The Open Mind

Season 2020

TV-G
This public affairs talk show is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts, and all realms of civic life. First broadcast in 1956, it explores challenges of the digital age, American politics and emerging issues.
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46 Episodes
  • Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights
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    Episode 1Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil RightsNicholas Buccola on his book "The Fire is Upon Us: Baldwin, Buckley, and Race in America."
  • The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism
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    Episode 2The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's OriginalismJustin Driver of Yale Law on constitutional law and the struggle to preserve democracy.
  • Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond
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    Episode 3Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and BeyondVassar College president Elizabeth Bradley on free speech and engaged pluralism.
  • Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse
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    Episode 4Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical DiscourseRobert Boyers on "The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity… and the Hunt for Political Heresies."
  • The Science and Necessity of Friendship
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    Episode 5The Science and Necessity of FriendshipScience journalist Lydia Denworth on the evolution, biology, and power of friendship.
  • Unbecoming a Democracy
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    Episode 6Unbecoming a DemocracyPatricia Roberts-Miller of University of Texas on demagoguery and its historical origins.
  • The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks
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    Episode 7The Kremlin’s Hack AttacksWired reporter Andy Greenberg discusses the next wave of Russian cyber crimes.
  • Democratizing the Jury
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    Episode 8Democratizing the JuryWesleyan University’s Sonali Chakravarti on her book "Radical Enfranchisement."
  • Facts and Fears of a Pandemic
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    Episode 9Facts and Fears of a PandemicNBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny on coronavirus, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy-mongers.
  • Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials
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    Episode 10Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the SocialsMother Jones’ Ali Breland on combating bigotry online and breaking up new media monopolies.
  • Knowing the Enemy of Truth
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    Episode 11Knowing the Enemy of TruthInformation warfare expert Molly McKew on foreign interference in US elections.
  • The FEC is AWOL
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    Episode 12The FEC is AWOLCenter for Responsive Politics’ Anna Massoglia on campaign finance accountability issues.
  • Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated
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    Episode 13Big Tech = Dystopia IncorporatedNBC News dystopia reporter Ben Collins on exposing deception and companies that enable it.
  • The Cult of QAnon
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    Episode 14The Cult of QAnonQAnon Anonymous host Travis View on QAnon conspiracy theorists and what motivates them.
  • American Demagogue
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    Episode 15American DemagogueJennifer Mercieca on "Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump."
  • Gen Z in the Heartland
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    Episode 16Gen Z in the HeartlandNico Gendron of The Wall Street Journal on engaging rural youth in a Local News Fellowship.
  • The Revolution is Online
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    Episode 17The Revolution is OnlineOnline News Association CEO Irving Washington on the future of digital news.
  • The Alchemy of Us
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    Episode 18The Alchemy of UsMaterials scientist Ainissa Ramirez on her new book "The Alchemy of Us."
  • @V2019N
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    Episode 19@V2019NRachel Graham on tracking COVID-19 from its inception to inform public health on Twitter.
  • Hiding in Plain Sight
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    Episode 20Hiding in Plain SightSarah Kendzior on her book "Hiding in Plain Sight" and the threat of authoritarianism.
  • The Youth Vote in 2020
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    Episode 21The Youth Vote in 2020UVA professor and coauthor of "Making Young Voters," John Holbein on civic participation.
  • The Pandemic’s Prophet
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    Episode 22The Pandemic’s ProphetPulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett on predicting COVID-19.
  • Army of the Decent
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    Episode 23Army of the DecentLincoln Project’s John Weaver on holding people in power accountable to their oaths.
  • Dystopia for Realists
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    Episode 24Dystopia for Realists"Humankind" author and historian Rutger Bregman on hope for a prosocial society.
  • Renewing Democracy for Today
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    Episode 25Renewing Democracy for TodayGarry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative on authoritarian rule.
  • Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
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    Episode 26Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman on the pandemic and voting turnout.
  • American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic
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    Episode 27American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the PandemicDr. Jeffrey Matthews, of U of Chicago Medicine, on hospitals’ response to the pandemic.
  • America Without Law
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    Episode 28America Without LawJack Jackson on "Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."
  • John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
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    Episode 29John Lewis and The Third ReconstructionAtlantic Magazine’s Adam Harris on John Lewis and a new Civil Rights Movement in America.
  • How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides
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    Episode 30How to Speak Justly and Bridge DividesUniversity of Chicago psychologist Katherine Kinzler on her new book “How You Say It.”
  • Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP
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    Episode 31Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOPRepublican presidential campaign veteran Stuart Stevens on his new book "It Was All a Lie."
  • Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?
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    Episode 32Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?Minister, activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on re-imagining a post-pandemic America.
  • Political and Personal Accountability
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    Episode 33Political and Personal AccountabilityCong. (Ret.) Katie Hill on her new book "She Will Rise" and the battle for true equality.
  • Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine
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    Episode 34Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show VaccineCarl Bergstrom on "Calling Bull____: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World."
  • Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?
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    Episode 35Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?Election security advocate Jennifer Cohn on election oversight and hand-marked paper trail.
  • Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine
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    Episode 36Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID VaccineYale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.
  • Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
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    Episode 37Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?CNN’s Brian Stetler on the danger of disinformation on Election Night, Week, and Month.
  • American Autocracy
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    Episode 38American AutocracyU.S. democracy and authoritarianism.
  • After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
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    Episode 39After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your LifeCivil Rights leader and MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton on the mobilization of Black voters.
  • Four More Years of Social Media Failure
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    Episode 40Four More Years of Social Media FailureMIT scholar Sinan Aral on how to regulate social media to have a constructive impact.
  • Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020
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    Episode 41Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Kristen Clarke on justice at the polls.
  • The Flight of Humane Poetics
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    Episode 42The Flight of Humane PoeticsJulie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos on their new book "Beyond Earth’s Edge."
  • Chinese Hegemony
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    Episode 43Chinese HegemonyCSIS fellow Jon Hillman on his new book "The Emperor’s New Road" and relations with China.
  • Our Brains on Totalitarianism
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    Episode 44Our Brains on TotalitarianismNeuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."
  • Republicanism vs. Trumpism
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    Episode 45Republicanism vs. TrumpismLincoln Project’s Mike Madrid on Georgia’s Senate run-off election and defeating Trumpism.
  • The Strongman in the USA
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    Episode 46The Strongman in the USAHistorian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and history.
 
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