This episode features Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, professor of economics at Winston-Salem State University. Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi has more than 30 years of teaching and economic consulting experience and was formerly the chief economist of the city and county of San Francisco. His work has been cited in the Congressional Record and led to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. This past year, Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi served as the Lee Barnes Campus Debate Faculty Fellow for ACTA’s College Debates and Discourse (CD&D) Alliance program at Winston-Salem State University. ACTA’s Kayla Johnston, who serves as program manager for CD&D Alliance initiatives in North Carolina, also joins this conversation, exploring Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi's efforts to introduce civil debates and dialogues in his classroom and on campus.