THE OPEN MIND

#4501 Social Media as Insidious and Predatory Manipulation
In a special series recorded at the One Young World conference in Munich, Germany, Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa discusses digital disinformation networks.

#4502 Democracy in the Global South
In a special series recorded at the One Young World conference in Munich, Germany, South Africa Public Protector Thuli Madonsela discusses the nation's constitution and economy.

#4503 From Russia With...
In a special series recorded at the One Young World conference in Munich, Germany, financier and human rights advocate Bill Browder discusses the future of Russia and Putin.

#4504 Which Sex Is Stronger?
"The Stronger Sex" author Starre Vartan discusses the latest research on women's mental and physical capacities.

#4505 Freedom, Inflation, and Deflation
MIT scholar Yasheng Huang discusses the inflation landscape in China versus the United States and the Needham Question.

#4506 Discovering Dinosaur Extinction and the Atom Bomb
"Collisions" author Alec Nevala-Lee discusses his landmark biography of physicist Luis Alvarez.

#4507 When We Care About Climate—and Not
Climate experts Ellen Prager and Dave Jones discuss perceptions and realities about the weather.

#4508 Art in 2026
Taos's Harwood Museum executive director Juniper Leherissey discusses the legacy and future of art.


Additional episodes TBA