After Words

Daily Beast journalist Kelly Weill reports on the rise of the Flat Earth movement and other conspiracy theories disseminated through online platforms.  She's interviewed by Reason Magazine books editor and author Jesse Walker. 

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CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates talks about her time as a federal prosecutor. She’s interviewed by author and Georgetown Law professor and Director of their Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative Kristin Henning.

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Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein argues that the lack of general civics knowledge by Millennials poses a threat to America's political and social institutions. He was interviewed by the Federalist's culture editor Emily Jashinksy

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Connecticut Democrat Will Haskell talks about his path to becoming a state senator at age 22 and legislation he's worked on since being in office. He's interviewed by Millennial Action Project president & CEO Layla Zaidane.

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Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) looks at the digital divide in America and offers his suggestions on how to close the gap.  He's interviewed by founder and editor in chief of the Markup, Julia Angwin. 

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How do civil wars start and could one happen again in the U.S.? Political scientist Barbara Walter examines the warning signs that often precede civil wars and discusses what can be done to stop them. She's interviewed by Smith College Middle East Studies chair Steven Heydemann

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Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow explores advances in the study of emotion in psychology and neuroscience, which suggest that the power of feelings are equally as important to our success as thinking. He's interviewed by Northeastern University professor and author Lisa Feldman Barrett.

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From his perspective as a longtime member of Congress and a political scientist, Rep. David Price (D-NC) discusses the rules and role of Congress, how it is changed over time and how the legislative body can function better. He's interviewed by Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA).

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The post-Civil War change to the Constitution is the topic of law professors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick's book, "The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment." They're interviewed by Yale Law professor John Witt.

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WASPs – White Anglo-Saxon Protestants – such as Henry Adams, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Dean Acheson, and Joe Alsop, held an outsized influence on American culture and history for much of the country's history, waning only after the mid-twentieth century. Author Michael Knox Beran ("BARE"-in) joins us to talk about the power, privilege, and contributions of WASPs in the United States and the eventual backlash against them, their ideas, and their way of life.  

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