The Open MindSäsong 2020

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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.

Where to Watch The Open Mind • Säsong 2020

46 Episodes

  • Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights
    A1
    Baldwin 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
    A2
    The 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
    A3
    Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and BeyondVassar College president Elizabeth Bradley on free speech and engaged pluralism.
  • Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse
    A4
    Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical DiscourseRobert Boyers on "The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity… and the Hunt for Political Heresies."
  • The Science and Necessity of Friendship
    A5
    The Science and Necessity of FriendshipScience journalist Lydia Denworth on the evolution, biology, and power of friendship.
  • Unbecoming a Democracy
    A6
    Unbecoming a DemocracyPatricia Roberts-Miller of University of Texas on demagoguery and its historical origins.
  • The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks
    A7
    The Kremlin’s Hack AttacksWired reporter Andy Greenberg discusses the next wave of Russian cyber crimes.
  • Democratizing the Jury
    A8
    Democratizing the JuryWesleyan University’s Sonali Chakravarti on her book "Radical Enfranchisement."
  • Facts and Fears of a Pandemic
    A9
    Facts and Fears of a PandemicNBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny on coronavirus, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy-mongers.
  • Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials
    A10
    Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the SocialsMother Jones’ Ali Breland on combating bigotry online and breaking up new media monopolies.
  • Knowing the Enemy of Truth
    A11
    Knowing the Enemy of TruthInformation warfare expert Molly McKew on foreign interference in US elections.
  • The FEC is AWOL
    A12
    The FEC is AWOLCenter for Responsive Politics’ Anna Massoglia on campaign finance accountability issues.
  • Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated
    A13
    Big Tech = Dystopia IncorporatedNBC News dystopia reporter Ben Collins on exposing deception and companies that enable it.
  • The Cult of QAnon
    A14
    The Cult of QAnonQAnon Anonymous host Travis View on QAnon conspiracy theorists and what motivates them.
  • American Demagogue
    A15
    American DemagogueJennifer Mercieca on "Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump."
  • Gen Z in the Heartland
    A16
    Gen Z in the HeartlandNico Gendron of The Wall Street Journal on engaging rural youth in a Local News Fellowship.
  • The Revolution is Online
    A17
    The Revolution is OnlineOnline News Association CEO Irving Washington on the future of digital news.
  • The Alchemy of Us
    A18
    The Alchemy of UsMaterials scientist Ainissa Ramirez on her new book "The Alchemy of Us."
  • @V2019N
    A19
    @V2019NRachel Graham on tracking COVID-19 from its inception to inform public health on Twitter.
  • Hiding in Plain Sight
    A20
    Hiding in Plain SightSarah Kendzior on her book "Hiding in Plain Sight" and the threat of authoritarianism.
  • The Youth Vote in 2020
    A21
    The Youth Vote in 2020UVA professor and coauthor of "Making Young Voters," John Holbein on civic participation.
  • The Pandemic’s Prophet
    A22
    The Pandemic’s ProphetPulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett on predicting COVID-19.
  • Army of the Decent
    A23
    Army of the DecentLincoln Project’s John Weaver on holding people in power accountable to their oaths.
  • Dystopia for Realists
    A24
    Dystopia for Realists"Humankind" author and historian Rutger Bregman on hope for a prosocial society.
  • Renewing Democracy for Today
    A25
    Renewing Democracy for TodayGarry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative on authoritarian rule.
  • Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
    A26
    Will 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
    A27
    American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the PandemicDr. Jeffrey Matthews, of U of Chicago Medicine, on hospitals’ response to the pandemic.
  • America Without Law
    A28
    America Without LawJack Jackson on "Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."
  • John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
    A29
    John 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
    A30
    How 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
    A31
    Gaslighting 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?
    A32
    Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?Minister, activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on re-imagining a post-pandemic America.
  • Political and Personal Accountability
    A33
    Political 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
    A34
    Calling 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?
    A35
    Will 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
    A36
    Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID VaccineYale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.
  • Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
    A37
    Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?CNN’s Brian Stetler on the danger of disinformation on Election Night, Week, and Month.
  • American Autocracy
    A38
    American AutocracyU.S. democracy and authoritarianism.
  • After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
    A39
    After 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
    A40
    Four 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
    A41
    Voting 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
    A42
    The Flight of Humane PoeticsJulie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos on their new book "Beyond Earth’s Edge."
  • Chinese Hegemony
    A43
    Chinese HegemonyCSIS fellow Jon Hillman on his new book "The Emperor’s New Road" and relations with China.
  • Our Brains on Totalitarianism
    A44
    Our Brains on TotalitarianismNeuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."
  • Republicanism vs. Trumpism
    A45
    Republicanism vs. TrumpismLincoln Project’s Mike Madrid on Georgia’s Senate run-off election and defeating Trumpism.
  • The Strongman in the USA
    A46
    The Strongman in the USAHistorian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and history.

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