THE OPEN MIND

#4401 Counterproliferation and De-escalation in the Middle East
Arms Control Association director for nonproliferation policy Kelsey Davenport discusses Iran and the geopolitics of Middle East negotiation.

#4402 Unwinding the Doomsday Clock
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists CEO Rachel Bronson discusses global proximity to nuclear apocalypse.

#4403 The Great Buildup
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace fellow Tong Zhao discusses the central and rogue nuclear powers of Asia.

#4404 Peace Policies
Win Without War executive director Sara Haghdoosti discusses strategies for peace and counterproliferation.

#4405 Wikipedia’s Survival and Resilience
Wikimedia Foundation Vice President Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the future of the encyclopedia platform and information freedom.

#4406 Generation Refrigerant
Gastropod host Nicola Twilley discusses her new book “Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.”

#4407 What’s Next for America?
“The West Wing” actress Melissa Fitzgerald discusses her justice reform advocacy and a generation of President Bartlet-inspired activism.

#4408 The State of American Justice
Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson discusses his prescriptions for reform.

#4409 Tree Policy
Scientist Lauren Oakes discusses her new book "Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future."

#4410 Ending Mass Incarceration on the Back End
The Sentencing Project research director Nazgol Ghandnoosh discusses mass incarceration data.

#4411 State Constitutional Imperatives
State Law Research Initiative director Kyle Barry discusses how state constitutions inform legal outcomes.

#4412 A Parole to Possibility Pipeline
Louisiana Parole Project founder Andrew Hundley discusses his personal journey in the justice system.

#4413 The Public Defense
Civil rights attorney Scott Hechinger discusses the state of public defenders in America.

#4414 Clemency For America
University of St. Thomas professor Mark Osler discusses how clemencies can revitalize the justice system.

#4415 Regressive And Inhumane
Illinois Prison Project Jennifer Soble discusses opportunities for parole and probation reform.

#4416 Compassion And Renewal
The Omowale Project leader Emani Davis discusses healing formerly incarcerated people.

#4417 The Future of Human Rights – Part I
"Liberty Paradox" author David Kinley discusses the pursuit and meaning of liberty.

#4418 The Future of Human Rights – Part II
"Liberty Paradox" author David Kinley discusses the pursuit and meaning of liberty.

#4419 Stopping Nuclear Inevitability
Counterproliferation leader Emma Belcher discusses how to reverse the increasing probability of nuclear violence.

#4420 The Great Climate Migrations and Fortifications
"On the Move" author Abrahm Lustgarten discusses how environmental conditions are impacting U.S. states and cities.

#4421 Demolishing the Monopoly to Inflation Complex
Economic Security Project president Natalie Foster discusses antitrust policies that will create an economic safety infrastructure.

#4422 Bipartisan Justice Reform
FWD.us executive director Zoë Towns discusses the path to bipartisan justice reform.

#4423 The Politicization of Everything
TYT Network CEO Cenk Uygur discusses the second Trump administration, Democratic Party, and future of populism.

#4424 A Memory of Political Violence
Chicago Project on Security & Threats founder Robert Pape discusses the January 6th pardons and legacy.

#4425 Life Beyond Us
Science journalist Jaime Green discusses her book "The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos."

#4426 Demonetizing the Prison Industry
Worth Rises founder Bianca Tylek discusses the campaign to demonetize the prison industrial complex.

#4427 Knowing the Nocturnal
New York Times bestselling author Leigh Ann Henion discusses her book "Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark."

#4428 Deep in the Heart of Texas
Texas Defender Service executive director Burke Butler discusses the legal system in the second most populous state.

#4429 American Redemption
Redemption Project of Washington legal counsel Jeffrey Ellis discusses sentencing reform.

#4430 The Rehabilitated Citizen
Full Citizens Coalition James Jeter discusses the educational and democratic rights of system-impacted people.

#4431 The Sleeping in Humanity
Science writer Lynne Peeples discusses her book "The Inner Clock: Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms."

#4432 Cures and Shams
Investigative journalist Charles Piller discusses his new book "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s.”

#4433 The Threat to Discovery
University of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director Jo Handelsman discusses threats to scientific research.

#4434 The Big Bang and Us
Science journalist Dan Levitt discusses his book "What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner."

#4435 The Future of American Education
George Washington University president emeritus Stephen Trachtenberg discusses the future of American education.


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