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The Open Mind

Website: http://thirteen.org/openmind
Next Airing: Wed, Oct 23rd, 2024 at 7:30 AM on UEN-TV

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A half hour weekly public affairs broadcast, THE OPEN MIND is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas, exploring issues of national and public concern with the most compelling minds of our times. Hosted by Alexander Heffner.

Episodes:

  • The Great Buildup

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace fellow Tong Zhao discusses the central and rogue nuclear powers of Asia.

    Next Airing: Wed, Oct 23rd, 2024 at 7:30 AM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:28:46
    Usage rights: 10/21/2024 to 10/20/2027
  • Peace Policies

    Win Without War executive director Sara Haghdoosti discusses strategies for peace and counterproliferation.

    Next Airing: Mon, Oct 28th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:28:14
    Usage rights: 10/28/2024 to 10/27/2027
  • Wikipedia's Survival and Resilience

    Wikimedia Foundation Vice President Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the future of the encyclopedia platform and information freedom.

    Next Airing: Mon, Nov 4th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:28:19
    Usage rights: 11/4/2024 to 11/3/2027
  • Generation Refrigerant

    Gastropod host Nicola Twilley discusses her new book "Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves."

    Next Airing: Mon, Nov 11th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 11/11/2024 to 11/10/2027
  • What's Next for America?

    "The West Wing" actress Melissa Fitzgerald discusses her justice reform advocacy and a generation of President Bartlet-inspired activism.

    Next Airing: Mon, Nov 18th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 11/18/2024 to 11/17/2027
  • The State of American Justice

    Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson discusses his prescriptions for reform.

    Next Airing: Mon, Nov 25th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 11/25/2024 to 11/24/2027
  • Tree Policy

    Scientist Lauren Oakes discusses her new book "Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future."

    Next Airing: Mon, Dec 2nd, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 12/2/2024 to 12/1/2027
  • Ending Mass Incarceration on the Back End

    The Sentencing Project research director Nazgol Ghandnoosh discusses mass incarceration data.

    Next Airing: Mon, Dec 9th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 12/9/2024 to 12/8/2027
  • State Constitutional Imperatives

    State Law Research Initiative director Kyle Barry discusses how state constitutions inform legal outcomes.

    Next Airing: Mon, Dec 16th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 12/16/2024 to 12/15/2027
  • A Parole to Possibility Pipeline

    Louisiana Parole Project founder Andrew Hundley discusses his personal journey in the justice system.

    Next Airing: Mon, Dec 23rd, 2024 at 11:00 PM on UEN-TV
    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 12/23/2024 to 12/22/2027
  • Campus On Edge....Civics to the Rescue

    University of Colorado chancellor Jeremy Haefner and Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway discuss speech and protest.

    Length: 00:28:28
    Usage rights: 7/22/2024 to 7/21/2025
  • Counterproliferation and De-escalation in the Middle East

    Arms Control Association director for nonproliferation policy Kelsey Davenport discusses Iran and the geopolitics of Middle East negotiation.

    Length: 00:28:51
    Usage rights: 10/7/2024 to 10/6/2027
  • The Future of Reproductive Freedom

    University of Oregon sociologist Krystale Littlejohn discusses the post-Roe climate in the United States.

    Length: 00:28:10
    Usage rights: 7/29/2024 to 7/28/2025
  • The Pursuit of Tranquility: How Many Times Do You Need To Blow Up The World?

    American fighter pilot Amy McGrath discusses U.S. military and security policies.

    Length: 00:29:00
    Usage rights: 9/2/2024 to 9/1/2025
  • The Science of Storytelling

    University of Nevada scholar Emma Bloomfield discusses strategies for science storytelling.

    Length: 00:28:52
    Usage rights: 7/15/2024 to 7/14/2025
  • Unwinding The Doomsday Clock

    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists CEO Rachel Bronson discusses global proximity to nuclear apocalypse.

    Length: 00:28:31
    Usage rights: 10/14/2024 to 10/13/2027
  • Words to Preserve Democracy

    Planet Word founder Ann Friedman and director Nikki Sertsu discuss their Washington DC museum.

    Length: 00:28:19
    Usage rights: 8/5/2024 to 8/4/2025

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