DISCOVERY presented by UW Law

The international coffee trade is a $200 billion industry that is growing bigger by the day. But with demand projected to double over the next decade, inequities in the supply chain and a rapidly changing climate are rattling its foundation as farmers struggle to make a living wage.

On this episode of DISCOVERY, Hilary Haddigan shares insights into tenuous situations in coffee-growing regions around the world through her experience as chief of mission effectiveness for global nonprofit Heifer International.

The dynamic between the United States and China is one of the world's most important relationships, and around the globe, conflicts between the two superpowers are stoking the flames of a growing—and increasingly dangerous—rivalry.

Professor Lyle J. Goldstein is the founding director of the China Maritime Studies Institute at the Naval War College and a leading voice on U.S.-China relations. He joins DISCOVERY to talk about the potential flashpoints and the urgency for leaders on both sides of the Pacific to approach key issues in new ways.

Since 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court has undergone a period of unprecedented change, and the events of the past two years are likely to be felt for generations to come.

On this episode of DISCOVERY, we welcome a very special guest: Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and one of the nation's most influential voices on all things Supreme Court. A prolific constitutional scholar who has argued many cases before the highest court in the land, Dean Chemerinsky sits down to discuss its future and the role young lawyers will need to play to restore balance to a decidedly unbalanced judicial landscape.

The judiciary is designed to be a check on the executive and legislative powers in the United States. But what if this isn't always the case?

On the first episode of DISCOVERY, author and American University Professor of Law Robert Tsai unpacks the concept of judicial complicity, outlining strategies for when and how to hold judges accountable for decisions that can rattle the very foundation of American democracy.

In the early morning hours of Dec. 4, 1969, FBI agents raided the apartment where Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton was sleeping and shot him dead. Years later, a Chicago Police Department detective by the name of Jon Burge charged up a small electric box that would soon be used to torture hundreds of black men.

The connection: Flint Taylor, author, attorney and founding partner of the People's Law Office. As litigator in the cases central to these events, he has spent his career seeking justice for those involved. On this episode of DISCOVERY, Taylor details the harrowing sagas of the Hampton murders and the infamous CPD torture ring.

The world feels more divided than ever, and in the age of social media, 24-hour cable news and polarizing political rhetoric, it can feel impossible to talk to each other about the biggest issues of our time.

Ken Cloke is changing that narrative. As founder of the Center for Dispute Resolution, he has worked with myriad clients at the individual and corporate levels to facilitate conversations around society's most divisive topics. On this episode, he discusses how people can find ways to come together at a critical juncture in our history.

Whether you're a barista, barrister or baseball player, most everyone experiences a negative work environment at some point in his, her or their career. And given the average person will spend some 90,000 hours in the workplace over a lifetime, a toxic culture can be downright destructive to employees.

Dr. Rhea Settles witnessed this firsthand in multiple levels of the education system, inspiring her to found The Civility Zone. On this episode, she shares what she's learned from her work with clients and offers practical solutions to foster a workplace culture based on respect and – you guessed it – civility.