The Open Mind

S2018 E1 - Representing Us

Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.

Jan 6, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E2 - Misinformation Crisis

University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.

Jan 13, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E3 - Automating Inequality

Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”

Jan 16, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E4 - Law, Order and Justice

Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.

Jan 24, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E5 - All the President’s Twitter Blocks

Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.

Feb 3, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E6 - Fascism Strikes Back

Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”

Feb 10, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E7 - Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism

Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.

Feb 17, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E8 - A Union of Concerned Technologists

Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.

Feb 24, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E9 - Combating Extremism Online

Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.

Mar 3, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E10 - Securing American Democracy

Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.

Mar 10, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E11 - China’s Contentious Public Sphere

Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”

Mar 17, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E12 - Democrats vs. Authoritarians

Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”

Apr 7, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E13 - Mother Internet

Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”

Apr 10, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E14 - Guardians of the Web

Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."

Apr 21, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E15 - The Post-Millennial Wave

NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.

Apr 24, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E16 - A Pro and Antibiotic Future

“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.

May 5, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E17 - At War With Cambridge Analytica

David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.

May 12, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E18 - The Real Drug Crisis

Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.

May 19, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E19 - Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight

Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”

May 26, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E20 - Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018

John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.

May 31, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E21 - Tech Troublemakers

Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.

Jun 9, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E22 - The Lore of Life

Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”

Jun 13, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E23 - Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry

Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.

Jun 23, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E24 - Our Galaxy and Beyond

Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”

Jun 27, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E25 - The Future Caucus

Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.

Jul 3, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E26 - Democracy in the Internet Age

Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.

Jul 14, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E27 - Building Bridges

David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.

Jul 17, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E28 - Sweet Little (and Big) Lies

Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.

Jul 28, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E29 - The Right to Have Rights

Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.

Aug 4, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E30 - Documenting a Fascist Ascent

Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.

Aug 7, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E31 - Quarantining Hate Speech

Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.

Aug 14, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E32 - Guts, Heart and Minoritarian Rule

Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.

Aug 25, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E33 - The Creative Wealth of Nations

Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.

Aug 27, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E34 - Manchurian President and Alternative Realities

Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”

Sep 5, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E35 - Rage at the Ballot Box

Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”

Sep 12, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E36 - News, Disinformation, and Free Expression

Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.

Sep 21, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E37 - United Against Citizens

Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.

Sep 25, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E38 - Security, Nationalism, and the Four Freedoms

Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.

Oct 1, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E39 - Truth Decay in America

RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.

Oct 9, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E40 - Immigration, Dignity, and U.S.-Mexico Relations

KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.

Oct 16, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E41 - Truth and Lies of Education

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.

Oct 22, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E42 - The Microbes Among Us

North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”

Nov 2, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E43 - The Splintering of the American Mind

Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."

Nov 10, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E44 - Discovering Genes

Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."

Nov 13, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E45 - Disequilibrium on the Supreme Court

Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.

Nov 19, 2018 • 30m

S2018 E46 - The Creative Wealth of Nations

Patrick Kabanda, musician and consultant to the World Bank, talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the importance of the arts in development.

Dec 2, 2018 • 30m