America at a Crossroads

Robin Wright, renowned scholar, author, journalist & foremost authority on Iran, analyzes the current Iran rebellion & threats posed by Iran.

Ambassador Michael McFaul with Larry Mantle | A Russia Expert's Analysis: Putin's Future and the World

Ambassador Dennis Ross discusses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power and the new coalition with Warren Olney.

China Expert Minxin Pei and Global Democracy Expert Larry Diamond discuss Autocracies and Resistance with Larry Mantle.

Political commentator and acclaimed New York Times columnist David Brooks joins Patt Morrison to analyze U.S. political and social culture in these uncertain times.

Jim Rutenberg (The New York Times) discusses the results of his recent in-depth investigation of connections and dealings between Trump and Putin with Patt Morrison.

William Kristol and Ron Brownstein with Larry Mantle: America's politics at Year's End – Our Changing Political Landscape

Juliette Kayyam, former Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, discusses threats to America from domestic and foreign sources.

Richard Haass, a veteran diplomat and Council on Foreign Relations president, analyzes the state of the world and the position of the United States in it.

Live from the Skirball Cultural Center, pundits analyze the 2022 midterm election results in California and Los Angeles races.

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein with Rabbi Sharon Brous - Lessons from Their Holocaust Documentary

Michel Moore and William Bratton with Patt Morrison - Crime in America - Myth V. Reality: Two Leading Experts Shed Light

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser with Madeleine Brand - Divider: Trump in the White House

Ruth Ben Ghiat and Larry Diamond: Strongmen - How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall

Laurence Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard, speaks with journalist and UC Irvine media law professor Henry Weinstein about present threats to our democracy and our Constitution. 

American activist and former head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards discusses the current state of abortion rights with Pulitzer Prize-winning LA Times' journalist Patt Morrison.

Former US Solicitor General Neal Katyal and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post in conversation with Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times.

Ambassador Norman Eisen with Larry Mantle: From Ukraine to January 6 to Top Secret Documents - A Democracy Expert Analyzes Our Worl

Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell — "Swing" Voters: Where Does the Balance of Power Lie?

 David Gergen with Warren Olney - Advisor to Four Presidents Discusses How Great Leaders Are Made

Extremism, Bigotry, & Hate in America Today: Have They Gone Mainstream? Guest: Kathleen Belew, scholar of racism and white-power.

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) serves as Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and also serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. This week he discusses the January 6 hearings and the threat domestric extremism poses to our democracy with Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison.

Ambassador Dennis Ross with Warren Olney - The Diplomatic Ripple Effects of the Russo/Ukraine War