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Award winning broadcaster, author, and professor Michael Krasny shares in-depth interviews with leading newsmakers, scholars, authors and intellectuals.

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S1E129 Janine Zacharia - The Middle East, the Era of Noise and the Future of Journalism

May 30, 2025 1h

Are we at an inflection point in the Middle East and what lies ahead for fact based journalism? Those two questions dominate the interview with long-time Middle East journalist, analyst and former…

S1E128 Paul Liberatore - "I look like a rock and roller. I am a rock and roller."

May 20, 2025 1h 19m

Marin County, north of San Francisco, CA, was a haven for rock stars in the 70s. A veritable treasure trove of rock and roll talk about Marin then and beyond with one-time aspiring rock musician and…

S1E127 Illiberal Nationalism, What Trump and Putin Share, and the Russia Reset With Former Ambassador Michael McFaul

May 13, 2025 58m

Michael McFaul, Obama's Ambassador to Russia, tells Michael Krasny a new cold war is shaping up in a kind of three way with China, Russia and the U.S. as main players. While the geopolitical dynamics…

S1E126 Sugar Is Toxic and Addictive - Dr. Robert Lustig

May 09, 2025 58m

This episode began with a discussion of 2009 as a watershed year before major belief in diseases tied to genetics began to be replaced by ones tied to mitochondria, food and the role of insulin.…

S1E125 Ambassador Dennis Ross - Statecraft 2.0 and the Middle East

Apr 30, 2025 1h 11m

A discussion of ongoing negotiations with Iran began this episode with the former leading Middle East negotiator and author of Statecraft 2.0 Ambassador Dennis Ross, and proceeded to dialogue about…

S1E124 Chris Heiser - Inside a Small Press

Apr 24, 2025 1h

Why does this press call itself unnamed, how has it succeeded and what are the challenges of being an independent press? Along with asking about the role of multimedia, the vision of challenging the…

S1E123 Scott James - Who Gets 18 Months for Killing 100 People?

Apr 17, 2025 57m

Initial focus in this episode was on the devastating and tragic 2003 Rhode Island Station nightclub fire seen by hundreds of millions of people, how it happened, its takeaways, and the quest for…

S1E122 Arlie Hochschild - The Other Side of the Cultural Pay Wall

Mar 27, 2025 47m

Renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild offers a penetrating analysis of contemporary American political and social dynamics. Through a nuanced exploration of working-class experiences, economic…

S1E121 Jeremy Bailenson - Exciting and Immersive Virtual and Augmented Realities

Mar 18, 2025 41m

In this episode, Michael Krasny sat down with virtual reality and augmented reality expert and Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson in an expansive and highly illuminating discussion about the present…

S1E120 Max Boot - The Greatest Geopolitical Challenge

Mar 14, 2025 57m

In this episode, Michael Krasny sits down with political commentator and Washington Post columnist Max Boot for a wide-ranging discussion on contemporary American politics, international relations,…

S1E119 We Asked Sarah Lacy Are We in an Oligarchy of Tech Bros Under Trump?

Mar 05, 2025 58m

In a wide-ranging and provocative conversation that traversed the intersections of technology, politics, and social change, veteran tech journalist Sarah Lacy and host Michael Krasny engaged in a…

S1E118 NY Times Film Critic Alissa Wilkinson on Villains and Evil in Today's Films and Nickle Boys as the Year's Best

Feb 27, 2025 59m

We began this episode talking about Joan Didion as a Hollywood figure and the importance of John Wayne, as well as her importance as a political writer with early strong conservative political views.…

S1E117 Orville Schell - China and Russia Linked in Grudges

Feb 12, 2025 57m

Tik Tok and data acquisition, scary topics on China up ahead. Michael Krasny featured leading Sinologist Orville Schell and began by asking Schell for his response to the Trump administration's…

S1E116 Louis Ferrante - An Offer He Couldn't Refuse

Feb 04, 2025 1h 7m

Former Gambino family mobster Lou Ferrante joined us for an episode about his three volumes of research on the Mafia. He spoke of the alleged role of the Mob in the JFK assassination just as the…

S1E115 Greg Sarris - Native American Identity

Jan 28, 2025 59m

Michael Krasny interviewed Professor Greg Sarris, Chair of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian. This was the…

S1E114 Lisa Krieger - A Deeper Understanding of Bird Flu, COVID, Southern California Fires, and More

Jan 22, 2025 50m

In this episode, Michael Krasny sought answers to what we need to know-and still don't know-about what many are convinced might be our next pandemic. Leading health and environmental journalist Lisa…

S1E113 Viable Hospitality and Valuable Wisdom from Hotelier Chip Conley

Jan 16, 2025 1h 6m

Michael Krasny began this episode with author, hotelier and long-time wisdom seeker Chip Conley, who was in Baja, talking about the terrible fires in Los Angeles and what if any lessons can be…

S1E112 Nicholas Kristof Chases Hope

Jan 08, 2025 55m

The episode with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times op-ed columnist Nick Kristof focused on his recent inspirational and hope-filled book, "Chasing Hope." The conversation began with…

S1E111 Stephen Zunes - Middle East Expert on an Imminent Shift There

Dec 31, 2024 54m

The episode with Professor and Middle East expert Stephen Zunes began with Professor Michael Krasny asking about the victory of HTS over Assad in Syria and the poison weapons that remain there, as…

S1E110 Adam Hochschild - A Brilliant, Worried but Hopeful Voice from the Left

Dec 26, 2024 56m

Mother Jones magazine co-founder, author, and journalist Adam Hochschild joined Michael Krasny for a rich and varied conversation focused on Russia's war with Ukraine. A long-time dove and opponent…

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