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August 24, 2020 Katherine Gehl, Founder, Institute for Political Innovation
Katherine Gehl, founder of the Institute for Political Innovation, argues that our current political system is leading to voter disenchantment and an unhealthy level of partisanship, and suggests ways to improve it.

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1 hr
August 17, 2020 Elaine Weiss, Author "The Woman's Hour"
Journalist and author Elaine Weiss discussed her book, "The Woman's Hour," about the lead-up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920, that granted women the right to vote.

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1 hr 2 min
August 10, 2020 Reihan Salam, President, Manhattan Institute
Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam discussed whether the COVID-19 pandemic and current civil unrest in the country will lead to people moving out of large U.S. cities, as was seen after the 1960s.

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1 hr
August 03, 2020 Chris Wallace, Author of "Countdown 1945" and Fox News Host
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace discusses his book, “Countdown 1945,” about the creation of the atomic bomb and President Truman’s thinking during the months leading up to its use on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6th, 1945.

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58 min
July 27, 2020 Representative John Lewis (D-Georgia)
Representative John Lewis (D-Georgia) discussed his life and involvement in the civil rights movement, including the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, during which he was severely beaten by state troopers.

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1 hr
July 20, 2020 John Burtka, Executive Director and Acting Editor, The American Conservative
John Burtka, executive director and acting editor of The American Conservative, talks about the special edition of the magazine which examines where American conservatism came from and where it is going in the age of Donald Trump.

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1 hr
July 13, 2020 Erin Geiger Smith, Voting in America
Journalist Erin Geiger Smith talks about the history of voting in the United States and some of the issues surrounding voting today, including low voter turnout, voter suppression, and the reliability of voting by mail.

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1 hr
July 06, 2020 Siddhartha Mukherjee, U.S. Response to Covid-19
Physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee talks about the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the medical science that is being used to combat it.

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1 hr
June 29, 2020 Elena Conis, "Vaccine Nation"
University of California at Berkeley historian of medicine Elena Conis talks about the development of the polio vaccine in the 1950s.

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59 min
June 22, 2020 Peniel Joseph, Professor of History, University of Texas
University of Texas history professor Peniel Joseph talks about the activism and converging ideologies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the importance of their thinking on the fight for civil rights in America.

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1 hr 1 min

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Intriguing hour-long conversations with people who are making things happen. Hosted by Peter Slen. New episodes every Sunday evening. From the network that brings you "Washington Today" and "Lectures…