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The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner — 567 episodes · page 1 of 6
The Art and Science Nexus
Digital and IRL Relations
Constructive Political Discourse
Mayors of the World: New York City — Mamdani and Heffner at FDR Four Freedoms Park
Michelle Bachelet at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights
Wiesel and Heffner: The Conversation Continues
Mayors of the World: Cologne
Mayors of the World: Düsseldorf
Mayors of the World: Midland
The Open Mind at 70: Part II
The Open Mind at 70
Mayors of the World: Detroit
Mayors of the World: Miami
Mayors of the World: Santiago
Mayors of the World: Toronto
Mayors of the World: Atlanta
Mayors of the World: Athens
Mayors of the World: Lisbon
Why Whales Matter
Wild Wild Cities
A World Without Politicians
Art in 2026
When We Care About Climate—and Not
Discovering Dinosaur Extinction and the Atom Bomb
Freedom, Inflation, and Deflation
Which Sex Is Stronger?
From Russia With...
Democracy in the Global South
Social Media as Insidious and Predatory Manipulation
Classroom 4
Counsel on the Law
The Clerk of the Court
The Retroactivity Dilemma
Crypto or Perish?
Missionaries, Vigilantes & Public Safety
How to Overcome a Liberal Arts Backlash
Copaganda and Feartopia
What Does A Tariff-Driven Economy Mean?
The Vagina Business
Tokyo Vice and Virtue
The Ruins of Winner-Take-All Governance and the Democratic Party's Dark Age
The Future of American Education
The Big Bang and Us
The Threat to Discovery
Cures and Shams
The Sleeping in Humanity
The Rehabilitated Citizen
American Redemption
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Knowing the Nocturnal
Demonetizing the Prison Industry
Life Beyond Us
A Memory of Political Violence
The Politicization of Everything
The Case for Bipartisan Justice Reform
Demolishing the Monopoly to Inflation Complex
The Great Climate Migrations and Fortifications
Stopping Nuclear Inevitability
The Future of Human Rights – Part II
The Future of Human Rights – Part I
Compassion and Renewal
Regressive and Inhumane
Clemency for America
The Public Defense
A Parole to Possibility Pipeline
State Constitutional Imperatives
Ending Mass Incarceration on the Back End
Tree Policy
The State of American Justice
What’s Next for America?
Generation Refrigerant
Wikipedia's Survival and Resilience
Peace Policies
The Great Buildup
Unwinding the Doomsday Clock
Counterproliferation and De-escalation in the Middle East
The Reverend Senator
In the Land of Eisenhower
Dreams of Aloha
Fiesta in Pueblo
The Pursuit of Tranquility: How Many Times Do You Need To Blow Up The World?
Accountability and Disarmament
Pigs and Pistols
Energy to Peace
Cheeseheads and Milkpeople
The City of Orioles
Gaming the Future
Words to Preserve Democracy
The Future of Reproductive Freedom
Campus on Edge…Civics to the Rescue
Ranchers for America
A Bridge from Alaska to the Nation
Courage in Flight (Season Premiere | Breaking Bread)
Country Pancakes and Country Roads
Cooking in the House of Blaine
Christmas Every Morning
Governing and BBQ
God and Thai in Utah
The Soul of New Jersey
Where Theodore Roosevelt Lives