THE OPEN MIND

#4301 Can Whistleblowers Still Create Societal Change?
Guest: Siri Nelson
National Whistleblower Center executive director Siri Nelson discusses the historical and contemporary role of the whistleblower.

#4302 Reproductive Rights in a Bottle
Guest: Kiki Freedman
Hey Jane founder Kiki Freedman discusses her company’s mission to provide medication abortion in the most restrictive climate in U.S history.

#4303 Science, Plagues, and Denials
Guests: Alexandra Phelan, Gale Sinatra, and Brian Michael Jenkins
Georgetown international health lawyer Alexandra Phelan, USC psychologist Gale Sinatra, and RAND security analyst Brian Michael Jenkins discuss the triple threat of COVID-19, monkeypox, and polio.

#4304 Climate Inaction Comes Home to Roost
Guest: Madeline Ostrander
Science journalist Madeline Ostrander discusses her new book “At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth.”

#4305 Who Broke American Education?
Guests: Nicole Hemmer and Will Bunch
Historian Nicole Hemmer and columnist Will Bunch discuss the politicization of the U.S. education system.

#4306 Realities of Black Lives
Guest: Sukami Kiosa
British-Congolese filmmaker Sukami Kiosa discusses his new film “A Letter to Black Men” and representation of Blackness in the press and film.

#4307 Rudiments of Humanity
Guest: Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch
Violinist Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch discusses her new book Declassified: A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music.

#4308 Of Quietude and Inquietude
Guest: Xochtil Gonzalez
Bestselling novelist Xochtil Gonzalez discusses the right to music, silence, and fairness amid gentrification.

#4309 Gen Z > Millennials?
Guests: Mindy Romero and Santiago Mayer
USC Center for Inclusive Democracy director Mindy Romero and Voters of Tomorrow director Santiago Mayer discuss youth turnout in the 2022 elections and the future of representative government.

#4310 Objective and Subjective Definitions of Democracy
Guest: Bert Emerson
Oxford University Press Democracies in America coauthor Bert Emerson discusses disparate and shared understandings of democratic rule.

#4311 The Ponzi of Crypto
Guest: Andy Greenberg
"Tracers in the Dark" author Andy Greenberg discusses crypto corruption.

#4312 Making Politics Work Again
Guest: Katherine Gehl
Institute for Political Innovation founder Katherine Gehl discusses the key to fixing a politics industry.

#4313 Are Polarized Resentments Calming?
Guest: Elizabeth Suhay
American University scholar Elizabeth Suhay discusses her work "The Politics of Truth in Polarized America"

#4314 The Nonexistent Left and Right
Guests: Verlan Lewis and Hyrum Lewis
"The Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America" coauthors Verlan Lewis and Hyrum Lewis discuss their new book.

#4315 How Gen Z Will Govern
Guests: Annie Wu and Victor Shi
Gen Z political strategists Annie Wu and Victor Shi discuss how Gen Z will govern.

#4316 The Science of Bridging Divides
Stanford Graduate School of Education's Geoffrey Cohen discusses how to bridge ideological and political differences.

#4317 A Just Law Enforcement
Hear Foundation cofounders Leon Ford and Ret. Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert discuss public safety.

#4318 Empowering Without Disempowering
University of Oklahoma bestselling author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers discusses free speech and book banning.

#4319 Speaking of Empathy and Patriotism
Army National Guard (Ret.) servicemember Joseph Earl Thomas discusses his new book "Sink: A Memoir."

#4320 Food Will Save the Union
Historian Alex Prud'homme discuses the history and future of food diplomacy in American political life.

#4321 Porn and Us
University of Nebraska sociologist Kelsy Burke discusses the meaning of pornography in American society and culture.

#4322 Rejuvenating Our Citizenship
Institute for Citizens & Scholars president Rajiv Vinnakota discusses how to rejuvenate effective citizenship and government.

#4323 The Science of Decisionmaking
Univers ity of Minnesota neuroscientist David Redish discusses the science of our moral, political, and fast food choices.

#4324 A Multiplicity of Generational Crises
Elder justice leader M.T. Connolly discusses her new book "The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life."

#4325 Math Rules the World
Guest: Manil Suri
Mathematician Manil Suri discusses why the objectivity of math is essential to preserving civil society.

#4326 Addiction in America and the World
Guest: Carl Erik Fisher
Physician Carl Erik Fisher discusses the past, present, and future of addiction.

#4327 The Future of Science Journalism
Guest: Deborah Blum
Knight Science Journalism @MIT director Deborah Blum discusses the challenges and tactics of contemporary science journalism.

#4328 Living With (And Ending?) Pandemics
Guest: Richard Conniff
Science journalist Richard Conniff discusses historical and contemporary public health policies.

#4329 The Resilience of the Vagina
Guest: Rachel Gross
Author Rachel Gross discusses her new book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage.

#4330 Mom's and Dad's Brains
Guest: Chelsea Conaboy
Science journalist Chelsea Conaboy discusses how parenthood evolves the brain.

#4331 The Persistence of Eugenics
Guest: Ashley Smart
Undark magazine editor Ashley Smart discusses the groundbreaking digital outlet exploring the intersection of science and society.

#4332 The Next Hub of American Innovation
Guest: Robert Buderi
Tech journalist Robert Buderi discusses his new book Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub.

#4333 What Fungi Means for Humanity
Guest: Keith Seifert
Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses whether fungi could be responsible for the next pandemic.

#4334 Chips, AI, and WWIII
Chris Miller discusses the intersection of chipmakers and geopolitical crises.

#4335 Brain on Brain
Science chronicler Benjamin Ehrlich discusses his new book "The Brain in Search of Itself: Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron"

#4336 Optimizing Ourselves to Death
Mathematician Coco Krumme discusses her new book "Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization"

#4337 The Origin of the FDA Mandate
Novelist Jennifer Vanderbes discusses her new book "Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and its Hidden Victims"

#4338 American Amnesia
Documentarian David France discusses his HBO documentary "How to Survive a Pandemic."

#4339 Decency in Decline
Author Alexandra Hudson discusses her new book "The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves."

#4340 Surveillance, Truckers, and You
Privacy expert Karen Levy discusses the future of workplace surveillance.

#4341 Peacekeeping at Home
Civic leader David McCullough III discusses the mission of the American Exchange Project.

#4342 The Alternative of Indigenous Economics
University of Arizona economist Ronald Trosper discusses the Native American economic tradition.


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