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  • After Words with Leah Litman

    After Words with Leah Litman

    University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman makes the case for why she believes the Supreme Court isn’t making rulings based on legal principles.

  • <em>Pronoun Trouble</em>

    Pronoun Trouble

    Columbia University linguistics professor John McWhorter talks about the use and evolution of language and argues that the controversy over pronoun usage in America is largely overblown.

Featured Programs

  • <em>A Woman of Firsts</em>

    A Woman of Firsts

    Kimberly Heckler talked about her biography of her mother-in-law, Margaret Heckler, a trailblazing Republican member of Congress from Massachusetts (1967-83), who later served as HHS Secretary and Ambassador to Ireland under President Reagan. She spoke at the …

  • After Words with Sophie Gilbert

    After Words with Sophie Gilbert

    Atlantic Magazine staff writer Sophie Gilbert looked at pop culture of the '90s & early 2000s and its impact on women and the feminist movement. She was interviewed by author and founder of Women in Media & News Jennifer Pozer.

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  • <em>A Woman of Firsts</em>

    A Woman of Firsts

    Kimberly Heckler talked about her biography of her mother-in-law, Margaret Heckler, a trailblazing Republican member of Congress from Massachusetts (1967-83), who later served as HHS Secretary and Ambassador to Ireland under President Reagan. She spoke at the …

  • <em>Birth - Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America</em>

    Birth - Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America

    Journalist Rebecca Grant reported on maternal health care in the U.S. and discussed how social and political dynamics impact pregnancy and motherhood. She was interviewed by New York Times reporter Alisha Gupta.

  • <em>What My Mother and I Don't Talk About</em>

    What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

    Literary Hub editor Michele Filgate took part in a discussion of her book, What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence. stories of sexual assault and domestic abuse through a collection of essays written by 15 authors. She was join…

  • <em>Everything is Tuberculosis - The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection</em>

    Everything is Tuberculosis - The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

    Author John Green examined the history of tuberculosis and his friendship with a tuberculosis patient. Symphony Space in New York City hosted this event.

  • <em>My Family & I</em>

    My Family & I

    University of Mississippi professor and musician Adam Gussow shared his experiences being in an interracial family in Mississippi before and after the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. He spoke at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi.

  • <em>Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?</em>

    Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?

    Dr. Robert Smith argued that the medical establishment has failed to consider the importance of mental health in favor of focusing on physical health. Seminary Co-op in Chicago hosted this event.

  • <em>Who Needs College Anymore?</em>

    Who Needs College Anymore?

    Education Design Lab founder Kathleen deLaski examined whether the U.S. higher education system can meet the needs of future generations of students. She discusses alternatives to the four-year college degree, including educational bootcamps, skills-based lear…

  • <em>Native Nations</em>

    Native Nations

    History professor Kathleen Duval chronicled the history and power of Native nations before and after the colonization of North America. Bookmarks Bookstore in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, hosted this event.

  • <em>To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause</em>

    To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause

    University of Pennsylvania professor Benjamin Nathans talked about the Soviet dissident movement (1960s-1980s) and its role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. This event was hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.

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