Jake Sullivan, Vice President Joe Biden’s national security adviser and a key engineer of the Iranian interim nuclear deal, talks with Anne-Marie Slaughter about the most overlooked lever for changing policy in Iran–and sheds light on the administration’s long-term strategy. Reid Cramer, director of the New America Foundation’s Asset Building Program, and Jason DeParle, a New York Times writer and New America fellow, explain to Andrés Martinez, New America editorial director and Zócalo senior editor, what’s missing from the inequality debate, and point to policies that can narrow the divide.

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Economist Charles Kenny, currently a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, explains to Anne-Marie Slaughter why a rising China is something Americans should embrace rather than fear. Kevin Bankston, policy director of the Open Technology Institute, and Katherine Mangu-Ward, a New America Foundation fellow and managing editor of Reason, explain to Andrés Martinez of Zócalo and the New America Foundation how President Barack Obama can reform NSA surveillance—and do a better job of pitching it to the American public in an upcoming speech.

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Anne-Marie Slaughter talks with former Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl about why 2014 may finally be the year the U.S. solves its immigration reform deadlock. Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America, and Kevin Carey, director of the New America Foundation education policy program, talk with Slaughter about a new strategy for educating the world.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is refusing to sign the U.S. peace agreement that outlines the terms of our 2014 withdrawal. What is he thinking, and how will his actions impact the security of both Afghanistan and America? Omar Samad and Douglas Ollivant, senior fellows at the New America Foundation’s National Security Program, talk with Anne-Marie Slaughter and New America’s managing editor Fuzz Hogan about the future of Afghanistan after the U.S. leaves.

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Anne-Marie Slaughter turns the tables on Michel Martin, interviewing the NPR host about the future of journalism—and gets surprising news about changing audience demographics. Leila Hilal, director of New America’s Middle East Task Force Director and Dina Sherif, a fellow in the Middle East Task Force, talk with New America Foundation managing editor Fuzz Hogan about what Westerners miss when it comes to what’s happening with women in the Middle East.

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Documentarian and New America fellow Hao Wu explains to Anne-Marie Slaughter why the Chinese government has announced a recent slew of economic and social reforms. But he’s not sure they’ll live up to their transformative promise. Kevin Bankston, the new policy director at New America’s Open Technology Institute, and writer and Internet freedom activist Rebecca MacKinnon, a New America senior research fellow, join Slaughter to unpack the latest bill aimed at curbing NSA overreach, and expose its surprising opponents.

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Tom Ricks, a New America Foundation national security program fellow, explains to Anne-Marie Slaughter why he doesn’t foresee an end in sight for violence and war in the Middle East. What he does see, however, is a redrawing of national boundaries there. Russell Shorto, author of Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City, talks with Slaughter and New America Foundation and Zócalo editorial director Andrés Martinez about what the struggle for individual rights in the Netherlands can teach us in America.

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Economist Tyler Cowen, author of Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation, talks with Andrés Martinez about America’s growing inequality, and why our best hope for combating it lies in Texas. The rest of the country is going to look more like Houston than midtown Manhattan, says Cowen. Candyfreak author Steve Almond and New America policy analyst Lina Khan talk with Martinez and Anne-Marie Slaughter about why we should mourn the candy industry’s consolidation. Regional treats used to be a source of civic pride (and deliciousness). Now, we’re choosing almost exclusively between Hershey, Mars, and Nestle products in the candy aisle.

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Harvard Law School’s Lawrence Lessig, author of Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It and Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, talks with Anne-Marie Slaughter about the nature of copyright in our share culture as well as how campaign money can help explain the government shutdown. Wilson Center Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute Andrew Selee, New America Foundation Future Tense Fellow Konstantin Kakaes, and New America Associate Editor Elizabeth Weingarten join New America and Zócalo Editorial Director Andrés Martinez to discuss how the American media is portraying Mexico’s current political moment.

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Surgeon and New Yorker writer Atul Gawande shares with Anne-Marie Slaughter his predictions about the future of the Affordable Care Act and American healthcare. Open Technology Institute Director Sascha Meinrath, Slate Future Tense Digital Diplomacy Adviser Emily Parker, and New America Foundation Managing Editor Fuzz Hogan join Slaughter to explore what could happen if countries like Brazil and Indonesia succeed in developing their own sovereign Internet structures in order to break away from U.S. online governance and surveillance.

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