Nation Conversations show

Nation Conversations

Summary: Nation Conversations features exclusive audio of Nation forums, events, seminars and salons.

Podcasts:

 Sal Albanese: Poverty Is New York's Main Issue | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

As part of The Nation's mayoral candidate series, Albanese explains why fixing the education system must begin with a commitment to early learning.   

 Bill de Blasio: New York's 'Tale of Two Cities' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

As part of The Nation's mayoral candidate series, de Blasio gives his views on how to tackle economic inequality, including taxing the wealthy and investing in early childhood education.

 John Liu: An 'Out of Control' Wealth Gap Is Holding New York City Back | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The difference between rich and poor is stunting economic growth, the mayoral candidate says.

 Obama Wants Quality Preschool for All Kids—Will We Get It? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What's next for early childhood education? The Nation's Bryce Covert talks with Dana Goldstein and Melissa Lazarin about the policy and politics of universal preschool.

 Will Congress Deliver on Immigration Reform? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What can we expect from comprehensive immigration reform? In this Nation Conversation, Aura Bogado breaks down the range of possibilities for America's undocumented.

 How Much Is Obama Willing to Sacrifice? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn talks with The Nation's Bryce Covert and George Zornick about what Obama can—and should—tackle in his second term. 

 The Wrong Responses to Gun Violence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Obama's order to increase "school resource officers" only contributes to the worrying rise of the school-to-prison pipeline.

 The Twisted History—and Future—of Gun Control | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rick Perlstein joins Bryce Covert and George Zornick to explore the serpentine shifts and strange bedfellows of gun control politics. 

 Winners and Losers in Washington's Debt Deal | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What really happened on Capitol Hill this week, and a look ahead to the budget battles on the horizon. 

 Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Egypt Is on a Precipice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Provoking images of the 2011 protests, unrest and violence is again rocking Egypt after Mohamed Morsi's latest power play. On November 26, the Egyptian president issued a decree that gave him nearly absolute power until a new constitution is ratified. "The whole point of this revolution was not that people were upset with Mubarak.... They wanted to change the way they were governed," says Nation correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous in this conversation with Associate Editor Liliana Segura.

 Michael T. Klare: Romney's Extremist Energy Plan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Mitt Romney's energy plan would roll back 50 years of environmental protections.

 Yehuda Shaul: Breaking the Silence on Occupied Palestine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Breaking the Silence collects testimonies from Israeli soldiers who served or are serving in the occupied territories.

 Pedro Noguera: Beyond the Chicago Teachers Union Strike | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Unions need to be at the forefront of improving public education across the country.

 Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Occupy activists are moving debt from the personal to the political.

 Howard Dean: The Case for Obama | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The former DNC chair predicts an Obama victory, says the future of the Supreme Court at stake.

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