Alexandra Petri

Alexandra Petri discusses her latest book and her spoof of American history. 

Social scientist, political blogger, and comedian Andrea Jones-Rooy and Alexandra Petri, columnist for the Washington Post, offer their reactions to night one of the 2020 debates.

Political satire: does it do any good?

With guests Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Liberty's Swin Cash and Tina Charles, NPR's Peter Sagal, Alexandra Petri of The Washington Post and comedian and writer Ashley Nicole Black.

What's in an @name? Alexandra Petri, a Washington Post columnist and a blogger with ComPost, thinks that your email address says a lot about you. She is joined by a panel of distinguished Brian Lehrer Show guests with retro email addresses who defend their digital identities: Doug Muzzio, professor of political science at Baruch College and host of "City Talk" on CUNY/TV; Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of media studies and law at the University of Virginia; and Jami Floyd, broadcast journalist, legal analyst for cable and network news, and blogger at It's A Free Country.

Are you an email holdout? Defend your @compuserve, @aol, @mindspring... And does someone's email address say anything about them? Do you judge according to their @?

What's in an @name? Alexandra Petri, a Washington Post columnist and a blogger with ComPost, thinks that your email address says a lot about you.  She is joined by a panel of distinguished Brian Lehrer Show guests with retro email addresses who defend their digital identities: Doug Muzzio, professor of political science at Baruch College and host of "City Talk" on CUNY/TV; Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of media studies and law at the University of Virginia; and Jami Floyd, broadcast journalist, legal analyst for cable and network news, and blogger at It's A Free Country.

Are you an email holdout? Defend your @compuserve, @aol, @mindspring... And does someone's email address say anything about them? Do you judge according to their @?

Alexandra Petri, editorial writer for The Washington Post, talks about referendum results around the country, from Prop 19 in California to a state name-change initiative in Rhode Island.