Diane Rehm: On My Mind

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Diane Rehm’s weekly podcast features newsmakers, writers, artists and thinkers on the issues she cares about most: what’s going on in Washington, ideas that inform, and the latest on living well as we live longer.

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Diane talks with Mary Ziegler, professor at Florida State University College of Law and author of "Abortion in America: A Legal History, Roe v. Wade to the Present."

Diane Rehm: On My Mind episodes:

10.16.2020 What We Learned – And Didn’t – From Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Hearings Diane talks with Mary Ziegler, professor at Florida State University College of Law and author of "Abortion in America: A Legal History, Roe v. Wade to the Present."
10.13.2020 Election 2020: Mail-In Ballots, Drop Boxes and A Whole Lot of Lawsuits Diane talks with election law professor Edward Foley about what we're seeing and what to watch for as we approach the November 3rd general election.
10.09.2020 A Covid-19 Update: Trump’s Treatment, Vaccines, And The Challenge of Colder Weather Diane talks to Pulitzer prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett about the state of the pandemic inside the White House, and across the country.
10.06.2020 A White House Upended By Coronavirus Diane talks with Edward Luce, U.S. national editor and columnist for the Financial Times, about the chaos engulfing Washington.
10.02.2020 The Power And Influence Of James A. Baker III Diane speaks with the husband and wife team, Susan Glasser of the New Yorker and Peter Baker of the New York Times, about their new book, "The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III."
09.29.2020 The Nomination Of Amy Coney Barrett And The Fate Of The Supreme Court Diane talks with Ruth Marcus, deputy editorial page editor and columnist for The Washington Post, about filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
09.25.2020 The Battles Over The 2020 Census The Trump administration attempted to end the census count early but a judge has ruled against it. Diane talks about the twists and turns in the 2020 census with Andrew Whitby, author of "The Sum of the People: How the ...
09.22.2020 Trump, The Media, And The Fight Over SCOTUS The Atlantic's James Fallows on how the fight over SCOTUS highlights the media's struggles to cover this political moment.
09.18.2020 The West’s Record-Breaking Fires Diane talks with Kendra Pierre-Louis, senior reporter on the podcast "How To Save A Planet," and a former climate reporter for the New York Times.
09.15.2020 Is It Legal? Protestors, Guns And Militias Diane asks Mary McCord, legal director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and visiting professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center.
09.11.2020 A Week Of “Rage,” And Other Political News Diane talks with Norm Ornstein, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, about the revelations ain Bob Woodward's new book "Rage," and the other major news events of the week.
09.08.2020 Russia Is Meddling Again, And The U.S. Is Making It Easy Diane talks with Shane Harris, intelligence and national security reporter at The Washington Post, about Russia's latest disinformation campaign - as well as the one happening domestically.
09.04.2020 The Race For President Heads To Kenosha, Wisconsin Diane asks David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic, how the the two candidates have responded to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and why he believes Trump's efforts to stoke violence will ultimately hurt him come November.
09.01.2020 How The GOP Became The Party Of Trump — And What’s Next For Republicans The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib on how the GOP became the party of Donald Trump. His new book is, "We Should Have Seen It Coming."
08.28.2020 New York Times Opinion Columnist Frank Bruni On The RNC And The Campaign Ahead Now that the political conventions are over, the 2020 presidential campaign enters a new phase. New York Times opinion columnist Frank Bruni on his takeaways from the last two weeks and how the Republicans and Democrats tried to shape the ...
08.25.2020 A Better Way To Understand Black Oppression In America: A Caste System Author Isabel Wilkerson says a caste system, not racism, is the better prism through which to see and think about black oppression in the United States. Her new book is "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents."
08.21.2020 A New Report About Trump, Russia And 2016 Raises Concerns About November A new report by the Senate Intelligence Committee details ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes explains what's in the report, and why it raises concerns about Russian interference in this year's presidential election.
08.18.2020 The U.S. Postal Service And The Fight Over The Integrity Of The 2020 Election ProPublica's Jessica Huseman joins Diane to discuss how the U.S. Postal Service became the center of a political fight over the integrity of the 2020 elections.
08.14.2020 President Trump’s “Madman Theory” Approach To Foreign Policy In a new book, CNN chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto, looks into President Trump's foreign policy decision making and what drives it - and compares the approach Richard Nixon's. His new book is "The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on ...
08.11.2020 The Case For The Presidential Debate Nothing about the 2020 presidential campaign is typical and the debates are no different. Diane talks with Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, about how they are planning in the middle of a pandemic.
08.07.2020 Could This Be The End Of The NRA? In a lawsuit filed this week, New York Attorney General Letitia James said a months long investigation into the National Rifle Association found extensive "fraud and abuse" and she's calling for the powerful gun rights organization to be dissolved. Diane ...
