The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

Dec 09 2024 501 ep. 27 mins 789
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The Open Mind is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life.

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Tree Policy

Dec 09 2024 28 mins  
Scientist Lauren Oakes discusses environmental conservation.

The State of American Justice

Dec 02 2024 28 mins  
Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson discusses his prescriptions for reform.

What’s Next for America?

Nov 25 2024 27 mins  
“The West Wing” actress Melissa Fitzgerald discusses President Bartlet-inspired activism.

Generation Refrigerant

Nov 18 2024 27 mins  
Gastropod host Nicola Twilley discusses her new book “Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.”

Wikipedia's Survival and Resilience

Nov 12 2024 27 mins  
Wikimedia leader Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the future of the encyclopedia platform.

Peace Policies

Nov 04 2024 28 mins  
Win Without War director Sara Haghdoosti discusses strategies for counterproliferation.

The Great Buildup

Oct 28 2024 28 mins  
Carnegie Endowment fellow Tong Zhao discusses central and rogue nuclear powers of Asia.

Unwinding the Doomsday Clock

Oct 21 2024 28 mins  
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists CEO Rachel Bronson discusses a potential nuclear event.

Counterproliferation and De-escalation in the Middle East

Oct 14 2024 28 mins  
Arms Control Association nonproliferation policy director Kelsey Davenport discusses Iran.

The Reverend Senator

Oct 04 2024 28 mins  
In his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, Senator Raphael Warnock and Alexander break bread over chicken and waffles (and crab cake benedict); then visit his childhood home.