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Rodrigo Duterte and Vladimir Putin
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Politics & Policy

Why authoritarianism?

Guests: Manu Bhagavan, Howard Lavine The people of Turkey recently voted to give president Erdoğan more authorit ...

Air Date: May 4, 2017

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Donald Trump
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Politics & Policy

Trump’s first (almost) 100 days

Guests: James Peterson, Joe Watkins, Charlie Gerow The first 100 days metric that the media uses to scrutinize a ...

Air Date: April 26, 2017

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George Washington's tent
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Museum of the American Revolution tour; then, N. Korea

Guests: Phillip Mead, Scott Stephenson, Jenny Town George Washington’s executive tent, a piece of the bridge fr ...

Air Date: April 19, 2017

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Trump at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Foreign policy roundtable

Guest: Andrew Bacevich, James Kitfield Recent global events are giving the Trump administration their first real ...

Air Date: April 10, 2017

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People play music and dance during the Newroz celebration
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The Kurds

Guests: Trudy Rubin, Brendan O’Leary The turmoil in the Middle East is  multi-faceted, with shifting, and some ...

Air Date: April 4, 2017

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Riot policemen detain a journalist during a protest rally in St.Petersburg, Russia
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Politics & Policy

Trump’s newest EO and the environment; protests in Russia; combating ISIS

Guests: Robinson Meyer, Alec Luhn, Rukmini Callimachi  We have three stories for today’s edit ...

Air Date: March 29, 2017

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FBI Director James Comey
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The FBI is investigating Trump-Russia ties

Guests: Robert Baer, John Dean FBI Director James Comey announced at a House hearing on Monday that they are inve ...

Air Date: March 22, 2017

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 New military recruits take an oath during half time of an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New York Giants Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Politics & Policy

Is it time to introduce military or community service for all 18-year-olds?

Should we introduce military or community service for 18-year-olds? I believe that the benefits outweigh the negatives, provided that the ...

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Kim Jong Un
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Money

North Korea’s provocations; the Russia/Trump investigations

Guests: Philip Yun, Karoun Demirjian North Korea fired four ballistic missiles on Monday. Three fell into the sea ...

Air Date: March 7, 2017

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President Donald Trump speaks to a meeting of the National Governors Association at the White House, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Arts & Entertainment

Trump address react; Rumi’s life and poetry

Guests: Ron Elving, Brad Gooch President Trump addressed the nation and Congress last night in his first prime-ti ...

Air Date: March 1, 2017

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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The EU on edge; what is populism?

Guest: Judy Dempsey, John Judis At the Munich Security Conference and at yesterday’s meeting in Brussels ...

Air Date: February 21, 2017

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former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn
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Flynn’s resignation and ethics questions in the White House

Guests: Tom Hamburger, Larry Noble President Trump rose to prominence, not as a politician, but as a reality TV s ...

Air Date: February 14, 2017

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two Matryoshka dolls with the faces of Putin and Trump
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Putin and Trump; first, SEPTA’s problems

Guests: Jim Saksa, Yuval Weber, Daniel McCormack President Trump has long praised Russian President Vladimir Puti ...

Air Date: February 7, 2017

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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office
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White House leaks; update on Yemen

Guests: Dana Milbank and Barbara Bodine There have been a number of leaks coming out of the White House since the ...

Air Date: February 3, 2017

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Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, the parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin
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Rest in Power; White House putting “Iran on notice”

GUESTS: Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin, Joe Cirincione On February, 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was walkin ...

Air Date: February 2, 2017

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