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Is America Due for a Third Founding?
Episode 508
America’s “second founding” came on the heels of the Civil War, when the architects of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments thought long and hard about…
2 years ago
The $38 Trillion Question
Episode 507
If we do absolutely nothing to mitigate climate change, scientists estimate the toll could be $38 trillion a year in damages. Industrialized countrie…
2 years ago
Hope in Troubling Times
Episode 506
Hope seems like a simple concept, but the feeling can be difficult to hold onto. And when times are difficult and chaos swirls around us, it’s more i…
2 years ago
The First AI Elections
Episode 505
Almost anyone with a computer can figure out how to make a deepfake photo, video or audio. With a contentious and vitally important election around t…
2 years ago
At America’s Edge: Border Politics, Policy and People
Episode 504
It’s been decades since the United States has updated its immigration policies in any sort of comprehensive way, and the problems and suffering at th…
2 years ago
AI Superthinker
Episode 503
Where will artificial intelligence be in five years, or 10 or 20? What happens if the technology is regulated? And if it isn’t? How will it shape the…
2 years, 1 month ago
Academia at a Crossroads
Episode 502
The challenges for university presidents keep coming, from Middle East protests to standardized testing and admissions debates, to complaints over cl…
2 years, 1 month ago
Peter Thiel — On the Record with an Iconoclast
Episode 501
Whether they publicly tout it or not, U.S. technology companies play a powerful role in politics, cultural issues and the way we live. Founder and in…
2 years, 1 month ago
A Revolutionary Age with Fareed Zakaria
Episode 500
Sizable electorates around the world are flocking to populist candidates who promise power, domination and a return to better times. The global exper…
2 years, 1 month ago
Seeing Light in Dark Times with Nicholas Kristof
Episode 499
Conflict and suffering can bring out the worst in people, but it can also bring out the best. This is one of the lessons New York Times columnist Nic…
2 years, 2 months ago