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."
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February 10, 2022
S2022 E4161 - 55m 47s
Rep. Karen Bass is teaming up with Republican Ann Wagner, co-sponsoring a bill to battle human trafficking and help its survivors. Melissa Bell reports on how the weather might impact a Russian invasion. Bill Hayes explores the history of our relationship with exercise in his new book, "Sweat." Public Wise has launched an online database identifying those who supported the insurrection.
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February 8, 2022
S2022 E4159 - 55m 46s
French President Macron in the effort to defuse tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Unresolved questions about a key energy pipeline from Russia, and the issue of sanctions should Putin invade Ukraine. Ukrainian security forces are training at Chernobyl. Heather McGhee argues that racist structures are costly to everyone. Examining the relationship between the classics and identity politics.
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February 8, 2022
S2022 E4158 - 55m 55s
Sen. Todd Young discusses tensions between the U.S. and China. Author Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why he's taking a stand against book banning. "South to America" author Imani Perry analyzes the divide between the Northern and Southern states in the U.S.
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Fmr. MP: Queen Elizabeth United Britain "Beyond Politics"
S2022 E5050 - 3m 1s
British journalist Walter Bagehot famously wrote that the constitution needed two parts: the dignified and the efficient. Queen Elizabeth arguably represented both -- having just two days ago appointed Liz Truss as prime minister. Former U.K. MP Alistair Burt joined the show to discuss.
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Historian: Queen Elizabeth Was Britain's "Center of Gravity"
S2022 E5050 - 2m 33s
The Queen recently celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to her people. To discuss the Queen's extraordinary life and legacy, Poppy was joined by historian Simon Schama.
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Remembering Queen Elizabeth's "Extraordinary" Wit
S2022 E5050 - 2m 45s
The White House has sent its condolences to the Windsor family. The Queen was of course Britain’s top diplomat and much more -- she represented 14 other nations as head of state as well as carrying the responsibility to safeguard the "Special Relationship" that exists between the U.K. and the United States. Sir Kim Darroch, Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, reflects on the monarch.
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The Secret History of Trump’s Family Separation Policy
S2022 E5049 - 18m 19s
The Trump administration’s forced family separation policy was a failed attempt to prevent illegal immigration. Thousands of children were deliberately separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, with no plan in place to reunite families in the future. The Atlantic’s Caitlin Dickerson discovered the true horror of what actually happened. She discusses her report.
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Mayor of Jackson, MS on the Water Crisis in His City
S2022 E5048 - 17m 37s
Residents of Jackson, Mississippi have been without running water for most of the past week. After flooding hit a treatment plant, thousands lost access to clean water and had to rely on bottled water instead. There is now some relief, as water pressure has been restored and public schools reopened. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba joins Michel Martin to give an update on the situation.
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Jackie Robinson Museum Opens in NYC
S2022 E5047 - 16m 53s
This week, 75 years after the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in major league baseball, a new museum honoring the sports and civil rights legend opens in New York. Walter Isaacson speaks with Jackie Robinson’s son David about his father’s incredible legacy.
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Expert: Biden Plan Doesn’t Fix The Student Loan Catastrophe
S2022 E5046 - 18m 26s
President Biden recently announced student loan debt relief for millions of Americans, attracting both praise and criticism. How did American students become so burdened with debt in the first place? Josh Mitchell is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and his new book "The Debt Trap" traces the roots and explosive growth of the $1.7 trillion student debt behemoth.
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Keeping Trump from Office Won’t Stop Threat to Democracy
S2022 E5045 - 18m 18s
Historian Nicole Hemmer says the dissolution of the USSR created a vacuum in American politics when America emerged as the sole global superpower. Hemmer’s latest book "Partisans" focuses on the conservatives who remade U.S. politics in the 1990s. Hemmer speaks with Walter Isaacson about how that decade's politics paved the way for Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Adam Entous: The Untold History of the Biden Family
S2022 E5044 - 16m 51s
President Biden is very much a product of his family history – but it’s a history we know little about. Investigative reporter Adam Entous has looked into the president’s ancestors in a piece for The New Yorker, and he speaks with Michel Martin about what shaped the man in the Oval Office.
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Rise of the Black Quarterback: What It Means for America
S2022 E5043 - 18m 15s
Diversity in leadership remains a problem for football in America: a significant majority of coaches, owners and quarterbacks are white. NFL writer and columnist Jason Reid explores the history of racism in the game in his latest book. The author joins Michel Martin to elaborate on breaking these barriers.
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Racially Profiled, Sentenced to Die: Who Was Chol Soo Lee?
S2022 E5042 - 17m 27s
A victim of racial profiling, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was sentenced to life in prison for a San Francisco murder he did not commit. In 1970s America, his case inspired a grassroots social justice movement within the Asian American community. A new, critically acclaimed documentary traces Lee's story and the movement that led to his release.
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“I’m Glad My Mom Died:” Jennette McCurdy on Her New Memoir
S2022 E5031 - 17m 22s
Jennette McCurdy was a child actor in Nickelodeon shows like "iCarly" and "Sam & Cat," starring alongside Ariana Grande. In a new memoir, McCurdy opens up about her struggles with addiction and eating disorders as well as her troubled relationship with her mother. She speaks with Michel Martin about all this and why she is choosing to speak out.
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