North Carolina State historian Blair Kelley discusses segregation in the United States.

Columbia U. president Lee Bollinger and U. of C.’s Geoffrey Stone on freedom of speech.

Azar Nafisi on “Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times”

University of Minnesota sociologist Michael Walker on “Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail.”

Keene State scholar Jim Waller discusses the rise of identity-driven violence in the U.S.

Georgetown Law Professor Kristin Henning discusses her new book “The Rage of Innocence.”

Minister, Activist and Princeton scholar Nyle Fort on reimagining a post-pandemic America.

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

Writer Anastasia Edel on her essay “The Tired and Poor Who Make America Great,” and Russia

Jews Against White Nationalism leader Sophie Ellman-Golan on mistreatment of immigrants.

KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.

Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her”

Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.

Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim

Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”

Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”

Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.

Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Grimes on gerrymandering and voting rights.

John Fetterman, Mayor of Braddock, PA, discusses authentic solutions to serve the public.