08.04.2020 Confronting A History Of White Supremacy In American Christianity Diane talks to Robert P. Jones, author of the new book, "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity."
07.30.2020 The Promise Of A Covid-19 Vaccine: Where Things Stand And What Comes Next Diane talks with Caroline Chen, health care for ProPublica.
07.28.2020 Will The President Accept The Election Results In November? The country's peaceful succession of power is usually a given, but President Trump, when asked if he would accept the election results on Fox News recently, responded "we'll see." What does that mean? How do we prepare? Diane spoke with ...
07.24.2020 The Trump Administration Deploys Federal Forces To U.S. Cities Diane talks with Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times homeland security correspondent, about who these federal agents are and why the move is sparking outrage.
07.21.2020 Why Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Could Unify Democrats In 2020 Diane talks with David Roberts, energy and climate change writer at Vox.com.
07.17.2020 A Big Problem With The U.S. Response To Covid-19? Data Management From data collection to insurance coverage: how our fragmented health care system complicates the country's ability to track the spread of Covid-19. And why the Trump administration's new rule change for how hospitals report information might make it worse. Diane ...
07.14.2020 The U.S. Covid Response: “It’s Chaos. Anyone Who Says Otherwise Isn’t Paying Attention.” Global health expert Laurie Garrett on the United States' bungled response to the pandemic, and why she says time might be running out to contain the virus.
07.10.2020 The Supreme Court Rules On Presidential Powers And Trump’s Taxes Diane talks to David Corn, Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones, about what this week's Supreme Court rulings mean for limits on presidential power and the fate of President Trump's tax returns.
07.07.2020 The Tough Choices Facing Schools This Fall New York Times education reporter Dana Goldstein on whether schools will reopen this fall -- and the impact on students and families if they don't.
07.03.2020 Revisiting America’s Founding Principles In The Age Coronavirus Harvard Professor Danielle Allen on what a democratic response to the pandemic would look like, and why this country has fallen short.
06.30.2020 Understanding China’s Long Quest To Be A Superpower Diane talks with journalist Michael Schuman, author of the new book "Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of The World."
06.26.2020 The Toppling Of Confederate Statues Diane talks with Jamelle Bouie, New York Times opinion columnist, about the removal of Confederate statues and monuments across the South.
06.23.2020 What to Know About Voting in 2020 Constitutional law professor Kimberly Wehle joins Diane to talk about why Americans need to educate themselves about voting - especially right now. Her new book is "What You Need To Know About Voting And Why."
06.19.2020 What We Learned From John Bolton’s Book The New York Times chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, has read John Bolton's new book, “The Room Where It Happened," and shares his thoughts with Diane.
06.16.2020 What’s Wrong With The American Presidency? (Hint: It’s Not Just Trump) Veteran political journalist John Dickerson says even before 2016, the highest office in the land was in trouble. His new book is "The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency."
06.12.2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci On The Threat Of Coronavirus As The Country Reopens Diane talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
05.29.2020 How The Pandemic Will Change The Way We Fly Diane talks with James Fallow, national correspondent for The Atlantic -- and pilot.
05.26.2020 What’s Happened To American Democracy Under Trump Diane talks with David Frum, staff writer at The Atlantic and former speechwriter for George W. Bush. His new book is "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy.”
05.22.2020 As States Reopen, A New Phase Of Economic Pain Diane talks with Annie Lowrey, staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers economic policy.
05.19.2020 Marlo Thomas And Phil Donahue On What Makes Marriage Work Diane talks marriage and its challenges, both in quarantine and in normal life, with Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue. The couple, married for 40 years, have a new book called "“What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share With ...
05.15.2020 Will College Campuses Reopen This Fall? Diane talks with Jeffrey Selingo, author of the forthcoming book "Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions."
05.12.2020 International Relations In The Age Of Coronavirus Diane asks Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "The World: A Brief Introduction."
05.08.2020 Fake News, The CIA And A Fictional Plot To Disrupt The Global Economy These are the issues at the heart of the new spy novel by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.
05.05.2020 How Deutsche Bank Became The Go-To Financial Institution For Donald Trump Diane talks to David Enrich, author of "Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction."
05.01.2020 Coronavirus And The Long Road Ahead Diane talks with Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
04.28.2020 Coronavirus Testing In The U.S. Continues To Fall Short How much more testing is needed? Diane asks Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute.
04.24.2020 What’s Behind The Protests Against Stay-At-Home Orders These protests have popped up around the country. How coordinated are they? Diane asks Jane Coaston, Vox senior political reporter.
04.21.2020 Measuring The Depth Of Economic Collapse And what should the government response be? Diane talks with Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent for The New York Times and author of the "Upshot" column.
04.17.2020 Joe Biden And His Work-From-Home Campaign Diane talks with Michael Scherer, national political reporter for The Washington Post.

