54 Episodes

  1. Tiya Miles: The remarkable history of Ashley’s Sack

    Published: 6/11/2025
  2. Yaël Eisenstat: Democracy’s Cyber Defendant

    Published: 5/14/2025
  3. Toni Morrison: A Mercy (re-release)

    Published: 4/16/2025
  4. Ivo Daalder: The Future of NATO

    Published: 3/12/2025
  5. Kim Wehle: What to Make of the U.S. Constitution?

    Published: 2/12/2025
  6. Karen Joy Fowler: The Family Saga of John Wilkes Booth

    Published: 1/15/2025
  7. Francis Fukuyama: The Future of Liberalism

    Published: 12/11/2024
  8. Bret Easton Ellis: At the Edge of Fact and Fiction - The Shards

    Published: 11/13/2024
  9. 2024 U.S. Election Special (part 3) with Kim Wehle

    Published: 10/16/2024
  10. 2024 U.S. Election Special (part 2) with Mark Leibovich

    Published: 10/2/2024
  11. 2024 U.S. Election Special (part 1) with Carol Anderson

    Published: 9/18/2024
  12. FUTURE 400: Wolves and Kings

    Published: 7/3/2024
  13. FUTURE 400: Finding Family in Fashion

    Published: 6/19/2024
  14. FUTURE 400: From the Streets to the Heart

    Published: 6/5/2024
  15. FUTURE 400: New York Before New York

    Published: 5/22/2024
  16. Andrea Elliott: Family Homelessness in the US

    Published: 4/10/2024
  17. George Packer: America in Crisis and Renewal

    Published: 3/13/2024
  18. Nikole Hannah-Jones: A New American Origin Story

    Published: 2/14/2024
  19. Mark Leibovich: Thank You for Your Servitude

    Published: 1/17/2024
  20. Jane Fonda: Living the Life

    Published: 12/6/2023

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