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John McWhorter

Columbia University linguist and race commentator John McWhorter explains the origins of critical race theory, what the decades-old legal concept has become in today’s national debate and his concerns about antiracism and how it is taught.
Season 2021 Episode 503 Length 26:45 Premiere: 07/16/21

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Ai Weiwei
S2021 E527 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 12/31/21

John Lithgow
S2021 E526 Length 26:45 Premiere Date 12/24/21

Dana Canedy
S2021 E525 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 12/17/21

Chris Christie
S2021 E524 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 12/10/21

The Oslo Freedom Forum
S2021 E523 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 12/03/21

Cornel West & Robert George
S2021 E522 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 11/26/21

Tim Scott
S2021 E521 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 11/19/21

Ai Weiwei
S2021 E520 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 11/12/21

Andrew Sullivan
S2021 E519 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 11/05/21

Bob Menendez
S2021 E518 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 10/29/21

Fiona Hill
S2021 E517 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 10/22/21

John Lithgow
S2021 E516 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 10/15/21

The Oslo Freedom Forum
S2021 E515 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 10/08/21

Frank McCourt
S2021 E514 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 10/01/21

Mohamed El-Erian
S2021 E513 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/24/21

George Will
S2021 E512 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/17/21

Peter Meijer
S2021 E511 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 09/10/21

Bill Nelson
S2021 E510 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 09/07/21

David Petraeus & H.R. McMaster
S2021 E509 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 08/27/21

John McWhoter
S2021 E508 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 08/20/21

Amy Klobuchar
S2021 E507 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 08/13/21

Elissa Slotkin
S2021 E506 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 08/06/21

Celine Gounder and Ashish Jha
S2021 E505 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/30/21

Mario Diaz-Balart
S2021 E504 Length 26:39 Premiere Date 07/23/21

John McWhorter
S2021 E503 Length 26:45 Premiere Date 07/16/21

Bill Nelson
S2021 E502 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/09/21

William McRaven
S2021 E501 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/02/21

William McRaven
S2021 E452 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 06/25/21

Don Lemon
S2021 E451 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 06/18/21

Lawrence Summers
S2021 E450 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 06/12/21

Maya MacGuineas and Robert Reich
S2021 E449 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 06/04/21

Yo-Yo Ma
S2021 E448 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 05/28/21

Irshad Manji
S2021 E447 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 05/21/21

Garry Kasparov
S2021 E446 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 05/14/21

Amy Klobuchar
S2021 E445 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 05/07/21

Mazie Hirono
S2021 E444 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 04/30/21

Adam Kinzinger
S2021 E443 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 04/23/21

Kirsten Gillibrand
S2021 E442 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 04/16/21

Maya MacGuineas and Robert Reich
S2021 E441 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 04/09/21

Anne Applebaum and David Frum
S2021 E440 Length 26:50 Premiere Date 04/02/21

Yo-Yo Ma
S2021 E439 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 03/26/21

Jennifer Granholm
S2021 E438 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 03/19/21

Bari Weiss
S2021 E437 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 03/12/21

Charles Blow
S2021 E436 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 03/04/21

Neil Gorsuch
S2021 E435 Length 26:56 Premiere Date 02/26/21

Michael Osterholm
S2021 E434 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 02/19/21

Jaime Herrera Beutler
S2021 E433 Length 26:40 Premiere Date 02/12/21

Charles Blow
S2021 E432 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 02/05/21

Tim Kaine
S2021 E431 Length 26:56 Premiere Date 01/29/21

Mary Frances Berry and Douglas Brinkley
S2021 E430 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 01/22/21

Joe Manchin
S2021 E429 Length 27:16 Premiere Date 01/15/21

Mike Gallagher
S2021 E428 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 01/08/21

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