The Open Mind

The Open Mind

1956
The Open Mind
The Open Mind

The Open Mind

8.9 | TV-G | en | Talk

This public affairs talk show is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts, and all realms of civic life. First broadcast in 1956, it explores challenges of the digital age, American politics and emerging issues.

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2020
2018
EP46  The Strongman in the USA
Nov. 30,2020
The Strongman in the USA

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and history.

EP45  Republicanism vs. Trumpism
Nov. 24,2020
Republicanism vs. Trumpism

Lincoln Project’s Mike Madrid on Georgia’s Senate run-off election and defeating Trumpism.

EP44  Our Brains on Totalitarianism
Nov. 16,2020
Our Brains on Totalitarianism

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."

EP43  Chinese Hegemony
Nov. 09,2020
Chinese Hegemony

CSIS fellow Jon Hillman on his new book "The Emperor’s New Road" and relations with China.

EP42  The Flight of Humane Poetics
Nov. 02,2020
The Flight of Humane Poetics

Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos on their new book "Beyond Earth’s Edge."

EP41  Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020
Oct. 26,2020
Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Kristen Clarke on justice at the polls.

EP40  Four More Years of Social Media Failure
Oct. 19,2020
Four More Years of Social Media Failure

MIT scholar Sinan Aral on how to regulate social media to have a constructive impact.

EP39  After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
Oct. 13,2020
After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life

Civil Rights leader and MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton on the mobilization of Black voters.

EP38  American Autocracy
Oct. 07,2020
American Autocracy

U.S. democracy and authoritarianism.

EP37  Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
Oct. 05,2020
Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?

CNN’s Brian Stetler on the danger of disinformation on Election Night, Week, and Month.

EP36  Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine
Sep. 28,2020
Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine

Yale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.

EP35  Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?
Sep. 21,2020
Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?

Election security advocate Jennifer Cohn on election oversight and hand-marked paper trail.

EP34  Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine
Sep. 14,2020
Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine

Carl Bergstrom on "Calling Bull____: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World."

EP33  Political and Personal Accountability
Sep. 07,2020
Political and Personal Accountability

Cong. (Ret.) Katie Hill on her new book "She Will Rise" and the battle for true equality.

EP32  Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?
Aug. 31,2020
Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?

Minister, activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on re-imagining a post-pandemic America.

EP31  Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP
Aug. 24,2020
Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP

Republican presidential campaign veteran Stuart Stevens on his new book "It Was All a Lie."

EP30  How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides
Aug. 17,2020
How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides

University of Chicago psychologist Katherine Kinzler on her new book “How You Say It.”

EP29  John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
Aug. 10,2020
John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction

Atlantic Magazine’s Adam Harris on John Lewis and a new Civil Rights Movement in America.

EP28  America Without Law
Jul. 27,2020
America Without Law

Jack Jackson on "Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."

EP27  American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic
Jul. 20,2020
American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic

Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, of U of Chicago Medicine, on hospitals’ response to the pandemic.

EP26  Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
Jul. 13,2020
Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?

Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman on the pandemic and voting turnout.

EP25  Renewing Democracy for Today
Jul. 06,2020
Renewing Democracy for Today

Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative on authoritarian rule.

EP24  Dystopia for Realists
Jun. 29,2020
Dystopia for Realists

"Humankind" author and historian Rutger Bregman on hope for a prosocial society.

EP23  Army of the Decent
Jun. 22,2020
Army of the Decent

Lincoln Project’s John Weaver on holding people in power accountable to their oaths.

EP22  The Pandemic’s Prophet
Jun. 15,2020
The Pandemic’s Prophet

Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett on predicting COVID-19.

EP21  The Youth Vote in 2020
Jun. 08,2020
The Youth Vote in 2020

UVA professor and coauthor of "Making Young Voters," John Holbein on civic participation.

EP20  Hiding in Plain Sight
Jun. 01,2020
Hiding in Plain Sight

Sarah Kendzior on her book "Hiding in Plain Sight" and the threat of authoritarianism.

EP19  @V2019N
May. 25,2020
@V2019N

Rachel Graham on tracking COVID-19 from its inception to inform public health on Twitter.

EP18  The Alchemy of Us
May. 18,2020
The Alchemy of Us

Materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez on her new book "The Alchemy of Us."

EP17  The Revolution is Online
May. 11,2020
The Revolution is Online

Online News Association CEO Irving Washington on the future of digital news.

EP16  Gen Z in the Heartland
May. 04,2020
Gen Z in the Heartland

Nico Gendron of The Wall Street Journal on engaging rural youth in a Local News Fellowship.

EP15  American Demagogue
Apr. 27,2020
American Demagogue

Jennifer Mercieca on "Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump."

EP14  The Cult of QAnon
Apr. 20,2020
The Cult of QAnon

QAnon Anonymous host Travis View on QAnon conspiracy theorists and what motivates them.

EP13  Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated
Apr. 13,2020
Big Tech = Dystopia Incorporated

NBC News dystopia reporter Ben Collins on exposing deception and companies that enable it.

EP12  The FEC is AWOL
Apr. 06,2020
The FEC is AWOL

Center for Responsive Politics’ Anna Massoglia on campaign finance accountability issues.

EP11  Knowing the Enemy of Truth
Mar. 30,2020
Knowing the Enemy of Truth

Information warfare expert Molly McKew on foreign interference in US elections.

EP10  Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials
Mar. 23,2020
Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials

Mother Jones’ Ali Breland on combating bigotry online and breaking up new media monopolies.

EP9  Facts and Fears of a Pandemic
Mar. 16,2020
Facts and Fears of a Pandemic

NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny on coronavirus, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracy-mongers.

EP8  Democratizing the Jury
Feb. 24,2020
Democratizing the Jury

Wesleyan University’s Sonali Chakravarti on her book "Radical Enfranchisement."

EP7  The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks
Feb. 18,2020
The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks

Wired reporter Andy Greenberg discusses the next wave of Russian cyber crimes.

EP6  Unbecoming a Democracy
Feb. 10,2020
Unbecoming a Democracy

Patricia Roberts-Miller of University of Texas on demagoguery and its historical origins.

EP5  The Science and Necessity of Friendship
Feb. 03,2020
The Science and Necessity of Friendship

Science journalist Lydia Denworth on the evolution, biology, and power of friendship.

EP4  Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse
Jan. 20,2020
Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse

Robert Boyers on "The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity… and the Hunt for Political Heresies."

EP3  Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond
Jan. 13,2020
Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond

Vassar College president Elizabeth Bradley on free speech and engaged pluralism.

EP2  The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism
Jan. 06,2020
The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism

Justin Driver of Yale Law on constitutional law and the struggle to preserve democracy.

EP1  Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights
Jan. 03,2020
Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights

Nicholas Buccola on his book "The Fire is Upon Us: Baldwin, Buckley, and Race in America."

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