The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

ER doctor, Ebola survivor, and global health leader Craig Spencer discusses treating patients during the pandemic and how to correct policy and communication failures. 

Lincoln Project founding member Mike Madrid discusses the work of restoring America and the Latino Vote in 2020. 

Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett discusses predicting COVID-19, its devastating impact on communities of color, and how to resolve the public health crisis. 

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-supported scientists Jason Shepherd, Martin Kampmann, and Debora Marks discuss Facebook's current governance as antithetical to the scientific method and their prosocial medical research.

Niskanen Center senior fellow Rachel Bitecofer discusses modeling the 2020 election, negative partisanship, and the importance of Biden's VP choice. 

Bloomberg social media reporter and author Sarah Frier discusses how the big socials are addressing disinformation on their platforms. 

McLaughlin Group host and Washington Examiner commentary writer Tom Rogan discusses the present and future conservative movement. 

BYU political scientist Jeremy Pope discusses the critical electoral questions from the most recent and current presidential cycle. 

UVA professor and “Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action” coauthor John Holbein discusses the civic participation of Gen Y and Z.

“Bottle of Lies” author Katherine Eban discusses the shortage of U.S. PPE, the outsourcing of drug manufacturing, and the breakdown of public health infrastructure. 

Journalist Ross Barkan discusses Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio’s responses to the pandemic.   

Politicalwire.com creator and editor Taegan Goddard discusses the presidential campaign. 

Political strategist and NYT bestselling author Rick Wilson discusses defending the Union and restoring America’s better angels to the presidency.  

Missouri-based journalist Sarah Kendzior discusses her new book “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America” and the threat of authoritarianism in the United States. 

Jazz impresario and saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings discusses Shabaka and the Ancestor’s newest album and timely tracks. 

Sleeping Giants founder Matt Rivitz discusses social media monopolies of hate and the campaign to make bigotry and sexism less profitable.

Author and COVID-19 news aggregator Rachel Graham discusses how she has tracked the pandemic from its inception and helped inform public health on Twitter. 

Texas-based writer, editor of theprepared.com, and lifelong prepper Jon Stokes discusses a country mentally, socially, and politically ill-prepared for a once-in-a-century pandemic.

Researcher Caroline Tervo discusses her new book "Upending American Politics: Polarizing Parties, Ideological Elites, and Citizen Activists from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance”

Ira Shapiro, author of “Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country,” discusses the decline of the "world’s greatest deliberative body” and its potential return to courage and statesmanship.

Materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez discusses her new book “The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another."

Chris Arnade, author of Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, discusses if and how dignity can be salvaged in American life.

Rep. Steve Israel discusses his advocacy of Congressional remote voting and modernizing governing and electoral processes ill prepared for the pandemic. 

Online News Association CEO Irving Washington discusses the future of digital news and the impact of paywalls on access to information. 

Disinformation expert and Wilson Center fellow Nina Jankowicz discusses her forthcoming book and how to combat disinformation in the pandemic era.