Future of Sports, Future of the Electoral College, Racism in Healthcare, 'Break It Up'
It was a year of playing to empty stadiums with fake crowd noise, NBA bubbles, athlete activism and low ratings. What might 2021 have in store for the world of sports? Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation joins us to discuss the future of sports, and take calls from our listeners.
[REBROADCAST FROM NOVEMBER 3, 2020] Today, Congress meets to certify Electoral College results. We revisit our conversation with Jesse Wegman, a member of The New York Times editorial board who writes about the Supreme Court and legal affairs, about his book Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College.
New York Times Magazine contributing writer, Linda Villarosa, joins us to discuss the tragic passing of Dr. Susan Moore from COVID-19 and how her death illuminates implicit bias and racism in medicine.
On the day that Congress will meet in a joint session to count the Electoral College votes for the 2020 election, author Richard Kreitner joins us to discuss his newest book, Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union. Spanning 400 years of American history, Kreitner argues that the United States has never really been united and reveals how almost every part of the country has considered breaking away at one time or another.
