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The Best Episodes of The Open Mind Season 2018

Every episode of The Open Mind Season 2018 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Open Mind Season 2018!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    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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    #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

    S2018:E10

    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

    S2018:E11

    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

    S2018:E15

    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

    S2018:E18

    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

    S2018:E23

    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

    S2018:E24

    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

    S2018:E25

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

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Season 2018 Ratings Summary

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