The Round Table: A YVote Podcast

Jarrell Daniels, from Columbia University's Center for Justice, responds to this question posed by podcaster Sara Chough as part of our Putting More Justice in Criminal Justice episode.

At this week's Round Table, Ryan Arranz, Olivia Becker, Maggie Yu, and Jade Tyra interview three of the co-founders of the Purple Project for Democracy--Rebecca Winthrop, Roberto Orci, and Sterling Speirn-- as part of our ongoing series on cross-partisanship. Thank you for joining us!

At this week's roundtable, Julianna, Olivia, Riya, and Sara launch a series exploring International Human Rights--what are they, why do they matter, and how are they playing out in the U.S. and around the world today. Today, they're joined by Sam Moyn, Professor of History at Yale University and Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School, and renowned expert on international law a...

At today's Round Table, Sara Chough and Maggie Yu Interview Jarrell Daniels, Program Manager of the Justice Ambassadors Youth Council at the Center For Justice at Columbia University , building off of our recent Civic Forum on Criminal Justice in NYC . They explore fundamental questions about what is justice, what are t he purpose and end goals of imprisonment are, whether these goals are being ac...

At this week's Round Table, Maggie Yu and Sara Chough chat with longtime educator Nicholas Stefanidis about the protests that have been going on  since June in Hong Kong (six months now!), the role young people have been playing on the frontlines, the power of civility in engendering global support, and the value of creating "good trouble."

At this week's Round Table, Julianna, Maggie, Olivia, and Riya speak with Casey Moore and Marley Duchovnay of Project Divided , a start-up, multimedia initiative working to bridge the divide between Americans of different political views. Casey and Marley share the back story of why and how Project Divided came to be--and came to be based in Bastrop County, Texas; how specifically they're working...

At today's Round Table, Jade, Julianna, Maggie, and Olivia speak with Will Creeley , Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) , exploring the parameters of free speech in our world today, what's at stake in restricting speech and why it matters, and the value of free speech in the classroom--including perspectives that might be...

At today's Round Table, Olivia and Riya speak with David Greene of Better Angels and explore connections and differences between Better Angels and Next Gen Politics' approach to working across political differences and divides.

At today's Round Table, Jade Lozada--a leader of the Youth Climate Strike in NYC--and Jade Tyra--a leader of the Youth Climate Strike in Oklahoma--discuss the climate emergency, debrief September's Strike and the activism leading up to and emanating out from it, contemplate connections and differences from prior activist movements and historical periods, and share inspiration and frustration about...

At today's Round Table, Olivia Becker and Riya Mehta interview Maodan Tohouri, the inspiring 16 year old founder of Depolarize about what it really takes to counter hyper-partisanship and why it matters.

At today's Round Table, Olivia Becker, Julianna Davis, and Riya Mehta explore a topic much in the news--impeachment--through some fresh angles, helping equip YOU with what you need to know to make sense of our current moment.  They are joined by guest Nicholas Stefanidis, a longtime social studies and civics teacher, to explore the history and mechanics of impeachment and their implications f...

At today's Round Table, Civic Fellows Marc Spenser Bauzon, Clara Medina, and Frank Yang interview Brianna Cea, co-founder of Generation Vote and a Research and Program Associate in the Democracy program of the Brennan Center for Justice , following an exciting Civic Forum in which 75 high school students deliberated seven different voting reforms (things like lowering the voting age, automatic vot...

At today's Round Table, Julianna, Olivia, Riya, and Sara discuss how polarization is playing out in their schools and in our country and why, who benefits and who suffers from polarization, things they learned from interviews with Maodan Tohouri of Depolarize and David Greene of Better Angels, why we now think about things like gender as being more on a spectrum than politics..., and strategies fo...

Promo for our four part Media Literacy series

At today's Round Table, Olivia Becker and Riya Mehta close out our four part media analysis series, synthesizing reflections from across our three prior episodes and sharing actionable recommendations for how to navigate today's media critically and constructively.   Stay tuned for upcoming episodes on the impeachment inquiry, youth climate action, and polarization and cross partisanship.

At today's Round Table, Riya Mehta, a high school senior from NJ, and Olivia Becker, a high school junior from NY, continue our exploration of the role of media in our lives and political landscape through a fascinating conversation with Peter Loge , Director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication and Associate Professor in the  School of Media and Public Affairs  at The Geo...

At today's Round Table, Jade Lozada, a senior at the High School for American Studies in NY; Jade Tyra, a HS senior from Norman, Oklahoma;  and Olivia Becker, a HS junior at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, deepen our exploration of media literacy and media bias through an interview with Howard Schneider , Founding Dean of the School of Journalism at Stonybrook University and founder of...

At today's Round Table, Olivia Becker, a junior at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, and Jade Lozada, a senior at the High School for American Studies, discuss questions on their mind about media literacy, and lay out themes we’ll explore over the next four episodes together, things like how often is media bias intentional vs unintentional? With what lens or scale should we judge how impartial...