Episodios

  • Jane McManus, "The Fast Track"

    Jane McManus, "The Fast Track"
    Aug 18 2025
    Sports journalist and academic Jane McManus, author of "The Fast Track," discusses the rise in popularity of women's sports since the early 1970s and the challenges female athletes have faced since then, including unequal pay and lack of media coverage. Prof. McManus talks about the experiences of Billie Jean King, Venus and Serena Williams, Caitlin Clark, Riley Gaines, and other female competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Lee Hawkins, "I Am Nobody's Slave"

    Lee Hawkins, "I Am Nobody's Slave"
    Aug 11 2025
    Journalist and musician Lee Hawkins, author of "I Am Nobody's Slave," talks about the impact that slavery and Jim Crow have had on his family through multiple generations. Mr. Hawkins examines the relationship between the past violence experienced by family members, often at the hands of white people, and the way his parents raised and severely discipline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 6 m
  • Nicole Kobie, "The Long History of the Future"

    Nicole Kobie, "The Long History of the Future"
    Aug 4 2025
    Technology reporter Nicole Kobie, author of "The Long History of the Future," talks about how technology evolves and discusses why many predicted technologies – including driverless and flying cars, smart cities, hyperloops, and autonomous robots – haven’t become a reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 3 m
  • Cornel West & Robert George, "Truth Matters"

    Cornel West & Robert George, "Truth Matters"
    Jul 28 2025
    Progressive professor Cornel West and conservative professor Robert George talk about their decades-long friendship and teaching together at Princeton University. They also discuss their new book, "Truth Matters," a dialogue between the two on such topics as American history, great books, faith, and free speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 48 m
  • Presidential Legacies

    Presidential Legacies
    Jul 21 2025
    David Kramer (G.W. Bush Institute), Stephanie Streett (Clinton Foundation), Alice Yates (George & Barbara Bush Foundation), and Mark Updegrove (LBJ Foundation) talk about preserving the legacies of U.S. presidents and the work their privately funded organizations do to achieve this, including through the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, which launched in 2015. They also talk about the relationship between their foundations and the government funded presidential library system, which is overseen by the National Archives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 5 m
  • Dr. Robert Malone, "PsyWar"

    Dr. Robert Malone, "PsyWar"
    Jul 14 2025
    Dr. Robert Malone, recently appointed to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, talks about his book "PsyWar," in which he argues that the U.S. government uses psychological warfare against Americans to control them. He also talks about how his career as a virologist and immunologist took a turn after he criticized the government's response to the COVID pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Rosie Rios, America250 Commission Chair

    Rosie Rios, America250 Commission Chair
    Jul 7 2025
    July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In 2016, Congress established the America250 Commission to plan events to celebrate the semiquincetennial. America250 Commission Chair Rosie Rios joins us to talk about several of these events which will occur over the next year, including the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade that took place on June 14, 2025, and other initiatives that the public can participate in leading up to the anniversary. She also talks about serving as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States (2009-2016). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h
  • Jonathan Turley, "The Indispensable Right"

    Jonathan Turley, "The Indispensable Right"
    Jun 30 2025
    George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley discusses the history of free speech in America and the people who advanced it. He argues that the right to free speech, enshrined in the First Amendment, is a basic human right that protects all the others. Prof. Turley also talks about current attempts by government, universities, and the private sector to limit free speech in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 4 m