Podcast Episodes

Iuliia Mendel: President Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the Rest of the World

When Iuliia Mendel got the call telling her she had been hired to work for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come.

Mendel had a front row seat to many of the key eve…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Monkeypox: The Response and What's Next

In May 2022, an outbreak of monkeypox, a viral disease, was confirmed. It quickly spread from the United Kingdom to many countries around the world. Everyone is able to contract monkeypox, but its mo…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Josh Chin and Liza Lin: China and the Era of Digital Surveillance

An alarming new reality is emerging in China, where a new kind of political control is being waged through the optimization of technology. Journalists Josh Chin and Liza Lin describe the journey thro…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What It Means for America's Power Grid

Author Katherine Blunt provides what is being called a "revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications," exploring the decline of California’s largest utility company that led to countless w…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Senator Patrick Leahy: My Life in Politics

From post-Watergate reforms, to the fall of the Soviet Union, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, 9/11 and the Iraq War, the Great Recession, the two Trump impeachment trials, and the January 6 insurrec…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

CLIMATE ONE: The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?

In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in renewable energy, make EVs more affordable, address climate i…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

How to Decide Which Medical and Health Information You Should Trust

Fake news? Alternative facts? Overly hyped "breakthroughs"? Irreproducible scientific research results? Preprints? Gaslighting the medical literature? What to do?

Finding and trusting the best publish…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

That Is Not Your Mind!

Author of That Is Not Your Mind: Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra, Robert Rosenbaum explores that question by taking forum participants on a magical journey through the Surangama Sutra based in…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Valerie Biden Owens: Family, Faith and Responsibility

Join us for a conversation about family, faith and responsibility, with Valerie Biden Owens and Dr. Gloria Duffy. Valerie Biden Owens is Biden Institute chair at the University of Delaware, campaign …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Kermit Roosevelt III: The Nation That Never Was

Is today’s America really the one the Founding Fathers envisioned? That is the question constitutional scholar Kermit Roosevelt asks, tracing the majority of American political sentiments from the mo…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago