As Russia intensifies its invasion of Ukraine, James Hohmann sits down with the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss the U.S. response, and what’s next in the Jan. 6 inquiry.

As Russia attacked her country, Ukrainian journalist Olga Tokariuk spoke with James Hohmann about the long struggle for an independent Ukraine.  

Read Olga Tokariuk’s op-ed.

Sheryl Lee Ralph, who you might know as “Abbott Elementary’s” Barbara Howard, joins guest host Michele Norris for a conversation about finding comedy — and searing critique — in the American education system.

Sasha Taylor was only 15 years old when she was forced into marriage in Arizona. She escaped and went on to become an FBI analyst. Now she’s advocating for reform at the state and federal levels.

Read Sasha Taylor’s op-ed.

Beth Macy, the author of “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” argues that harm-reduction practices and safe consumption sites can provide a path out of the opioid epidemic.

Read Beth Macy’s op-ed.

After an attack this month at a U.S. synagogue, Roya Hakakian reflects on how antisemitic acts shake immigrants especially hard.

Read Roya Hakakian’s op-ed.

This month, Kazakhstan faced some of the worst violence it’s seen in decades. But professor and native Kazakh Nargis Kassenova contends that, in spite of a deployment of Russian troops, the country will not return to Moscow’s fold.

Read Nargis Kassenova’s op-ed.

A professor and parent of three, Jackie Spinner says that she’s out of reserves when it comes to school cancellations two years into the pandemic. 

Read Jackie Spinner’s op-ed.

On the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack, retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton warns that we could be headed for another insurrection in 2024. 

Host James Hohmann reflects briefly on the first six months of the podcast, and looks ahead to 2022.

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