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Donna Edwards and Al Discuss Race, Cops, and Photo Ops
Episode 11
Former Congresswoman Edwards talks about being the mother of a young black man and whether George Floyd's murder has finally brought us to an inflect…
5 years, 8 months ago
NEA President Lily Eskelsen García on Teaching During a Pandemic and a DeVos
Episode 10
The host (and former member of the Senate Education Committee) and the president of the National Education Association talks about an important subje…
5 years, 9 months ago
COVID-19 Trailer
Episode 1
This COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the greatest global crisis since World War II. Since the coronavirus hit, Al has been talking with guests about th…
5 years, 9 months ago
Paul Krugman on Arguing with Republican Zombies
Episode 9
The NYT columnist and Nobel Prize winner discusses how Republicans operate in bad faith on issues like climate, tax cuts, deficits, income and wealth…
5 years, 9 months ago
Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One
Episode 8
The former GOP strategist trashes Trump and his enablers. And gives a surprisingly personal explanation of why it took him so long to leave his old p…
5 years, 9 months ago
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant on Where We Go From Here
Episode 7
From 1973-76, Dr. Larry Brilliant was part of the World Health Organization team that eradicated smallpox and is Chairman of the Board of Ending Pand…
5 years, 9 months ago
Chief Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks Elections During A Pandemic
Episode 6
Democrats want every eligible American to vote. Republicans don’t. Nationally renowned election lawyer Marc Elias discusses the battles ahead from no…
5 years, 9 months ago
Billy and Debbie Shore, Founders of No Kid Hungry, on Hunger in America During this Pandemic
Episode 5
The brother and sister team who have been doing this work for 35 years talk about how the pandemic has shined a light on childhood hunger and what we…
5 years, 10 months ago
Michael Lewis On How Trump’s Handling of Covid-19 Has Proven His Book, The Fifth Risk, Tragically Prophetic.
Episode 4
In The Fifth Risk, Lewis portrayed Donald Trump as a man totally ignorant of and disinterested in the actually functioning of the federal government.…
5 years, 10 months ago
Mental Health and Criminal Justice
Episode 49
Miami Dade County Judge Steve Leifman and Norm Ornstein on Judge Leifman’s remarkably successful Jail Diversion Program, which saves lives and big bu…
5 years, 10 months ago