Jul 30, 2021
How are partisan identity and misinformation connected? Sam Wang is joined by Brendan Nyhan to discuss misinformation, partisan identity, and the stability of America's democratic norms.
Nyhan is a professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. He is a researcher on politics, polarization, and...
Jul 22, 2021
What in the world is going on? Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang catch you up on some of the biggest discussions happening in politics today: messaging about vaccines and the ongoing controversy about critical race theory and school curriculums.
Jul 15, 2021
Julian Zelizer sits down with David Kushner to discuss
his new podcast Alligator
Candy, which is based on his memoir of the same name. The
podcast tells the story of Kushner’s family and how the community
came together after the disappearance of his brother.
Kushner is an acclaimed author and journalist who serves...
Jul 8, 2021
How did Bill Barr alter the effectiveness of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) during his time as President Donald Trump's attorney general? Elie Honig joins Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang for a deep dive into the DOJ and a discussion of his new book, "Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted...
Jul 1, 2021
Is there life on other planets? Are UFOs evidence of such life? Astrophysicist Adam Frank joins Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang to discuss his research of technosignatures — signs of past or present use of technology on other planets — and the search for evidence of life outside Earth.
Adam Frank is professor of physics...