Erica Beshears Perel, Director of the University of North Carolina's Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media joins Lynn Schmidt to discuss the what the loss of local media means to American society and some solutions that innovators are already doing

Lynn Schmidt hosts a solo podcast and share why Project 2025 and the current state of America's politics keeps her up at night. She dives into details about Project 2025, what a possible second Trump administration might bring, the current state of the race with Pres. Biden, and why this election should really be viewed through the lens of checks and balances.

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Author and co-founder of NewsGuard Steven Brill sits down with Lynn Schmidt and shares how we got to a place where there is little shared truths and offers some practical solutions for what we can do about it.

Ken Block, data analyst and author of the new book "Disproven", talks with Lynn Schmidt about his unbiased search for voter fraud in the 2020 election, the data that shows Donald Trump lost, and how to push back on election denialism.

Former FBI Director James Comey talks with Lynn Schmidt about his newest crime novel "Westport", the real threat that Donald Trump poses to our democracy and the rule of law, and why he is optimistic about our future.

Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America talks with Lynn Schmidt about political polarization and extremism and how modernizing partisan primaries might be the primary solution

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Best-selling children's book author Christen Jeschke discusses why the cicada broods shouldn't keep you up at night and shares the inspiration behind her book "Cicadas Don't Bug Me"

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Best-selling children's book author Christen Jeschke discusses why the cicada broods shouldn't keep you up at night and shares the inspiration behind her book "Cicadas Don't Bug Me"

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christen-M-Jeschke/author/B093MP8F9J