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Firing Line forum: Examining The Electoral College

26m 46s

Margaret Hoover moderates a forum at Hofstra U. on whether the Electoral College should be abolished. Save our States founder Trent England argues to keep it while the New York Times’ Jesse Wegman supports replacing it with a national popular vote.

Episodes

  • The Oslo Freedom Forum: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Oslo Freedom Forum

    S2021 E515 - 26m 46s

    Firing Line interviews three dissidents at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Miami: Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi; Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham; and Venezuelan political exile Leopoldo Lopez.

  • Frank McCourt: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Frank McCourt

    S2021 E514 - 26m 46s

    Billionaire Frank McCourt discusses his venture to overhaul the internet and create social media alternatives. He says blockchain is the key to protecting personal data and answers questions about how to transform his mission into a movement.

  • Mohamed El-Erian: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mohamed El-Erian

    S2021 E513 - 26m 46s

    Economist Mohamed A. El-Erian outlines his concern that inflation will persist and urges the Federal Reserve not to miss the window to act. He discusses how the pandemic has altered labor markets and discusses why some changes may be here to stay.

  • George Will: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    George Will

    S2021 E512 - 26m 46s

    Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will discusses the conservative movement from William F. Buckley Jr. to the present, why he says many modern Republican politicians are not true conservatives, and what's next for Trumpism.

  • Peter Meijer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Peter Meijer

    S2021 E511 - 26m 46s

    As America marks the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, Rep. Peter Meijer, R-MI, discusses the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, his decision to fly into Kabul amid the evacuation and who should be held accountable for the botched ending of a two-decade war.

  • Bill Nelson: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bill Nelson

    S2021 E510 - 27m 16s

    NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discusses America’s mission to return to the moon and reach Mars, a new international space race, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) sightings, and NASA's search for intelligent life in the universe.

  • David Petraeus & H.R. McMaster: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    David Petraeus & H.R. McMaster

    S2021 E509 - 26m 46s

    Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster responds to the suicide attack that killed at least 13 U.S. service members outside the Kabul airport; Gen. David Petraeus discusses the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and what Taliban rule means for American security.

  • John McWhorter: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    John McWhorter

    S2021 E508 - 26m 46s

    Columbia University linguist and race commentator John McWhorter explains the origins of critical race theory, what the decades-old legal concept has become in today’s national debate and his concerns about antiracism and how it is taught.

  • Amy Klobuchar: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Amy Klobuchar

    S2021 E507 - 26m 46s

    Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) discusses the explosive growth of big tech and corporate mergers. She outlines her proposed antitrust reforms to fight back against monopolies and explains why every American should be paying attention.

  • Elissa Slotkin: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Elissa Slotkin

    S2021 E506 - 27m 16s

    Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, D-MI, discusses representing a district that voted for Trump, the investigation into the attack on the Capitol, and voting rights. The former CIA analyst outlines her concerns about what's next for Afghanistan.

  • Celine Gounder and Ashish Jha: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Celine Gounder and Ashish Jha

    S2021 E505 - 26m 46s

    With a summer COVID surge, epidemiologist Dr. Celine Gounder and Brown University Dean of Public Health Dr. Ashish Jha discuss the dangers of the Delta variant, breakthrough cases, how to vaccinate more people and whether booster shots may be needed.

  • Mario Diaz-Balart: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mario Diaz-Balart

    S2021 E504 - 26m 39s

    Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL—whose family fled Fidel Castro’s communist revolution in Cuba—discusses the ongoing oppression on the island, historic protests calling for freedom and how he thinks the U.S. and our allies should respond.

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