: Why Feminism Also Liberates Men."
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Allegations of Racism Within the British Monarchy
S2021 E3179 - 2m 49s
Reaction to the Sussexes interview on both sides of the Atlantic has exposed sharp dividing lines between British and American attitudes, and has raised hard questions about racist views within the royal household. Author and columnist Bonnie Greer is well placed to comment, having grown up in Chicago and lived in the UK for the past several decades.
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Civilians in Space: Speaking with Crew Members
S2021 E3179 - 17m 34s
Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is funding Inspiration4 -- the world’s first all-civilian space mission -- with SpaceX. Proceeds from the flight will be directed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which fights cancer and other diseases. Hayley Arceneaux, a St. Jude physician assistant, is set to be the first crew member of the historic mission.
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Dr. Ayoade Alakija discusses vaccine distribution in Africa
S2021 E3179 - 2m 57s
While millions of Europeans and Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there are entire nations in Africa that are still waiting for their initial dose. Dr. Ayoade Alakija is co-chair of the African Vaccine Delivery Alliance and is working to help secure vaccines for the continent.
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More Bloodshed in Myanmar
S2021 E3178 - 2m 35s
Today the United Nations Security Council held a closed-door meeting to discuss the Myanmar crisis, with the UN’s Special Envoy for Myanmar urging them to take action. Dr. Sasa says he was with Aung San Suu Kyi on the morning of the coup last month, but managed to escape in order to help form a shadow government. He has been appointed envoy to the UN on behalf of the now disbanded parliament.
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Pope Francis' First Ever Visit to Iraq
S2021 E3178 - 2m 33s
Pope Francis is making the first visit to Iraq in the history of the papacy. Iraqi Christians have been targets of persecution at the hands of Al Qaeda and ISIS, with thousands having fled the country. Correspondent Ben Wedeman is on the ground in Baghdad, and joins the show with an update on the visit.
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Author Isabel Allende's Feminist Journey
S2021 E3178 - 2m 12s
Author Isabel Allende had to flee her homeland following the U.S.-backed coup in Chile in 1973. Today the author is famed for such novels as "The House of the Spirits" and her touching, nonfiction-like "Paula." Restless and imaginative as ever, Allende is now ready to release "The Soul of a Woman," a memoir of her feminist journey.
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