Episodes 52

1 Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First

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2 Fighting the Filibuster

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3 What's Fueling the Modern Abortion Debate

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4 Are Drones Destroying Our Democracy

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5 Who's Widening America's Digital Divide

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6 The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive

February 15, 2013

Dan Cantor, New York Working Families Party; Jonathan Soros, Friends of Democracy super PAC; the power of poetry with Martin Espada.

7 Taming Capitalism Run Wild

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8 Fighting Creeping Creationism

March 1, 2013

Anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin; author Susan Jacoby discusses secularism.

9 What We Can Learn From Lincoln

March 8, 2013

Screenwriter Tony Kushner talks about Abraham Lincoln.

10 Ending the Silence on Climate Change

March 15, 2013

Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.

11 What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?

March 22, 2013

Economist Richard Wolff analyzes income equality; Sheila Bair, former chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

12 And Justice for Some

March 29, 2013

Bryan Stevenson, founder of Equal Justice Initiative, discusses the American justice system; an essay on the idea of justice for all.

13 MLK's Dream of Economic Justice

April 5, 2013

Historian Taylor Branch and theologian James Cone discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of economic justice.

14 Living Outside Tribal Lines

April 12, 2013

Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.

15 A Mother Fights Toxic Trespassers

April 19, 2013

Activist Sandra Steingraber discusses protecting children from toxic trespassers contaminating air, water and food.

16 Trading Democracy for National Security

April 26, 2013

Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses the Boston Marathon bombings; political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann.

17 The Sandy Hook Promise

May 3, 2013

Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben was among the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and singer Peter Yarrow, discuss the power of music to create change; David Wheeler talks about resolving the gun issue.

18 How People Power Generates Change

May 10, 2013

Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel Laforest, executive director of Right to the City and Madeline Janis, co-founder of Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.

19 The Toxic Politics of Science

May 17, 2013

Public health historians David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz discuss the dangers of lead; Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics; Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight.

20 Going to Jail for Justice

May 24, 2013

Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, co-founder of Peaceful Uprising; columnist Gretchen Morgenson.

21 Living Outside Tribal Lines

May 31, 2013

Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.

22 Taming Capitalism Run Wild

June 7, 2013

Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.

23 Big Brother's Prying Eyes

June 14, 2013

Professor Lawrence Lessig, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

24 United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up

June 21, 2013

ALEC -- the American Legislative Exchange Council.

25 The Faces of America's Hungry

June 28, 2013

Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discuss hunger in America; journalist Greg Kaufmann.

26 Surviving the New American Economy

July 5, 2013

First profiled 22 years ago, two American families in Wisconsin struggle to keep up with the changing U.S. economy; authors Barbara Miner and Barbara Garson.

27 Distracted From Democracy

July 12, 2013

Columnist Marty Kaplan discusses economic inequality in the U.S.; historian Gary May.

28 A New Case for Gun Control

July 19, 2013

Tom Diaz discusses gun control; Baldemar Velásquez fights for the rights of farmworkers.

29 John Lewis Marches On

July 26, 2013

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) discusses his leadership role during the civil-rights movement of the 1960s.

30 The Faces of America's Hungry

August 2, 2013

Director Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discuss hunger, food insecurity and poverty in America.

31 Taming Capitalism Run Wild

August 9, 2013

Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.

32 How People Power Generates Change

August 16, 2013

Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel LaForest, executive director of Right to the City; Madeline Janis, co-founder of Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.

33 America's Gilded Capital

August 23, 2013

Journalist and author Mark Leibovich discusses his views on Washington, D.C.

34 John Lewis Marches On

August 30, 2013

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) discusses the 1963 march for civil rights.

35 What Are We Doing in Syria?

September 6, 2013

Correspondent Deborah Amos, National Public Radio; historian Andrew Bacevich; guest host Phil Donahue.

36 The Collision of Sports and Politics

September 13, 2013

Davie Zirin, sports editor of The Nation.

37 Robert Reich on Inequality for All

September 20, 2013

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discusses the movie "Inequality for All," which examines income disparity in America.

38 Saving the Earth From Ourselves

September 27, 2013

Kumi Naidoo, international executive director of Greenpeace.

39 Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet

October 4, 2013

Writer Wendell Berry discusses the environment.

40 Citizens United: The Sequel

October 11, 2013

Yale Law School professor Heather Gerken discusses McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission; historian Joyce Appleby.

41 The Debt Ceiling Is a Nuclear Bomb the US Has Aimed at Itself

October 18, 2013

British journalist Martin Wolf discusses the debt ceiling debate and its potential impact on the global economy; MIT professor Sherry Turkle.

42 Progressives Pick Up the Pieces

October 25, 2013

Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson; historian Peter Dreier.

43 The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About

November 1, 2013

Yves Smith, the Naked Capitalism blog; Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research; a preview of "Unmanned: America's Drone Wars."

44 How Dollarocracy Is Destroying America

November 8, 2013

John Nichols, The Nation; professor Robert McChesney.

45 The Path of Positive Resistance

November 15, 2013

Dr. Jill Stein, co-founder of the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities; Dr. Margaret Flowers, Physicians for a National Health Program.

46 Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism

November 22, 2013

Author Henry Giroux; remembering novelist Doris Lessing; the documentary "Birth of the Living Dead."

47 Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet

November 29, 2013

Author and environmental activist Wendell Berry; short documentary "Dance of the Honey Bee."

48 Behind Washington's Closed Doors

December 6, 2013

Mark Leibovich, The New York Times Magazine, discusses Washington's powerbrokers.

49 Gunfighter Nation

December 13, 2013

Historian Richard Slotkin talks about guns and violence in America.

50 Incarceration Nation

December 20, 2013

Civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Michelle Alexander.

51 The Pope, Poverty, and Poetry

December 27, 2013

Historian Thomas Cahill discusses Pope Francis and the relevance of the church in the 21st century.

52 State of Conflict: North Carolina

January 3, 2014

The battle of American politics rages on in North Carolina.

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