Political scientist Yu Ouyang and professor Jeremi Suri speak with Kelly McBride, Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, about how politicians and the press compete for public attention.
Sportswriter Dave Zirin and Assistant Professor Kendra Gage examine the political motives behind competing at and hosting the Olympics with historian Adriane Lentz-Smith.
Assistant professor of business administration Allison Elias and author and former flight attendant Ann Hood speak with historian Monica Muñoz Martinez about the relationship between women's appearance and opportunities for advancement in the workplace.
Historian Ameenah Shakir and researcher and author Cat Bohannon speak with journalist Pam Belluck about the ways narratives and biases around women's bodies determine and limit our understanding of them.
Historian Jennifer Thomson and scientist Bhavna Shamasunder speak with sociologist Tim Bartley about the harmful chemicals in the food, clothes, and other goods that Americans buy and use every day.
 Professor of history Jefferson Cowie and cultural historian Ayana Contreras speak with UCLA professor of musicology Timothy Taylor about how music is commodified, and if anything is lost in the process.
Director and co-producer of the ground breaking Netflix Documentary DISCLOSURE Sam Feder and director of the Transgender Media Lab and Transgender Media Portal Laura Horak speak with activist, author and media strategist Raquel Willis about the history and effects of transgender representation in media.
National director of Education Innovation and Research for the NAACP Dr. Ivory Toldson and executive director of the Education and Civil Rights Initiative Dr. Adrienne Dixson speak with professor of education leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University, Sonya Douglass about the state of educational equity in America nearly seventy years after Brown vs Board of Education.
Professor Eve Dunbar and writer and historian Jonathan Square speak with historian Adriane Lentz-Smith about the intersection between studying and stealing culture.
Professor of Architecture Daniel A. Barber and Vice President of Strategies at Communities First Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins speak with energy reporter Ivan Penn about the history and future of sustainable energy policies in the U.S.
