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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 113 days 1 hour 11 minutes
Michael Hayden: America Is Safer With End-To-End Encryption
Former NSA and FBI director Michael Hayden thinks the American armed forces wouldn't be required to follow a hypothetical President Trump's orders on torture, interrogation and more.
Her Long Walk: 27,000 Miles
Adventurer Sarah Marquis has walked from Siberia to Australia. Alone and fearless. She shares her story.
Rep. Mark Sanford: 'Trump Would Be A Tough Pill To Swallow'
South Carolina G.O.P. Congressman Mark Sanford tells host Tom Ashbrook why the Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump would be potentially a dangerous nominee for his party.
Will Trump Upend The G.O.P.?
Trump fever, Trump panic in the G.O.P. On the eve of Super Tuesday, we'll look at the political battle shaking the party.
A New Look At the Jazz Of Charles Mingus
The music, life and complex racial identity of jazz great Charles Mingus.
Week In The News: Trump Keeps Winning, Apple Fights F.B.I., Emotions On Facebook
Trump rolls on. Apple versus the U.S. government. Wild weather. And the fight over the Supreme Court. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
A Silk Road View Of The World
Seeing the world — its history, its future — from another angle. From the East, and the old Silk Road
Debating Bernie Sanders' Vision
Bernie Sanders and our Gilded Age of inequality. Is he the way to end it? The chips are down. We'll hear the Democrats' debate.
'Oscars So White' And The Hollywood Diversity Problem
#OscarsSoWhite. We'll look at Hollywood's diversity problem and how the country sees itself on screen.
The New Push To Close Guantanamo
President Obama lays out his plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. We'll look at the plan, the battle ahead in Congress.