California’s air quality chief: if Trump’s EPA gets its way, we’ll be “fumigated” again by pollution
As chair of the Air Resources Board, Nichols wields "rock star" status. Nichols plays a central role in deciding where Californians get their energy, what fuel goes in their cars and how their homes ...
8 Maj 201817min
Author Richard Powers’ novel about humans’ war against trees - and why both sides could lose
Patt Morrison speaks with Richard Powers, author of "The Overstory," a monumental novel about trees and people by one of our most "prodigiously talented" (The New York Times Book Review) novelists.
1 Maj 201818min
Since Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts quit his job rather than give data to ICE, life has taken a turn
Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts is a husband, father, writer and – after quitting his job at the Montana Department of Labor and Industry rather than share information with ICE – an unintentional immigration a...
17 Apr 201812min
For "tax day," UC Berkeley’s Dacher Keltner on how tax cuts affect the rich and poor differently.
Patt Morrison talks with Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at University of California, Berkeley, where he directs the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab. He is also the founder and faculty directo...
10 Apr 201814min
Anchor Judy Woodruff on the dare-to-be-boring PBS NewsHour in the era of Twitter and “fake news”
Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour, reflects on changes in the news media at a time when, more than ever, the public needs accurate and reliable sources.
3 Apr 201815min
Could Facebook throw an election? “Of course they could,” cautions Silicon Valley’s Aza Raskin.
Patt Morrison talks with interface designer Aza Raskin. Raskin's work with Mozilla, Firefox and numerous innovative startups, as well as having grown up the son of human-interface expert Jef Raskin, ...
27 Mars 201817min
Author Steven Pinker’s long, uplifting view of human progress -- even in spite of humans themselves
Patt Morrison speaks with Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker. In his new book, “Enlightenment Now: the Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress,” Pinker makes the case against doom and...
20 Mars 201816min
Senator Dianne Feinstein -- the assault weapons foe considers whether Donald Trump can really be the man who can carry gun control reform over the goal line.
Patt Morrison speaks with Senator Dianne Feinstein.
7 Mars 201813min
