Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.

University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.

Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”

Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.

Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.

Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”

Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.

Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.

Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.

Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.

Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”

Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”

Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”

Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."

NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.

“Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.

David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.

Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.

Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”

John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.

Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.

Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”

Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.

Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”

Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.

Democracy Works’ Kathryn Peters on election security, voter registration and democracy.

David Nevins of the Bridge Alliance, talks about reversing America's political disunity.

Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star on fact-checking President Trump and covering activism.

Stephanie DeGooyer, Fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on authoritarianisim.

Jack Smith IV, senior writer for Mic, on American nationalism and White Supremacy.

Joan Donovan of Data & Society on technologies that degrade democracy and civil society.

Al Cross, dir. Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, U Kentucky, on media.

Patrick Kabanda talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the arts.

Tom Nichols, U.S. Naval War College professor, on his book “The Death of Expertise.”

Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center Speech Project, on her new book “Rage Becomes Her.”

Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, on journalism, citizenship, and disinformation.

Tiffany Muller of End Citizens United, on her mission to undo the Supreme Court decision.

Jeffrey Prescott of National Security Action on an alternative to Trump's foreign policy.

RAND CEO Michael D. Rich and political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh on “Truth Decay.

KPBS investigative reporter Jean Guerrero on her new book “Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir.

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses his new book “How Schools Work.

North Carolina State scientist Rob Dunn discusses his new book “Never Home Alone.”

Philosopher William Egginton discusses his book "The Splintering of the American Mind."

Carl Zimmer discusses "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity."

Knight First Amendment Institute inaugural scholar David Pozen discusses the future of American law.

Patrick Kabanda, musician and consultant to the World Bank, talks about his new book “The Creative Wealth of Nations” and the importance of the arts in development.