The Octavian 2021 Book List
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Our picks for the books you need to read in 2022, featuring Fareed Zakaria, Dara Horn, BHL, Mario Vargas Llosa, and many others.
November 26, 2021
How to Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
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As the government pauses Johnson and Johnson doses, we spoke with Johns Hopkins professor Tara Kirk Sell about why vaccines are safe and how to beat vaccine hesitancy.
April 14, 2021
How Andrew Cuomo Mishandled COVID
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We spoke with Dr. Joel Zinberg about how the governor's policies on COVID have been a disaster for New York's most vulnerable groups.
March 2, 2021
Will the Biden COVID Plan Work?
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We spoke with public health expert Polly Price of Emory University School of Law about the strengths and weaknesses of the Biden COVID plan.
January 26, 2021
Can Donald Trump pardon himself?
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Can Donald Trump pardon himself? Brian Kalt, a law professor at Michigan State, may have the answer to this bizarre question.
January 18, 2021
Allan Lichtman on Why Trump Will Lose
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We spoke with legendary political predictor Allan Lichtman about the President's chances and what COVID will mean for voting.
August 23, 2020
Tali Farhadian Weinstein on COVID vs. the Justice System
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We spoke with a current candidate for Manhattan DA, on the justice system vs. the pandemic and her vision for the office.
August 5, 2020
Trump, the Protests, and the Insurrection Act
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We spoke with Saikrishna Prakash of UVA Law on Trump, the protests, the Insurrection Act, and executive power.
June 22, 2020
Winston Churchill vs. the Spanish Flu
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Our latest episode features Andrew Roberts talking about the War Secretary's fight with the Spanish Flu.
April 6, 2020
All Over the Map
An Interview with Brett McGurk
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The man who helped run the U.S. campaign against ISIS explains why Trump's incoherent foreign policy is dangerous and damaging to our interests.
Vol 5, Fall 2019 / September 19, 2019
