The World Will Never Be the Same--But How Will It Be Different?
As we anticipate months more of lockdown and efforts at recovery, at further tragic loss of life and catastrophic economic dislocation, it is clear that we are living through an era-defining event. Su...
13 Apr 202054min
Special Episode: Inside Trump's Failure to Respond to the COVID-19 Threat
On April 11, the New York Times published an in-depth examination of the repeated warnings President Trump received concerning the impending coronavirus crisis and the story behind his steadfast oppos...
13 Apr 202040min
The Fog of Pandemic: If the Virus Doesn't Get You, the Misinformation, Inequality or Lessons Unlearned Will
The only thing you know about the ghastly numbers the grow larger every day on your computer or television screen is that they are wrong. They hugely understate the number of victims of the current pa...
9 Apr 20201h 7min
Will Democracy Be COVID-19's Most Consequential Victim?
One of the surest ways to get fired in the Trump Administration is to speak the truth. Ask Captain Brett Crozier. Or just place your duty to the country ahead of your loyalty to Donald Trump. Ask form...
6 Apr 202056min
A Health Crisis Wrapped in an Economic Crisis Inside a Leadership Crisis
America is just over 4% of the world's population but home to 25% of its COVID-19 cases. While European nations like Italy and Spain are wracked with the disease, Europeans typically do not have the a...
2 Apr 202051min
Do Our Leaders Morals Matter in a Crisis Like This?
Joe Nye, Harvard professor and formerly Dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, has a timely new book called "Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump" that serves as ...
30 Mars 20201h 8min
What Will the Death Toll of the War on Science Be?
In South Africa during the AIDS crisis, as our special guest Dr. Seema Yasmin points out, the government's denial of AIDS took a measurable toll. Today, she argues, we are at risk from the misinformat...
26 Mars 202052min
Beyond the Politics of the Pandemic: In a Crisis Party Must Not Matter
While the debate about managing the pandemic has grown more rancorous in recent days as death tolls have climbed and states have lamented the unresponsiveness of the federal government, while on Capit...
23 Mars 202052min
