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The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

The Open Mind is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life.

news & politics

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35:08

It Didn't (and Doesn't) Have to Be This Way

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/20

Veteran tech reporter Walt Mossberg discusses whether social media platforms finally understand the dis/misinformation crisis, how guardianship of literacy could be enacted, and why users need to take more responsibility.

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27:44

How to Protect Against COVID in the Air

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/19

University of Colorado professor of chemistry Jose-Luis Jimenez discusses the study of aerosol transmission of COVID and the pandemic's long-term implications for indoor and outdoor air pollution.

en

27:07

The Right Stats for an Efficacious Vaccine

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/18

University of Florida biostatistician Natalie Dean discusses what numbers to look for when designing and deploying an effective vaccine.

en

27:57

How to Speak Justly and Bridge Divides

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/18

University of Chicago psychologist Katherine Kinzler discusses her new book “How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do – And What it Says About You."

en

25:38

Biden-Harris and the Democratic Coalition

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/14

Democratic Coalition founder Scott Dworkin discusses the Biden-Harris ticket and the GOP campaign to ratfuck and sabotage a legitimate election.

en

26:46

Reading the 2020 Crystal Ball

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/13

Sabato's Crystal Ball managing editor Kyle Kondik discusses surveying the American people and projecting 2020 outcomes during the pandemic.

en

22:33

Homeland Health Insecurity

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/12

Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security researcher and infectious disease specialist Dr. Amesh Adalja discusses the American state of health insecurity.

en

26:49

Can Human Challenge Trials Be Effective?

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/11

1 Day Sooner founder Josh Morrison discusses the potential effectiveness and legal status of and ethical challenges to Human Challenge Trials.

en

28:00

John Lewis and The Third Reconstruction

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/10

Atlantic Magazine staff writer Adam Harris discusses the legacy of John Lewis, The Big Six, and how Americans can pave the path of a new Civil Rights Movement.

en

24:43

Anti-Science and Anti-Press Populism

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/10

Award-winning Brazilian journalist Patricia Campos Mello discusses what links the two countries, Brazil and the United States, with the worst pandemic responses.

en

27:19

The COVID Economy and Beyond

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/07

University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee discusses the realities of a COVID plagued economy and how to recover beyond the pandemic.

en

25:15

The Third Reconstruction is for Economic Justice

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/06

Minister, activist, and Princeton University scholar Nyle Fort discusses the pursuit of economic justice as civil rights and previews his upcoming broadcast episode on The Open Mind.

en

27:18

The Worst Pandemic Response and Least Disciplined...

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/05

Director of the Epidemic Intelligence Dr. Cyrus Shahpar discusses how to recover from the American failures and his work at Resolve to Save Lives.

en

25:41

Is the Postmaster General Sabotaging the 2020 Election?

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/04

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Ellie Rushing discusses her exclusive reporting on mail delays, suspended postal services, and the apparent targeting of voters in a Democratic-majority city.

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32:12

Pandemic Defeatism in America

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/08/03

Public health leader Eric Feigl-Ding of the Federation of American Scientists discusses why his alarms fell on deaf ears and pandemic defeatism in America.

en

29:01

A Modern News Legend

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/07/31

THE DRUDGE REVOLUTION author Matthew Lysiak discusses Matt Drudge's impeccable news instincts and calling it as it is from political scandal to pandemic body counts.

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30:17

Amusing America to Death

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/07/30

New York Magazine contributor and ex-Guardian political correspondent Ben Jacobs discusses the upcoming state presidential filing deadlines and the third party campaign of Kanye West.

en

27:05

Stop Funding Hate

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/07/30

Stop Funding Hate founder Richard Wilson discusses the campaign to persuade advertisers to pull their support for bigoted media.

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23:14

The Ultimate Test for American Democracy

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/07/28

Georgia Southern University professor Jared Yates Sexton discusses the anti-democratic forces corrupting the United States and his forthcoming book AMERICAN RULE: HOW A NATION CONQUERED THE WORLD BUT FAILED ITS PEOPLE.

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26:31

America Without Law

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner ·

2020/07/27

Whitman College political scientist Jack Jackson discusses his book “Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."

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