In Contrast
In Contrast explores wide-ranging topics from art to politics through interviews with the people experiencing and defining the issues of the modern world. Past guests include such diverse figures as American poet Wendy Barker, children’s book author Norton Juster, Washington Post journalist Wesley Lowery, New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens, The New Yorker foreign-correspondent Robin Wright, and PBS broadcaster Ray Suarez. New episodes are released on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month.
Latest Episodes
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Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize winning economist. He is formerly both the chief economist at the World Bank and chairman of the President’s Council of…
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Saskia Sassen is known for her analysis of globalization and human migration. Amongst her books are: A Sociology of Globalization, and Cities in a World…
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George Will is a political commentator for The Washington Post, NBC News and MSNBC. The author of fourteen books, his column appears in over 450…
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What Can We Do? Nations get the media they deserve.This last of a seven-episode In Contrast podcast special, What’s Wrong with American Media? Public…
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What Are We Missing?: What we don’t know makes us happier.This is part of the seven-episode In Contrast podcast special What’s Wrong with American Media?…
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Whose Language?: English as a censoring tool.This is part of the seven-episode In Contrast podcast special What’s Wrong with American Media? Public…
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Who is an American?: Those unlike me are my enemies.This is part of the seven-episode In Contrast podcast special What’s Wrong with American Media? Public…
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Episode 3: The Tyranny of Emotion: Passion instead of accuracy. This is part of the seven-episode In Contrast podcast special “What’s Wrong with American…
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In Episode 2: The Center Cannot HoldDiversity equals fragmentation.This is part of the seven-episode In Contrast podcast special What’s Wrong with…
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In a seven-episode In Contrast podcast special “What’s Wrong with American Media?,” public intellectual and host of In Contrast Ilan Stavans and veteran…