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Thursday Morning Politics: 2025 Congress, Holiday Attack, More Jan 02, 2025

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Molly Ball, senior political correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, discusses the latest in national political news, including the attack in New Orleans and the incoming Congress.

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Mayoral Primary Kicks Off Jan 02, 2025

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Ben Max, host of the Max Politics podcast and executive editor and program director at New York Law School’s Center for New York City Law, previews New York City's mayoral primary season, as Democratic challengers vie to replace Mayor Eric Adams.

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100 Years of 100 Things: US Population Shifts Jan 02, 2025

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As our centennial series continues, Mark Mather, demographer and associate vice president for U.S. Programs at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), walks us through the shifts in U.S. demographics over the past 100 years.

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Holiday Best-Of: 100 Years of Radio; Earthquakes; Malcolm Gladwell; Wonderful World of Oz Dec 31, 2024

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As 2024 winds down, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:

For the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Matthew Barton, curator of recorded sound at the Library of Congress, walks us through the history of radio.
April's earthquake in New Jersey was likely a natural phenomenon, but earthquakes can be caused by human interventions -- like fracking. For our climate story of the week, Umair Irfan, staff writer at Vox writing about climate change and energy policy, breaks down how fracking and other natural resource extractions have increased the likelihood of earthquakes in the United States.
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of many books, including Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering (Little, Brown and Company, 2024), talks about his new work which follows up on his breakthrough book, The Tipping Point, with a more sobering look at social "epidemics."
As our centennial series continues, John Fricke, historian focused on The Wizard of Oz and Judy Garland and the author of The Wonderful World of Oz: An Illustrated History of the American Classic (Down East Books, 2014), talks about the enduring impact of the story of The Wizard of Oz.

These interviews were lightly edited for time and clarity; the original web versions are available here:

100 Years of 100 Things: Radio (July 10, 2024)

How Fracking Can Cause Earthquakes (April 9, 2024)

Malcolm Gladwell Re-Considers (October 18, 2024)

100 Years of 100 Things: The Wizard of Oz (December 9, 2024)

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100 Years of 100 Things: New Year's in Times Square Dec 30, 2024

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As our centennial series continues, Katie Thornton, a Peabody-winning journalist and public historian, reviews the history of Times Square and its popular New Years celebration.

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How to Stick to NYE Resolutions Dec 30, 2024

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New year's resolutions are notoriously hard to keep. Adam Galinsky, Columbia Business School professor and author of the forthcoming book, Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others (Harper Business, 2025), shares tips for staying inspired and reaching goals in 2025.

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From the Archives: Former President Jimmy Carter on Women's Rights, Religion and Power Dec 30, 2024

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Former President Jimmy Carter died yesterday. In this interview from 2014, he talks to Brian about women's rights and gender equality, religion and power.

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Monday Morning Politics: Greenland, the Panama Canal and Trump's Foreign Policy Dec 30, 2024

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Jacqueline Alemany, congressional investigations reporter for the Washington Post, talks about the latest political news out of Washington, including President-elect Donald Trump's recent statements about Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.

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Holiday Best-Of: Work of Robert Moses; School Culture Wars; Why Loneliness Dec 27, 2024

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For this extended holiday, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:

For the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of Inside City Hall and The Big Deal with Errol Louis, New York Magazine columnist and host of the podcast You Decide, talks about the past 100 years of the influence of Robert Moses on the New York area, which also coincides with the 50th anniversary of Robert Caro's exhaustive biography of Moses, The Power Broker
Mitchell Moss, professor of urban policy and planning at New York University's Wagner School, and Rachel Weinberger, Peter W. Herman chair for transportation at Regional Plan Association, talk about the ideas and proposals on how to undo the most harmful parts of Robert Moses' legacy, especially the expressways that have divided and polluted neighborhoods.
In another installment in the centennial series, Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of history of education at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of several books, including Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools (University of Chicago Press, September 2022), traces the history of the so-called "culture wars" in public education, from the Scopes trial, to religion in schools, sex ed and the controversies of today over critical race theory, masks during COVID and more.
Olga Khazan, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World (Hachette Go, 2020) and the forthcoming Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change (S&S/Simon Element, 2025), talks about a study suggesting the current "loneliness epidemic" isn't because of a lack of friends, but a lack of time to spend with them.

These interviews were lightly edited for time and clarity; the original web versions are available here:

100 Years of 100 Things: Robert Moses (September 18, 2024)

Undoing Robert Moses' Legacy (September 20, 2024)

100 Years of 100 Things: School Culture Wars (September 23, 2024)

Why Loneliness Isn't About Numbers (September 12, 2024)

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Holiday Best-Of: 100 Years of Socialism & Capitalism; Peacemaking; Your 'Saint' Dec 26, 2024

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On this day of many holidays, enjoy some of our favorite recent conversations:

As part of our centennial series Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University, editor emeritus of Dissent and the author of several books, including What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party (FSG, 2022) and American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation (Knopf, 2011), traces the history of socialism in America.
As our centennial series continues, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, university professor at Columbia University, chief economist at the Roosevelt Institute, and author of The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society (W.W.Norton, 2024), reviews the history of American capitalism and the ebb and flow of regulation.
John Marks, social entrepreneur, founder of Search for Common Ground and Common Ground Productions, founder and managing director of Confluence International, visiting scholar at Leiden University and the author of From Vision to Action: Remaking the World Through Social Entrepreneurship (Columbia University Press, 2024), talks about his work in conflict resolution and finding common ground.
Jim O'Grady, freelance podcast reporter, producer, and editor, talks about how he looks to a Catholic saint for spiritual guidance, and listeners call in to share their favorite saint or other spiritual guide.

These interviews were lightly edited for time and clarity; the original web versions are available here:

100 Years of Things: American Socialism (October 28, 2024)
100 Years of 100 Things: American Capitalism (November 1, 2024)
The Business of Peace-Building (October 1, 2024)
How Saints Can Help Us Sinners (September 16, 2024)

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