The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner
The Open Mind on PBS
The Open Mind is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life.
Recent Episodes
The Pandemic Public Health DivideSeptember 14, 2021
American Democracy and Economy in the Biden AgeSeptember 07, 2021
Mapping Our Brain Processes in the PandemicAugust 30, 2021
The End of Democracy in AmericaAugust 23, 2021
How We RememberAugust 17, 2021
Why Crypto MattersAugust 09, 2021
Domestic Terror AlertAugust 03, 2021
Exploiting and Exhausting the WorkforceJuly 26, 2021
What Does Peace Mean?July 06, 2021
American Dreams and American JobsJuly 05, 2021
What Human Challenge Trials Can Teach UsJune 28, 2021
Black to the FutureJune 21, 2021
Voting to Determine Your HealthJune 16, 2021
Millennial Doctors and the Next Greatest GenerationJune 14, 2021
Law, Justice, and Democracy in AmericaJune 12, 2021
Deplatforming Disinformation...Until 2023?June 07, 2021
The Factual Basis for the Lab LeakJune 05, 2021
Breaking the Filibuster to Survive in America June 03, 2021
A Cautiously Optimistic Assessment of Fighting American FascismJune 01, 2021
The State of MississippiMay 20, 2021
To Mask or UnmaskMay 19, 2021
Policy Experimentation and ParalysisMay 18, 2021
The Safety Imperative of InfrastructureMay 17, 2021
China's World OrderMay 12, 2021
Making Humane Tech a RealityMay 10, 2021
American Democracy and Economy in the Biden AgeSeptember 07, 2021
Mapping Our Brain Processes in the PandemicAugust 30, 2021
The End of Democracy in AmericaAugust 23, 2021
How We RememberAugust 17, 2021
Why Crypto MattersAugust 09, 2021
Domestic Terror AlertAugust 03, 2021
Exploiting and Exhausting the WorkforceJuly 26, 2021
What Does Peace Mean?July 06, 2021
American Dreams and American JobsJuly 05, 2021
What Human Challenge Trials Can Teach UsJune 28, 2021
Black to the FutureJune 21, 2021
Voting to Determine Your HealthJune 16, 2021
Millennial Doctors and the Next Greatest GenerationJune 14, 2021
Law, Justice, and Democracy in AmericaJune 12, 2021
Deplatforming Disinformation...Until 2023?June 07, 2021
The Factual Basis for the Lab LeakJune 05, 2021
Breaking the Filibuster to Survive in America June 03, 2021
A Cautiously Optimistic Assessment of Fighting American FascismJune 01, 2021
The State of MississippiMay 20, 2021
To Mask or UnmaskMay 19, 2021
Policy Experimentation and ParalysisMay 18, 2021
The Safety Imperative of InfrastructureMay 17, 2021
China's World OrderMay 12, 2021
Making Humane Tech a RealityMay 10, 2021