Author Erika Pribanic-Smith talks about her new book, Emma Goldman’s No-Conscription League and the First Amendment, profiling Goldman’s struggle for free speech during World War I.

Scholar Daniel M. Haygood discusses the many sides of controversial advertising executive Rosser Reeves.

Historian Matthew Pressman, author of On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News, details the emergence of a risky style of reporting and selling the news in the 1960s and 1970s that reimagined the journalistic principles of objectivity and impartiality.

Scholar Bailey Dick examines the radical journalism of Dorothy Day during her five decades at the helm of The Catholic Worker.

Historian Caryl Cooper discusses the history of violence against the media from the Progressive Era to the present.

Professor Vicki Brown tells the story of the conflict faced by Mormons trying to settle in Missouri in the 1830s and how mainstream and religious newspapers differed in their coverage.

Historian Ken Ward explores the libel suit that disreputable Denver Post publisher Frederick G. Bonfils lodged against the Rocky Mountain News in 1932.

Media historian Michael Socolow discusses how televised presidential debates got started and the famous myth of that Kennedy/Nixon debate.

Author Carrie Teresa discusses her new book, "Looking at the Stars: Black Celebrity Journalism in Jim Crow America."

Scholar Michelle Rotuno-Johnson describes the derogatory press coverage of the 1969 New York City protests that became emblematic of the gay rights movement.