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The Open Mind
Season 2018
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Episodes
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Episode 130 min2018-01-06
Representing Us
Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.
Episode 230 min2018-01-13
Misinformation Crisis
University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.
Episode 330 min2018-01-16
Automating Inequality
Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”
Episode 430 min2018-01-24
Law, Order and Justice
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.
Episode 530 min2018-02-03
All the President’s Twitter Blocks
Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.
Episode 630 min2018-02-10
Fascism Strikes Back
Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”
Episode 730 min2018-02-17
Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism
Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.
Episode 830 min2018-02-24
A Union of Concerned Technologists
Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.
Episode 930 min2018-03-03
Combating Extremism Online
Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.
Episode 1030 min2018-03-10
Securing American Democracy
Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.
Episode 1130 min2018-03-17
China’s Contentious Public Sphere
Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”
Episode 1230 min2018-04-07
Democrats vs. Authoritarians
Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”
Episode 1330 min2018-04-10
Mother Internet
Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”
Episode 1430 min2018-04-21
Guardians of the Web
Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."
Episode 1530 min2018-04-24
The Post-Millennial Wave
NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.
Episode 1630 min2018-05-05
A Pro and Antibiotic Future
“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.
Episode 1730 min2018-05-12
At War With Cambridge Analytica
David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.
Episode 1830 min2018-05-19
The Real Drug Crisis
Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.
Episode 1930 min2018-05-26
Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight
Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”
Episode 2030 min2018-05-31
Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018
John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.
Episode 2130 min2018-06-09
Tech Troublemakers
Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.
Episode 2230 min2018-06-13
The Lore of Life
Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”
Episode 2330 min2018-06-23
Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry
Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.
Episode 2430 min2018-06-27
Our Galaxy and Beyond
Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”
Episode 2530 min2018-07-03
The Future Caucus
Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.
Episode 2630 min2018-07-14
Democracy in the Internet Age
Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.
Episode 2730 min2018-07-17
Building Bridges
David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.
Episode 2830 min2018-07-28
Sweet Little (and Big) Lies
Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.
Episode 2930 min2018-08-04
The Right to Have Rights
Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.
Episode 3030 min2018-08-07
Documenting a Fascist Ascent
Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.
Episode 3130 min2018-08-14
Quarantining Hate Speech
Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.
Episode 3230 min2018-08-25
Guts, Heart and Minoritarian Rule
Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.
Episode 3330 min2018-08-27
The Creative Wealth of Nations
Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.
Episode 3430 min2018-09-05
Manchurian President and Alternative Realities
Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”
Episode 3530 min2018-09-12
Rage at the Ballot Box
Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”
Episode 3630 min2018-09-21
News, Disinformation, and Free Expression
Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.
Episode 3730 min2018-09-25
United Against Citizens
Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.
Episode 3830 min2018-10-01
Security, Nationalism, and the Four Freedoms
Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.
Episode 3930 min2018-10-09
Truth Decay in America
RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.
Episode 4030 min2018-10-16
Immigration, Dignity, and U.S.-Mexico Relations
KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.
Episode 4130 min2018-10-22
Truth and Lies of Education
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.
Episode 4230 min2018-11-02
The Microbes Among Us
North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”
Episode 4330 min2018-11-10
The Splintering of the American Mind
Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."
Episode 4430 min2018-11-13
Discovering Genes
Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."
Episode 4530 min2018-11-19
Disequilibrium on the Supreme Court
Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.
Episode 4630 min2018-12-02
The Creative Wealth of Nations
Patrick Kabanda, musician and consultant to the World Bank, talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the importance of the arts in development.