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What's Diane Rehm: On My Mind about?

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Diane Rehm: On My Mind episodes:

What We Learned – And Didn’t – From Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Hearings

Election 2020: Mail-In Ballots, Drop Boxes and A Whole Lot of Lawsuits

A Covid-19 Update: Trump’s Treatment, Vaccines, And The Challenge of Colder Weather

A White House Upended By Coronavirus

The Power And Influence Of James A. Baker III

The Nomination Of Amy Coney Barrett And The Fate Of The Supreme Court

The Battles Over The 2020 Census

Trump, The Media, And The Fight Over SCOTUS

The West’s Record-Breaking Fires

Is It Legal? Protestors, Guns And Militias

A Week Of “Rage,” And Other Political News

Russia Is Meddling Again, And The U.S. Is Making It Easy

The Race For President Heads To Kenosha, Wisconsin

How The GOP Became The Party Of Trump — And What’s Next For Republicans

New York Times Opinion Columnist Frank Bruni On The RNC And The Campaign Ahead

A Better Way To Understand Black Oppression In America: A Caste System

A New Report About Trump, Russia And 2016 Raises Concerns About November

The U.S. Postal Service And The Fight Over The Integrity Of The 2020 Election

President Trump’s “Madman Theory” Approach To Foreign Policy

The Case For The Presidential Debate

Could This Be The End Of The NRA?

Confronting A History Of White Supremacy In American Christianity

The Promise Of A Covid-19 Vaccine: Where Things Stand And What Comes Next

Will The President Accept The Election Results In November?

The Trump Administration Deploys Federal Forces To U.S. Cities

Why Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Could Unify Democrats In 2020

A Big Problem With The U.S. Response To Covid-19? Data Management

The U.S. Covid Response: “It’s Chaos. Anyone Who Says Otherwise Isn’t Paying Attention.”

The Supreme Court Rules On Presidential Powers And Trump’s Taxes

The Tough Choices Facing Schools This Fall

Revisiting America’s Founding Principles In The Age Coronavirus

Understanding China’s Long Quest To Be A Superpower

The Toppling Of Confederate Statues

What to Know About Voting in 2020

What We Learned From John Bolton’s Book

What’s Wrong With The American Presidency? (Hint: It’s Not Just Trump)

Dr. Anthony Fauci On The Threat Of Coronavirus As The Country Reopens

How The Pandemic Will Change The Way We Fly

What’s Happened To American Democracy Under Trump

As States Reopen, A New Phase Of Economic Pain

Marlo Thomas And Phil Donahue On What Makes Marriage Work

Will College Campuses Reopen This Fall?

International Relations In The Age Of Coronavirus

Fake News, The CIA And A Fictional Plot To Disrupt The Global Economy

How Deutsche Bank Became The Go-To Financial Institution For Donald Trump

Coronavirus And The Long Road Ahead

Coronavirus Testing In The U.S. Continues To Fall Short

What’s Behind The Protests Against Stay-At-Home Orders

Measuring The Depth Of Economic Collapse

Joe Biden And His Work-From-Home Campaign

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