The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

Miami political operative Fernand Amandi discusses a political path to end the death and destruction in Florida.

Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, Dept. of Surgery Chair at University of Chicago Medicine, discusses how hospitals have responded to the pandemic. 

Legal scholar and author of forthcoming BIG DIRTY MONEY Jennifer Taub discusses if and when the legal process will require public scrutiny of Trump records. 

Lincoln Project cofounder Reed Galen of Park City, UT discusses the trajectory of the campaign and the next watersheds of VP selection and the debates. 

Knight First Amendment Institute Writer-in-Residence Cristian Farias discusses whether the Supreme Court is preserving the rule of law, constitutional crises, and comparisons to Chile's liberation from authoritarianism. 

Mother Jones voting rights correspondent Ari Berman discusses the pandemic’s consequences for voter registration and turnout. 

American virologist Angela Rasmussen of the Immunity at the Columbia University School of Public Health discusses researching medical advances to end the pandemic. 

Kentucky radio host and “Mitch, Please!” author Matt Jones discusses the McConnell-McGrath election and Bluegrass State's political landscape. 

Community Veterans Project president, former Missouri Secretary of State, and voting rights advocate Jason Kander discusses his work. 

Quinnipiac University scholar and author Khalilah Brown-Dean discusses 2020’s grassroots mobilization for racial justice and economic reform. 

Former Congressman Joe Walsh discusses all contingencies to defeat Trump and Trumpism on Election Day.

Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein of the Renew Democracy Initiative discuss authoritarian regimes usurping democracy across the globe.

North Carolina-based DJ, producer, and educator 9th Wonder discusses the movement for Black Lives from the studio to the streets to the ballot box. 

Susan Greenhalgh, senior advisor on election security for Free Speech For People, discusses the vetting of election machinery and tabulations. 

Guardian voting rights correspondent Sam Levine discusses the nation’s hotspots of voter suppression, including in Texas, Iowa, and Wisconsin. 

U.S. Congressional nominee Mondaire Jones (NY-17) discusses his winning primary campaign, the legislative goals of a new government, and how to organize during the pandemic. 

Lincoln Project advisor and political strategist Tara Setmayer discusses a return to decency in 2020. 

HUMANKIND author and historian Rutger Bregman discusses hope for a prosocial society amid simultaneous American and global crises. 

Arizona-based infectious disease epidemiologist Saskia Popescu discusses the illiterate and incoherent American response to the pandemic.

Andrea Hailey of Vote.org and Amber McReynolds of VOTE at HOME discuss how to ensure you can register and vote safely during the pandemic.  

The Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell discusses communicating the stories of Republican voters against Trump and for the Rule of Law.

Lincoln Project cofounder Jennifer Horn discusses escaping the human carnage, suffering, and death count of the Trump-Pence administration. 

Ohio Democrats chair David Pepper discusses the campaign for The Buckeye State's 18 electoral votes and his new book THE VOTER FILE. 

Lincoln Project founder John Weaver discusses holding accountable those who would violate their oaths to the Constitution and put others before Americans. 

Brooking Institution Fellow in Metropolitan Studies Andre Perry discusses his new book, Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities.