The Final Presidential Debate
October 20, 2016This hour, we’ll recap the third and final presidential debate – and talk about the strategies for each candidate through Nov. 8 – with presidential historian Jon Meacham.
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What Third-Party Voters Want
October 11, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the many reasons these voters have for sticking by candidates who have little chance of winning with Emma Roller. Her opinion piece “Third-Party Voters Know What They Want” appeared recently in The New York Times.
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The Second Presidential Debate
October 10, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the second presidential debate with a panel of political scientists: UTA political science professor Rebecca Deen and Matthew Wilson, associate professor of political science at SMU.
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A Conversation With Maureen Dowd
September 29, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, Maureen Dowd, about her newest book “The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics.”
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How American Politics Went Insane
September 1, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with Jonathan Rauch about his recent piece in The Atlantic, “How American Politics Went Insane.”
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A Nation Engaged – America’s Role In The World
August 29, 2016This hour we’ll talk about how the election and the next president will affect America’s role in the world. Our guests are writer Ben Fountain, who’s been reporting on the election for The Guardian and Jeffrey Engel, who directs the Center for Presidential History at SMU.
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Texans And Voting
June 15, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about if voters in North Texas feel that their votes count – and if they even plan to vote – with a panel of North Texas political organizers.
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Bridging The Partisan Divide
May 10, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about finding common ground on issues that are splitting the nation apart with Mark Gerzon, author of “The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide”.
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Compromise: A Capitol Offense
April 12, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the hope for compromise in politics – with a co-author of “It’s Even Worse Than it Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism.”
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The Individual Versus The Common Good
March 22, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about individual rights versus the good of the whole with Colin Woodard, author of “American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good.”
