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
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
The Manchin House RulesMay 07, 2021
When Will Congress End Citizens United? May 06, 2021
American Medicine in the PandemicMay 05, 2021
How to Make Our Platforms Less PolarizingMay 04, 2021
Extraconstitutional Supreme Court and New Jim CrowMay 03, 2021
American Seafood May 02, 2021
BBQ in the PandemicMay 01, 2021
Gentrification and Populism on the InternetApril 30, 2021
Light at the End of a Dark EpiphanyApril 29, 2021
Fighting Fire with Fire...and DignityApril 28, 2021
The Unreachable Supermajority for Constitutional ReformApril 27, 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
The Manchin House RulesMay 07, 2021
When Will Congress End Citizens United? May 06, 2021
American Medicine in the PandemicMay 05, 2021
How to Make Our Platforms Less PolarizingMay 04, 2021
Extraconstitutional Supreme Court and New Jim CrowMay 03, 2021
American Seafood May 02, 2021
BBQ in the PandemicMay 01, 2021
Gentrification and Populism on the InternetApril 30, 2021
Light at the End of a Dark EpiphanyApril 29, 2021
Fighting Fire with Fire...and DignityApril 28, 2021
The Unreachable Supermajority for Constitutional ReformApril 27, 2021