The Open Mind
(1956)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 2020
The Strongman in the USA
Episode 46 - 11-30-2020
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and history.
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Republicanism vs. Trumpism
Episode 45 - 11-24-2020
Lincoln Project’s Mike Madrid on Georgia’s Senate run-off election and defeating Trumpism.
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Our Brains on Totalitarianism
Episode 44 - 11-16-2020
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."
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Chinese Hegemony
Episode 43 - 11-09-2020
CSIS fellow Jon Hillman on his new book "The Emperor’s New Road" and relations with China.
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The Flight of Humane Poetics
Episode 42 - 11-02-2020
Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos on their new book "Beyond Earth’s Edge."
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Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020
Episode 41 - 10-26-2020
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Kristen Clarke on justice at the polls.
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Four More Years of Social Media Failure
Episode 40 - 10-19-2020
MIT scholar Sinan Aral on how to regulate social media to have a constructive impact.
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After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
Episode 39 - 10-13-2020
Civil Rights leader and MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton on the mobilization of Black voters.
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American Autocracy
Episode 38 - 10-07-2020
U.S. democracy and authoritarianism.
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Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
Episode 37 - 10-05-2020
CNN’s Brian Stetler on the danger of disinformation on Election Night, Week, and Month.
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Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine
Episode 36 - 9-28-2020
Yale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.
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Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?
Episode 35 - 9-21-2020
Election security advocate Jennifer Cohn on election oversight and hand-marked paper trail.
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Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine
Episode 34 - 9-14-2020
Carl Bergstrom on "Calling Bull____: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World."
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Political and Personal Accountability
Episode 33 - 9-07-2020
Cong. (Ret.) Katie Hill on her new book "She Will Rise" and the battle for true equality.
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Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?
Episode 32 - 8-31-2020
Minister, activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on re-imagining a post-pandemic America.
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Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP
Episode 31 - 8-24-2020
Republican presidential campaign veteran Stuart Stevens on his new book "It Was All a Lie."
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How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides
Episode 30 - 8-17-2020
University of Chicago psychologist Katherine Kinzler on her new book “How You Say It.”
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John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
Episode 29 - 8-10-2020
Atlantic Magazine’s Adam Harris on John Lewis and a new Civil Rights Movement in America.
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America Without Law
Episode 28 - 7-27-2020
Jack Jackson on "Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."
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American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic
Episode 27 - 7-20-2020
Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, of U of Chicago Medicine, on hospitals’ response to the pandemic.
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Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
Episode 26 - 7-13-2020
Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman on the pandemic and voting turnout.
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Renewing Democracy for Today
Episode 25 - 7-06-2020
Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative on authoritarian rule.
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Dystopia for Realists
Episode 24 - 6-29-2020
"Humankind" author and historian Rutger Bregman on hope for a prosocial society.
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Army of the Decent
Episode 23 - 6-22-2020
Lincoln Project’s John Weaver on holding people in power accountable to their oaths.
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The Pandemic’s Prophet
Episode 22 - 6-15-2020
Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett on predicting COVID-19.
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The Youth Vote in 2020
Episode 21 - 6-08-2020
UVA professor and coauthor of "Making Young Voters," John Holbein on civic participation.
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Hiding in Plain Sight
Episode 20 - 6-01-2020
Sarah Kendzior on her book "Hiding in Plain Sight" and the threat of authoritarianism.
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@V2019N
Episode 19 - 5-25-2020
Rachel Graham on tracking COVID-19 from its inception to inform public health on Twitter.
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The Alchemy of Us
Episode 18 - 5-18-2020
Materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez on her new book "The Alchemy of Us."
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The Revolution is Online
Episode 17 - 5-11-2020
Online News Association CEO Irving Washington on the future of digital news.
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Gen Z in the Heartland
Episode 16 - 5-04-2020
Nico Gendron of The Wall Street Journal on engaging rural youth in a Local News Fellowship.
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American Demagogue
Episode 15 - 4-27-2020
Jennifer Mercieca on "Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump."
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The Cult of QAnon
Episode 14 - 4-20-2020
QAnon Anonymous host Travis View on QAnon conspiracy theorists and what motivates them.
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Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated
Episode 13 - 4-13-2020
NBC News dystopia reporter Ben Collins on exposing deception and companies that enable it.
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The FEC is AWOL
Episode 12 - 4-06-2020
Center for Responsive Politics’ Anna Massoglia on campaign finance accountability issues.
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Knowing the Enemy of Truth
Episode 11 - 3-30-2020
Information warfare expert Molly McKew on foreign interference in US elections.
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Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials
Episode 10 - 3-23-2020
Mother Jones’ Ali Breland on combating bigotry online and breaking up new media monopolies.
