Hahrie Han is a Political Science Professor at Johns Hopkins University, whose research focuses on grass-roots political activism, particularly against systemic racism. She has partnered with a wide range of civic and political organizations and movements around the world, including those in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Korea, helping develop the leadership skills of young scholars and practitioners, especially women and people of color. In addition to writing columns in major news publications and articles in leading scholarly journals, she has written five books. Her most recent book, Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church, is the subject of today’s interview.

Recorded 10/1/24.

Wladimir Lyra is an astronomer at New Mexico State University, whose research focuses around high-end computer simulations of planet formation, both in our own solar system and beyond, i.e., exoplanets and their solar systems. In this interview, we discuss empirically-based theories of time and space, their relationship to each other, and current ideas about the beginning and end of time.

Recorded 9/24/20.

Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman and the co-authors of Rural White Rage: The Threat to American Democracy.

Tom Schaller, who is a professor of political science at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, is the author of The Stronghold: How Republicans Captured Congress but Surrendered the White House; Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South; and co-author, with fellow UMBC political scientist Tyson King-Meadows, of Devolution and Black State Legislators: Challenges and Choices in the Twenty-First Century. He is a former political columnist for the Baltimore Sun and his commentaries have appeared in major newspapers, as well as in radio and television interviews. He has given lectures on American elections in 19 countries on behalf of the U.S. State Department.

Paul Waldman is a journalist and opinion writer, whose commentaries have appeared in dozen of major newspapers, magazines and digital media. He is the author or co-author of four previous books on media and politics: The Press Effect: Politicians, Journalists, and the Stories That Shape the Political World , written with Kathleen Hall Jamieson; Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You; Being Right is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success; and Free Ride: John McCain and the Media.

Recorded 9/19/24.