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The Best Episodes of The Open Mind

Every episode of The Open Mind ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Open Mind!

This public affairs talk show is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts, and all realms of civic life. First broadcast in 1956, it explores challenges of the digital age, American politics and emerging issues.

Genre:Talk
Network:PBS

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Open Mind" is "Representing Us", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Representing Us" aired on 1/6/2018 and is rated NaN point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Misinformation Crisis".

  • Representing Us
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    #1 - Representing Us

    Season 2018 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2018

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

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  • Misinformation Crisis
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    #2 - Misinformation Crisis

    Season 2018 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2018

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

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  • Automating Inequality
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    #3 - Automating Inequality

    Season 2018 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2018

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

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  • Law, Order and Justice
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    #4 - Law, Order and Justice

    Season 2018 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2018

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

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  • All the President’s Twitter Blocks
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    #5 - All the President’s Twitter Blocks

    Season 2018 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2018

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

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  • Fascism Strikes Back
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    #6 - Fascism Strikes Back

    Season 2018 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2018

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

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  • Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism
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    #7 - Solutions Journalism and Solutions for Journalism

    Season 2018 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2018

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

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  • A Union of Concerned Technologists
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    #8 - A Union of Concerned Technologists

    Season 2018 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2018

    Renee DiResta of Data for Democracy on how antisocial media-tech companies are a threat.

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  • Combating Extremism Online
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    #9 - Combating Extremism Online

    Season 2018 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2018

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

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  • Securing American Democracy
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    #10 - Securing American Democracy

    Season 2018 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2018

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

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  • China’s Contentious Public Sphere
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    #11 - China’s Contentious Public Sphere

    Season 2018 Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/2018

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

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  • Democrats vs. Authoritarians
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    #12 - Democrats vs. Authoritarians

    Season 2018 Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/2018

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

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  • Mother Internet
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    #13 - Mother Internet

    Season 2018 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2018

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

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  • Guardians of the Web
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    #14 - Guardians of the Web

    Season 2018 Episode 14 - Aired 4/21/2018

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

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  • The Post-Millennial Wave
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    #15 - The Post-Millennial Wave

    Season 2018 Episode 15 - Aired 4/24/2018

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

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  • A Pro and Antibiotic Future
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    #16 - A Pro and Antibiotic Future

    Season 2018 Episode 16 - Aired 5/5/2018

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

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  • At War With Cambridge Analytica
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    #17 - At War With Cambridge Analytica

    Season 2018 Episode 17 - Aired 5/12/2018

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

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  • The Real Drug Crisis
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    #18 - The Real Drug Crisis

    Season 2018 Episode 18 - Aired 5/19/2018

    Investigative reporter Katherine Eban on generic pharmaceutical manufacturing dangers.

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  • Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight
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    #19 - Getting the Rust Belt Story Straight

    Season 2018 Episode 19 - Aired 5/26/2018

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

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  • Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018
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    #20 - Oversight, Partisanship, and 2018

    Season 2018 Episode 20 - Aired 5/31/2018

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

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  • Tech Troublemakers
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    #21 - Tech Troublemakers

    Season 2018 Episode 21 - Aired 6/9/2018

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

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  • The Lore of Life
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    #22 - The Lore of Life

    Season 2018 Episode 22 - Aired 6/13/2018

    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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  • Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry
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    #23 - Confronting Algorithms of Bigotry

    Season 2018 Episode 23 - Aired 6/23/2018

    Investigative reporter Julia Angwin on exposing technologies that injure society.

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  • Our Galaxy and Beyond
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    #24 - Our Galaxy and Beyond

    Season 2018 Episode 24 - Aired 6/27/2018

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

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  • The Future Caucus
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    #25 - The Future Caucus

    Season 2018 Episode 25 - Aired 7/3/2018

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

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