The Open Mind

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Alexander Heffner as Himself

Seasons

Season 2018 (2018)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Representing Us (2018-01-06)

Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.
Ep. 2: Misinformation Crisis (2018-01-13)

University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.
Ep. 3: Automating Inequality (2018-01-16)

Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”
Ep. 4: Law, Order and Justice (2018-01-24)

Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.
Ep. 5: All the President’s Twitter Blocks (2018-02-03)

Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.
Ep. 6: Fascism Strikes Back (2018-02-10)

Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”
Ep. 7: Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism (2018-02-17)

Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.
Ep. 8: A Union of Concerned Technologists (2018-02-24)

Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.
Ep. 9: Combating Extremism Online (2018-03-03)

Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.
Ep. 10: Securing American Democracy (2018-03-10)

Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.
Ep. 11: China’s Contentious Public Sphere (2018-03-17)

Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”
Ep. 12: Democrats vs. Authoritarians (2018-04-07)

Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”
Ep. 13: Mother Internet (2018-04-10)

Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”
Ep. 14: Guardians of the Web (2018-04-21)

Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."
Ep. 15: The Post-Millennial Wave (2018-04-24)

NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.
Ep. 16: A Pro and Antibiotic Future (2018-05-05)

“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.
Ep. 17: At War With Cambridge Analytica (2018-05-12)

David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.
Ep. 18: The Real Drug Crisis (2018-05-19)

Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.
Ep. 19: Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight (2018-05-26)

Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”
Ep. 20: Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018 (2018-05-31)

John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.
Ep. 21: Tech Troublemakers (2018-06-09)

Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.
Ep. 22: The Lore of Life (2018-06-13)

Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”
Ep. 23: Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry (2018-06-23)

Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.
Ep. 24: Our Galaxy and Beyond (2018-06-27)

Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”
Ep. 25: The Future Caucus (2018-07-03)

Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.
Ep. 26: Democracy in the Internet Age (2018-07-14)

Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.
Ep. 27: Building Bridges (2018-07-17)

David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.
Ep. 28: Sweet Little (and Big) Lies (2018-07-28)

Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.
Ep. 29: The Right to Have Rights (2018-08-04)

Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.
Ep. 30: Documenting a Fascist Ascent (2018-08-07)

Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.
Ep. 31: Quarantining Hate Speech (2018-08-14)

Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.
Ep. 32: Guts, Heart and Minoritarian Rule (2018-08-25)

Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.
Ep. 33: The Creative Wealth of Nations (2018-08-27)

Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.
Ep. 34: Manchurian President and Alternative Realities (2018-09-05)

Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”
Ep. 35: Rage at the Ballot Box (2018-09-12)

Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”
Ep. 36: News, Disinformation, and Free Expression (2018-09-21)

Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.
Ep. 37: United Against Citizens (2018-09-25)

Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.
Ep. 38: Security, Nationalism, and the Four Freedoms (2018-10-01)

Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.
Ep. 39: Truth Decay in America (2018-10-09)

RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.
Ep. 40: Immigration, Dignity, and U.S.-Mexico Relations (2018-10-16)

KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.
Ep. 41: Truth and Lies of Education (2018-10-22)

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.
Ep. 42: The Microbes Among Us (2018-11-02)

North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”
Ep. 43: The Splintering of the American Mind (2018-11-10)

Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."
Ep. 44: Discovering Genes (2018-11-13)

Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."
Ep. 45: Disequilibrium on the Supreme Court (2018-11-19)

Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.
Ep. 46: The Creative Wealth of Nations (2018-12-02)

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.