In this episode, Bob considers Mark Zuckerberg's charm offensive, and talks about the legacy of two giants of the 1960s, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. His guests are author and Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy and Peter Edelman, who was an aide to Robert Kennedy.

In Provocations Episode 2, Bob speaks with Chuck Collins about the recent tax cuts. Next Bob speaks with Clyde Prestowitz on the brewing trade war and it's complex implications.

In Provocations Episode 1, Bob opens with comments about Trump's bizarre new appointees, and the latest twists in the Facebook story. His interview is with Harold Meyerson, who discusses the successful West Virginia teachers' strike and what it portends for labor organizing. Bob's closing commentary is on Trump's surprisingly successful trade policy.