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Facts and Fears of a Pandemic
Episode 9 - 3-16-2020
NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny on coronavirus, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy-mongers.
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Democratizing the Jury
Episode 8 - 2-24-2020
Wesleyan University’s Sonali Chakravarti on her book "Radical Enfranchisement."
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The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks
Episode 7 - 2-18-2020
Wired reporter Andy Greenberg discusses the next wave of Russian cyber crimes.
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Unbecoming a Democracy
Episode 6 - 2-10-2020
Patricia Roberts-Miller of University of Texas on demagoguery and its historical origins.
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The Science and Necessity of Friendship
Episode 5 - 2-03-2020
Science journalist Lydia Denworth on the evolution, biology, and power of friendship.
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Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse
Episode 4 - 1-20-2020
Robert Boyers on "The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity… and the Hunt for Political Heresies."
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Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond
Episode 3 - 1-13-2020
Vassar College president Elizabeth Bradley on free speech and engaged pluralism.
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The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism
Episode 2 - 1-06-2020
Justin Driver of Yale Law on constitutional law and the struggle to preserve democracy.
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Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights
Episode 1 - 1-03-2020
Nicholas Buccola on his book "The Fire is Upon Us: Baldwin, Buckley, and Race in America."
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Season 2018
The Creative Wealth of Nations
Episode 46 - 12-02-2018
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.
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Disequilibrium on the Supreme Court
Episode 45 - 11-19-2018
Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.
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Discovering Genes
Episode 44 - 11-13-2018
Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."
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The Splintering of the American Mind
Episode 43 - 11-10-2018
Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."
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The Microbes Among Us
Episode 42 - 11-02-2018
North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”
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Truth and Lies of Education
Episode 41 - 10-22-2018
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.
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Immigration, Dignity, and U.S.-Mexico Relations
Episode 40 - 10-16-2018
KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.
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Truth Decay in America
Episode 39 - 10-09-2018
RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.
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Security, Nationalism, and the Four Freedoms
Episode 38 - 10-01-2018
Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.
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United Against Citizens
Episode 37 - 9-25-2018
Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.
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News, Disinformation, and Free Expression
Episode 36 - 9-21-2018
Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.
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Rage at the Ballot Box
Episode 35 - 9-12-2018
Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”
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Manchurian President and Alternative Realities
Episode 34 - 9-05-2018
Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”
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The Creative Wealth of Nations
Episode 33 - 8-27-2018
Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.
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Guts, Heart and Minoritarian Rule
Episode 32 - 8-25-2018
Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.
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Quarantining Hate Speech
Episode 31 - 8-14-2018
Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.
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Documenting a Fascist Ascent
Episode 30 - 8-07-2018
Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.
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The Right to Have Rights
Episode 29 - 8-04-2018
Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.
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Sweet Little (and Big) Lies
Episode 28 - 7-28-2018
Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.
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Building Bridges
Episode 27 - 7-17-2018
David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.
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Democracy in the Internet Age
Episode 26 - 7-14-2018
Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.
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The Future Caucus
Episode 25 - 7-03-2018
Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.
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Our Galaxy and Beyond
Episode 24 - 6-27-2018
Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”
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Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry
Episode 23 - 6-23-2018
Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.
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The Lore of Life
Episode 22 - 6-13-2018
Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”
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Tech Troublemakers
Episode 21 - 6-09-2018
Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.
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Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018
Episode 20 - 5-31-2018
John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.
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Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight
Episode 19 - 5-26-2018
Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”
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The Real Drug Crisis
Episode 18 - 5-19-2018
Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.
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At War With Cambridge Analytica
Episode 17 - 5-12-2018
David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.
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A Pro and Antibiotic Future
Episode 16 - 5-05-2018
“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.
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The Post-Millennial Wave
Episode 15 - 4-24-2018
NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.
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Guardians of the Web
Episode 14 - 4-21-2018
Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."
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Mother Internet
Episode 13 - 4-10-2018
Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”
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Democrats vs. Authoritarians
Episode 12 - 4-07-2018
Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”
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China’s Contentious Public Sphere
Episode 11 - 3-17-2018
Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”
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Securing American Democracy
Episode 10 - 3-10-2018
Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.
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Combating Extremism Online
Episode 9 - 3-03-2018
Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.
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A Union of Concerned Technologists
Episode 8 - 2-24-2018
Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.
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Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism
Episode 7 - 2-17-2018
Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.
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Fascism Strikes Back
Episode 6 - 2-10-2018
Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”
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All the President’s Twitter Blocks
Episode 5 - 2-03-2018
Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.
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Law, Order and Justice
Episode 4 - 1-24-2018
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.
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Automating Inequality
Episode 3 - 1-16-2018
Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”
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Misinformation Crisis
Episode 2 - 1-13-2018
University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.
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Representing Us
Episode 1 - 1-06-2018
Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.
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