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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 1 - Representing Us
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    #1 - Representing Us

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    Congressional Candidate, Millennial and geologist Jess Phoenix on representative democracy.

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  2. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 2 - Misinformation Crisis
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    #2 - Misinformation Crisis

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    University of Amsterdam’s Claes de Vreese on global populism and the post-truth present.

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  3. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 3 - Automating Inequality
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    #3 - Automating Inequality

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    Political scientist Virginia Eubanks on her new book, “Automating Inequality.”

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  4. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 4 - Law, Order and Justice
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    #4 - Law, Order and Justice

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    Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren discusses the politics of inequality today.

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  5. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 5 - All the President’s Twitter Blocks
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    #5 - All the President’s Twitter Blocks

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    Knight First Amendment Institute’s Katie Fallow on free speech violations in government.

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  6. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 6 - Fascism Strikes Back
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    #6 - Fascism Strikes Back

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    Shane Burley discusses his new book “Fascism Today: What It Is and How We End It.”

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  7. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 7 - Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism
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    #7 - Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism

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    Solutions Journalism and NYTimes’ David Bornstein on the constructive force of journalism.

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  8. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 8 - A Union of Concerned Technologists
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    Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.

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  9. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 9 - Combating Extremism Online
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    #9 - Combating Extremism Online

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    Counter Extremism Project’s Mark Wallace and Dartmouth’s Hany Farid on online extremism.

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  10. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 10 - Securing American Democracy
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    #10 - Securing American Democracy

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    Jamie Fly and Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy on Russia and US.

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  11. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 11 - China’s Contentious Public Sphere
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    #11 - China’s Contentious Public Sphere

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    Harvard University sociologist Ya-Wen Lei on her new book “The Contentious Public Sphere.”

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  12. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 12 - Democrats vs. Authoritarians
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    #12 - Democrats vs. Authoritarians

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    Yascha Mounk on “The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It.”

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  13. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 13 - Mother Internet
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    #13 - Mother Internet

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    Claire Evans on her new book “Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet.”

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  14. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 14 - Guardians of the Web
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    #14 - Guardians of the Web

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    Microsoft Research Principal Researcher Tarleton Gillespie on "Custodians of the Internet."

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  15. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 15 - The Post-Millennial Wave
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    #15 - The Post-Millennial Wave

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    NextGen America’s executive director Heather Hargreaves on the 2018 midterm elections.

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  16. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 16 - A Pro and Antibiotic Future
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    #16 - A Pro and Antibiotic Future

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    “Good Germs, Bad Germs” author Jessica Snyder Sachs on the rise of drug resistance.

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  17. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 17 - At War With Cambridge Analytica
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    #17 - At War With Cambridge Analytica

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    David Carroll of Parsons School of Design on privacy, media, and suing Cambridge Analytica.

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  18. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 18 - The Real Drug Crisis
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    #18 - The Real Drug Crisis

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    Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.

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  19. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 19 - Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight
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    #19 - Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight

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    Founder and director of Belt Publishing Anne Trubek on “Voices From the Rust Belt.”

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  20. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 20 - Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018
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    #20 - Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018

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    John Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, on his book “The Class of ’74”.

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  21. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 21 - Tech Troublemakers
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    #21 - Tech Troublemakers

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    Leslie Berlin of Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, on “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s.

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  22. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 22 - The Lore of Life
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    #22 - The Lore of Life

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    Bar-Ilan University chair in Science, Technology, and Society Oren Harman talks about his new book “Evolutions: 15 Myths That Explain Our World.”

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  23. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 23 - Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry
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    #23 - Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry

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    Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.

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  24. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 24 - Our Galaxy and Beyond
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    #24 - Our Galaxy and Beyond

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    Dr. Alan Stern and Dr. David Grinspoon on their book on Pluto: “Chasing New Horizons.”

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  25. The Open Mind Season 2018 Episode 25 - The Future Caucus
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    #25 - The Future Caucus

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    Steven Olikara, founder of the Millennial Action Project on activating the next generation.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Representing Us" is the best rated episode of "The Open Mind". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/6/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Misinformation Crisis".