Adam Colman checks in with Darren Lone Fight, professor at Dickinson College who thinks about past, present, and future in Indigenous culture. In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Lone Fight's worked to bring attention to the history of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a "reprogramming camp, basically," as he explains in this installment. It was an institution where children died, far from their families, a school where education took on "a new form of violence and warfare."

Lone Fight also looks to pop cultural developments that work partly with the stuff of history's catastrophes to try to build something new. This conversation, accordingly, ranges from history to pop culture (film, television) of the past few months.

Darren Lone Fight on Pop Culture's Possibilities

Noam Chomsky reflects on war, morality, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Beyond Vietnam" speech.

Noam Chomsky on Morality 101

George Beebe of the Quincy Institute describes misunderstandings of Russia.

George Beebe on Understanding Russia

Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute talks with Christopher Lydon about the OPEC decision to cut oil production.

Annelle Sheline on the OPEC Oil Cut

Sarang Shidore of the Quincy Institute talks with Christopher Lydon about a different view from the Global South of the war in Ukraine.

Sarang Shidore on the Global Divisions over Ukraine

Marcus Stanley of the Quincy Institute talks to Christopher Lydon about the Congressional Progressive Caucus's letter to President Biden that advocated diplomatic engagement with Russia. Drafted months ago, and rescinded almost as soon as it was released this past week, questions and confusion have swirled around the letter.

Marcus Stanley of the Quincy Institute on the Progressives' Withdrawn Letter

Lessons from a historical crisis with Jack Matlock, Svetlana Savranskaya, and Tom Blanton.

Cuban Missile Crisis Lessons

Connor Echols, reporter for Responsible Statecraft, describes escalation spirals and reactions to the recent explosion in Poland.

Connor Echols on Responses to the Deadly Explosion in Poland

MIT's Stephen Van Evera talks with Christopher Lydon about the realist perspective of the war in Ukraine.

Stephen Van Evera on Russia, Ukraine, and American Statecraft

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