On today’s show: We check back in with Duke University historian and Democracy in Chains author Nancy MacLean after the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency to see how her research has global reach. Mokhtar Alkhanshali, founder of Port of Mokha coffee, and Dave Eggers, author of The Monk of Mokha, discuss Yemeni coffee and the civil war there.

On today’s show: Michael Isikoff, an investigative reporter whose work was prominently featured in Devin Nunes’ congressional memo on the Russia investigation, will join us. Azeem Ibrahim. a senior fellow at the Centre for Global Policy and author of The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide. joins us to discuss a report from The Associated Press that verified five Rohingya mass graves in Burma. Eva Kail, a gender planning expert for the City of Vienna, Austria, discusses gender planning in urban areas.

On today’s show: Michael Isikoff, an investigative reporter whose work was prominently featured in Devin Nunes’ congressional memo on the Russia investigation, will join us. Azeem Ibrahim. a senior fellow at the Centre for Global Policy and author of The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide. joins us to discuss a report from The Associated Press that verified five Rohingya mass graves in Burma. Eva Kail, a gender planning expert for the City of Vienna, Austria, discusses gender planning in urban areas.

O n today's show: Dr. Joseph Romm, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy, discusses why Alaska had its hottest December on record. Ruth Goring shares how a family trip to Colombia — the first since childhood — inspired her new children’s book, which tells the story of a little girl whose family flees Colombia as refugees. Historian John Schmidt tells the story of Leon Trotsky, who was Vladimir Lenin's natural successor but was outmaneuvered by Joseph Stalin.

O n today's show: Dr. Joseph Romm, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy, discusses why Alaska had its hottest December on record. Ruth Goring shares how a family trip to Colombia — the first since childhood — inspired her new children’s book, which tells the story of a little girl whose family flees Colombia as refugees. Historian John Schmidt tells the story of Leon Trotsky, who was Vladimir Lenin's natural successor but was outmaneuvered by Joseph Stalin.

On today’s show: We’ll get a State of the Union preview and analysis from Steve Clemons, Washington editor-at-large for The Atlantic and national security contributor for MSNBC. Mara Hvistendahl, a national fellow at New America and a contributing correspondent at Science, discusses new concepts in social ranking, concerns with data mining, public humiliation, and how this may all play out outside of China. Travel writer Nina Kokotas Hahn discusses how you can visit Antarctica, and Antarctic biologist James B. McClintock talks about the effects of climate change on our earth’s poles.

On today’s show: We’ll get a State of the Union preview and analysis from Steve Clemons, Washington editor-at-large for The Atlantic and national security contributor for MSNBC. Mara Hvistendahl, a national fellow at New America and a contributing correspondent at Science, discusses new concepts in social ranking, concerns with data mining, public humiliation, and how this may all play out outside of China. Travel writer Nina Kokotas Hahn discusses how you can visit Antarctica, and Antarctic biologist James B. McClintock talks about the effects of climate change on our earth’s poles.

On today’s show: Middle East analyst Helena Cobban discusses the war along the Turkey-Syria border and Turkish fears of U.S. support for the Kurds. We speak to Jagmohan Jayara, founder of one of Chicago’s beloved restaurants: India House.

On today’s show: Middle East analyst Helena Cobban discusses the war along the Turkey-Syria border and Turkish fears of U.S. support for the Kurds. We speak to Jagmohan Jayara, founder of one of Chicago’s beloved restaurants: India House.

On today’s show: Rachel Bronson, executive director and publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, talks about what led to its Doomsday Clock adjustment. WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik joins professor and author Nora Annesley Taylor to discuss her film series, Apocalypse Then: The Vietnam War On Film, and the recent reexamination of the Vietnam War. Chicago-area native Janai Brugger discusses being in the opera Turandot and what it’s like to sing in Chicago’s legendary Civic Opera House.