"What’s great about the IMF is that it’s an institution that is constantly evolving, and it’s constantly evolving because it’s job is to manage crises and crises tend to evolve."

Will and Shivani sit down with Sean Hagan, General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department at the International Monetary Fund, to discuss the evolving role of the Fund.

Kate and Melanie sit down with Professor Jo Scott-Coe to discuss her research and writings.

Kate and Melanie sit down with Professor Jo Scott-Coe to discuss her research and writings.

“The conservative movement as I knew it is really a finished project. It doesn’t have anything useful to say to the present moment… But the conservative disposition, the conservative impulse, that will always be part of the human brain.”

Sophia and Will sit down with David Frum, former George W. Bush speechwriter and conservative intellectual, to talk about the past, present, and future of the conservative movement.

“The conservative movement as I knew it is really a finished project. It doesn’t have anything useful to say to the present moment… But the conservative disposition, the conservative impulse, that will always be part of the human brain.”

Sophia and Will sit down with David Frum, former George W. Bush speechwriter and conservative intellectual, to talk about the past, present, and future of the conservative movement.

"The middle class is shrinking -- we need to expand it. So that means we have to lift those on the lowest end."

Shivani and Skip sit down with Marianne Haver Hill, executive director of Propel LA, to chat about her work with MEND, the volunteer model, and the implementation of Propel LA.

“Make sure your education is opening your mind to new ways of thinking about things and that you will get a chance to be with people who oppose your values and the ways you think about things. I really do think that progress in this country will come from getting together because we are so polarized right now.“

Melanie and Shivani sit down with Susannah Wellford, founder of Running Start, to talk about reaching across the ideological aisle and empowering young women both inside and outside of the classroom.

Amal Kassir on U.S. intervention in Syria: “Politics is exhausting. The United States’s responsibility, and I’m not talking about the leaders so much I am the people … our responsibility is to take care of the refugees and help the humanitarian situation. That’s someone who has lost hope; that’s my solution.”

Will Frankel and Shivani Pandya sit down with poet and activist Amal Kassir to talk about Syria, the power of art, and what it means to be American.

“I do think there is a line [in free speech]. The line should not be 'I disagree with what you’re saying.' The line should not be 'what you’re saying is disrespectful.' The line should not be 'what you’re saying is obnoxious, or even offensive.' But I do think there is a line when someone becomes dangerous. And in that regard, you have to say, 'I don’t think that it’s responsible to present this person with a forum.'"

Shivani Pandya and Skip Wiltshire-Gordon sit down with Professor Jelani Cobb to discuss to contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King and free speech on college campuses.

[Ken and I are] talking about doing a history of crime and punishment in America -- it would go back to before the pilgrims came here, people coming here enslaved, [and ask] what are our notions of what is a crime? What is the proper punishment? What is the role of the criminal justice system? How has it evolved? We’re in a very bad place right now, and we have been for a very long time, and we have to try to figure out how we got here so we can get out of it.”

Skip and Shivani sit down with director and producer Lynn Novick to discuss her upcoming projects on Lyndon B. Johnson and crime and punishment in America.