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The Open Mind (1956)

May. 01,1956
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The Open Mind

1956  / TV-G

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
Seasons 2020 : 2020

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46 Episode

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Episode 1 - Baldwin and Buckley: Advocating and Denying Civil Rights
January. 03,2020

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

Episode 2 - The Battle for the Constitution and Pelosi's Originalism
January. 06,2020

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

Episode 3 - Grand Strategy for the Campus Commons and Beyond
January. 13,2020

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

Episode 4 - Bias, Bigotry, and Tyrannical Discourse
January. 20,2020

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

Episode 5 - The Science and Necessity of Friendship
February. 03,2020

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

Episode 7 - The Kremlin’s Hack Attacks
February. 18,2020

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

Episode 10 - Breaking Up and Deradicalizing the Socials
March. 23,2020

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

Episode 11 - Knowing the Enemy of Truth
March. 30,2020

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

Episode 26 - Will COVID Paralyze the Vote in November?
July. 13,2020

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

Episode 27 - American Hospitals...Surviving and Treating the Pandemic
July. 20,2020

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

Episode 29 - John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction
August. 10,2020

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

Episode 30 - How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides
August. 17,2020

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

Episode 31 - Gaslighting 2020 and Comorbidities of the GOP
August. 24,2020

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

Episode 32 - Will the Pandemic Mean Justice in America?
August. 31,2020

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

Episode 33 - Political and Personal Accountability
September. 07,2020

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

Episode 34 - Calling Bull____ and the Threat of a Show Vaccine
September. 14,2020

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

Episode 35 - Will There Be a Legitimate 2020 Election?
September. 21,2020

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

Episode 36 - Supercharging Antibodies for a COVID Vaccine
September. 28,2020

Yale University immunologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses an efficacious COVID vaccine.

Episode 37 - Will Trump Hoax the Nation on Election Night?
October. 05,2020

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

Episode 38 - American Autocracy
October. 07,2020

U.S. democracy and authoritarianism.

Episode 39 - After 200K+ Dead, Vote For Your Life
October. 13,2020

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

Episode 40 - Four More Years of Social Media Failure
October. 19,2020

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

Episode 41 - Voting is the Civil Rights Movement of 2020
October. 26,2020

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

Seasons 2018 : 2018

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46 Episode

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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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