A Tale of Two COVIDS
On the one hand, America's vaccine roll out is making great progress. On the other, in the last week COVID cases are on the rise in 38 states. On the one hand, the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are work...
15 Apr 202147min
A One on One with NYT Columnist Nick Kristof: Searching for Solutions from Here at Home to the World's Hot Spots
Two time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof has set himself from other columnists by virtue of his deep reporting into the subjects about which he writes. In this exclusive conversation...
15 Apr 202112min
"The GOP Thinks of Politics Like Pro Wrestling"--A Conversation with Rep. Eric Swalwell
Rep. Eric Swalwell of California has emerged as one of the most important voices in the Democratic Party. From his presidential campaign to his work during last year's impeachment hearings, he has sto...
13 Apr 202125min
How Can Joe Biden Avoid the Curse of 400 Rabbits?
The ancient Aztecs referred to the headache and misery following drunken debauchery as the "curse of 400 rabbits." Presidents need to try to avoid policies that produce similar reactions. So far the B...
12 Apr 202146min
It's Not Too Early to Predict What Biden Era Politics Will Be Like
By this time during the presidency of the former guy, his national security advisor had been booted, the Muslim ban had been tried and Comey was days from getting fired. We also knew that the GOP was ...
8 Apr 202144min
Sorting the Good News from the Bad on COVID
The US is making great progress on vaccine distribution and national death tolls are falling. But new variants are spreading and some states are seeing disturbing spikes in infection. The world is itc...
6 Apr 202112min
Things are Going Pretty Well...Maybe it's Time to Start Worrying
It is a matter of conventional wisdom nearly everywhere that the Biden Administration is off to a strong start. Which, life on this planet being what it is, leads us to ask, what could go wrong? Will ...
5 Apr 202146min
One-on-one with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Why It is So Important to Tell the Stories of Heroic Women
Too much of world history is written by men about men for men. The result is that cultural biases of a male-centric world are reinforced. But another consequence is that the vitally important stories ...
31 Mar 202137min
