Season 2 (1970)

Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First
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January 1, 1970

Episode 1 of Season 2 premiered on January 1, 1970

Fighting the Filibuster
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January 1, 1970

Episode 2 of Season 2 premiered on January 1, 1970

What's Fueling the Modern Abortion Debate
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January 1, 1970

Episode 3 of Season 2 premiered on January 1, 1970

Are Drones Destroying Our Democracy
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January 1, 1970

Episode 4 of Season 2 premiered on January 1, 1970

Who's Widening America's Digital Divide
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January 1, 1970

Episode 5 of Season 2 premiered on January 1, 1970

The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive
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February 15, 2013

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

Taming Capitalism Run Wild
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January 1, 1970

Episode 7 of Season 2 premiered on January 1, 1970

Fighting Creeping Creationism
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March 1, 2013

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

What We Can Learn From Lincoln
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March 8, 2013

Screenwriter Tony Kushner talks about Abraham Lincoln.

Ending the Silence on Climate Change
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March 15, 2013

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

What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?
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March 22, 2013

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

And Justice for Some
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March 29, 2013

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

MLK's Dream of Economic Justice
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April 5, 2013

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

Living Outside Tribal Lines
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April 12, 2013

Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.

A Mother Fights Toxic Trespassers
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April 19, 2013

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

Trading Democracy for National Security
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April 26, 2013

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

The Sandy Hook Promise
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May 3, 2013

Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben was among the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and singer Peter ...Read more

How People Power Generates Change
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May 10, 2013

Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel Laforest, executive d...Read more

The Toxic Politics of Science
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May 17, 2013

Public health historians David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz discuss the dangers of lead; Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the...Read more

Going to Jail for Justice
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May 24, 2013

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

Living Outside Tribal Lines
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May 31, 2013

Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.

Taming Capitalism Run Wild
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June 7, 2013

Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.

Big Brother's Prying Eyes
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June 14, 2013

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

United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up
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June 21, 2013

ALEC -- the American Legislative Exchange Council.

The Faces of America's Hungry
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June 28, 2013

Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discuss hunger in America; jour...Read more

Surviving the New American Economy
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July 5, 2013

First profiled 22 years ago, two American families in Wisconsin struggle to keep up with the changing U.S. economy; authors Barbar...Read more

Distracted From Democracy
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July 12, 2013

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

A New Case for Gun Control
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July 19, 2013

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

John Lewis Marches On
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July 26, 2013

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

The Faces of America's Hungry
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August 2, 2013

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

Taming Capitalism Run Wild
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August 9, 2013

Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.

How People Power Generates Change
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August 16, 2013

Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel LaForest, executive director of Right ...Read more

America's Gilded Capital
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August 23, 2013

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

John Lewis Marches On
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August 30, 2013

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

What Are We Doing in Syria?
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September 6, 2013

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

The Collision of Sports and Politics
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September 13, 2013

Davie Zirin, sports editor of The Nation.

Robert Reich on Inequality for All
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September 20, 2013

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

Saving the Earth From Ourselves
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September 27, 2013

Kumi Naidoo, international executive director of Greenpeace.

Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet
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October 4, 2013

Writer Wendell Berry discusses the environment.

Citizens United: The Sequel
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October 11, 2013

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

The Debt Ceiling Is a Nuclear Bomb the US Has Aimed at Itself
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October 18, 2013

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

Progressives Pick Up the Pieces
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October 25, 2013

Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson; historian Peter Dreier.

The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About
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November 1, 2013

Yves Smith, the Naked Capitalism blog; Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research; a preview of "Unman...Read more

How Dollarocracy Is Destroying America
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November 8, 2013

John Nichols, The Nation; professor Robert McChesney.

The Path of Positive Resistance
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November 15, 2013

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

Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism
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November 22, 2013

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

Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet
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November 29, 2013

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

Behind Washington's Closed Doors
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December 6, 2013

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

Gunfighter Nation
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December 13, 2013

Historian Richard Slotkin talks about guns and violence in America.

Incarceration Nation
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December 20, 2013

Civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Michelle Alexander.

The Pope, Poverty, and Poetry
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December 27, 2013

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

State of Conflict: North Carolina
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January 3, 2014

The battle of American politics rages on in North Carolina.