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January 1, 1970

Season 2

01. Paul Krugman on Why Jobs Come First

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02. Fighting the Filibuster

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03. What's Fueling the Modern Abortion Debate

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04. Are Drones Destroying Our Democracy

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05. Who's Widening America's Digital Divide

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06. The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive

Dan Cantor, New York Working Families Party; Jonathan Soros, Friends of Democracy super PAC; the power of poetry with Martin Espada.

February 15, 2013

07. Taming Capitalism Run Wild

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08. Fighting Creeping Creationism

Anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin; author Susan Jacoby discusses secularism.

March 1, 2013

09. What We Can Learn From Lincoln

Screenwriter Tony Kushner talks about Abraham Lincoln.

March 8, 2013

10. Ending the Silence on Climate Change

Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.

March 15, 2013

11. What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately?

Economist Richard Wolff analyzes income equality; Sheila Bair, former chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

March 22, 2013

12. And Justice for Some

Bryan Stevenson, founder of Equal Justice Initiative, discusses the American justice system; an essay on the idea of justice for all.

March 29, 2013

13. MLK's Dream of Economic Justice

Historian Taylor Branch and theologian James Cone discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of economic justice.

April 5, 2013

14. Living Outside Tribal Lines

Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.

April 12, 2013

15. A Mother Fights Toxic Trespassers

Activist Sandra Steingraber discusses protecting children from toxic trespassers contaminating air, water and food.

April 19, 2013

16. Trading Democracy for National Security

Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses the Boston Marathon bombings; political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann.

April 26, 2013

17. The Sandy Hook Promise

Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben was among the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and singer Peter Yarrow, discuss the power of music to create change; David Wheeler talks about resolving the gun issue.

May 3, 2013

18. How People Power Generates Change

Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel Laforest, executive director of Right to the City and Madeline Janis, co-founder of Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.

May 10, 2013

19. The Toxic Politics of Science

Public health historians David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz discuss the dangers of lead; Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics; Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight.

May 17, 2013

20. Going to Jail for Justice

Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, co-founder of Peaceful Uprising; columnist Gretchen Morgenson.

May 24, 2013

21. Living Outside Tribal Lines

Economic inequality in California; writer Sherman Alexie.

May 31, 2013

22. Taming Capitalism Run Wild

Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.

June 7, 2013

23. Big Brother's Prying Eyes

Professor Lawrence Lessig, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

June 14, 2013

24. United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up

ALEC -- the American Legislative Exchange Council.

June 21, 2013

25. The Faces of America's Hungry

Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discuss hunger in America; journalist Greg Kaufmann.

June 28, 2013

26. Surviving the New American Economy

First profiled 22 years ago, two American families in Wisconsin struggle to keep up with the changing U.S. economy; authors Barbara Miner and Barbara Garson.

July 5, 2013

27. Distracted From Democracy

Columnist Marty Kaplan discusses economic inequality in the U.S.; historian Gary May.

July 12, 2013

28. A New Case for Gun Control

Tom Diaz discusses gun control; Baldemar Velásquez fights for the rights of farmworkers.

July 19, 2013

29. John Lewis Marches On

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) discusses his leadership role during the civil-rights movement of the 1960s.

July 26, 2013

30. The Faces of America's Hungry

Director Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton, director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, discuss hunger, food insecurity and poverty in America.

August 2, 2013

31. Taming Capitalism Run Wild

Economist Richard Wolff; activist Saru Jayaraman.

August 9, 2013

32. How People Power Generates Change

Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Rachel LaForest, executive director of Right to the City; Madeline Janis, co-founder of Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.

August 16, 2013

33. America's Gilded Capital

Journalist and author Mark Leibovich discusses his views on Washington, D.C.

August 23, 2013

34. John Lewis Marches On

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) discusses the 1963 march for civil rights.

August 30, 2013

35. What Are We Doing in Syria?

Correspondent Deborah Amos, National Public Radio; historian Andrew Bacevich; guest host Phil Donahue.

September 6, 2013

36. The Collision of Sports and Politics

Davie Zirin, sports editor of The Nation.

September 13, 2013

37. Robert Reich on Inequality for All

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discusses the movie "Inequality for All," which examines income disparity in America.

September 20, 2013

38. Saving the Earth From Ourselves

Kumi Naidoo, international executive director of Greenpeace.

September 27, 2013

39. Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet

Writer Wendell Berry discusses the environment.

October 4, 2013

40. Citizens United: The Sequel

Yale Law School professor Heather Gerken discusses McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission; historian Joyce Appleby.

October 11, 2013

41. The Debt Ceiling Is a Nuclear Bomb the US Has Aimed at Itself

British journalist Martin Wolf discusses the debt ceiling debate and its potential impact on the global economy; MIT professor Sherry Turkle.

October 18, 2013

42. Progressives Pick Up the Pieces

Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson; historian Peter Dreier.

October 25, 2013

43. The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About

Yves Smith, the Naked Capitalism blog; Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research; a preview of "Unmanned: America's Drone Wars."

November 1, 2013

44. How Dollarocracy Is Destroying America

John Nichols, The Nation; professor Robert McChesney.

November 8, 2013

45. The Path of Positive Resistance

Dr. Jill Stein, co-founder of the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities; Dr. Margaret Flowers, Physicians for a National Health Program.

November 15, 2013

46. Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism

Author Henry Giroux; remembering novelist Doris Lessing; the documentary "Birth of the Living Dead."

November 22, 2013

47. Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet

Author and environmental activist Wendell Berry; short documentary "Dance of the Honey Bee."

November 29, 2013

48. Behind Washington's Closed Doors

Mark Leibovich, The New York Times Magazine, discusses Washington's powerbrokers.

December 6, 2013

49. Gunfighter Nation

Historian Richard Slotkin talks about guns and violence in America.

December 13, 2013

50. Incarceration Nation

Civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Michelle Alexander.

December 20, 2013

51. The Pope, Poverty, and Poetry

Historian Thomas Cahill discusses Pope Francis and the relevance of the church in the 21st century.

December 27, 2013

52. State of Conflict: North Carolina

The battle of American politics rages on in North Carolina.

January 3, 2014