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The biggest threat to democracy that nobody is talking about Sep 04, 2018

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Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause, is sounding an alarm over a drive to call for a constitutional convention and the lasting damage that could do.

Inside Andrew Gillum’s campaign to become Florida’s first black governor Aug 28, 2018

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Aug. 28 is primary day in Florida and a chance for Andrew Gillum to become the state's first African American democratic nominee for governor. To reacquaint you, this episode is a rerun of our June conversation with the man who could make history.

'We think prison is the only way to hold people accountable when they break the law' Aug 20, 2018

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Karol Mason, president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former Obama Justice Department official, discusses what the public thinks criminal justice means, what it actually means and what it should mean.

How Robert Runcie helped the Parkland generation find their voice Aug 14, 2018

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Robert Runcie instituted radical changes when he became superintendent of Broward County schools. Those changes helped give rise to the Parkland generation after his students experienced one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.

Arthur Brooks says contempt is not just bad for marriages. It kills politics and the country, too. Aug 07, 2018

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Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the moral mistakes of the Trump administration, populism and why he's leaving his job.

‘I am more forgiving’: When Alex Wagner learned the truth about her family’s history Jul 31, 2018

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'Futureface' is No. 1 on President Obama's summer reading list. Author Alex Wagner, who is half-white and half-Burmese, discusses how untangling her family's history gave her a new perspective on our country today.

‘It’s like he took a knee to Putin’: Mitch Landrieu on Helsinki, and the Democrats’ identity crisis Jul 24, 2018

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Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu joins Jonathan in front of a live audience at the Opportunity 2020 conference in Columbus Ohio. They discuss the removal of Confederate statues from New Orleans, Trump and the future of the Democratic Party.

How your data is used by the police and where it goes wrong Jul 17, 2018

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In the conversation around criminal justice reform, more attention is being paid to how the police work. Professor Andrew Ferguson, author of ‘The Rise of Big Data Policing’ walks through the tools police are using to combat crime and its downsides.

David Miliband on immigration crisis: “What’s going on is dehumanization” Jul 10, 2018

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David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign affairs minister discusses the immigration crisis at the US southern border and puts it into a global context.

'Stop acting as though Trump is the first,' says the Rev. William Barber Jul 03, 2018

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Today our moral underpinnings are being tested. So there's no better person to talk to than Rev. Barber, the man whose multiple arrests in the Moral Monday movement have galvanized the nation. This episode is one part history seminar and two parts church.

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