Chris Riback's Conversations Podcast
1) Michael Lewis: Who’s Actually Running Our Government?
How do you make the most arcane, overlooked, eyes-glaze-over – and most critical – aspect of the U.S. government – interesting? How do you help folks understand that the so-called deep state – the par...Show More
2) Dr. Ariel Ekblaw: How We Might Live in Space
What would it take for humanity to truly live and thrive in space? Not just surviving, but creating a life worth living—complete with culture, comfort, and connection. And how might those innovations ...Show More
3) Conversation: Dan Perry of 'Ask Questions Later' on Israel-Hamas
Here is a recording from my live video with Dan Perry of “Ask Questions Later”.About Dan Perry: As regular CRN readers and listeners know, among other roles, Dan led the Associated Press coverage of I...Show More
4) Dan Perry: Israel, Hamas, and The Big Picture
I first met Dan Perry in Romania 1990. He was the AP Bureau Chief, and I was freelancing for the summer. There’s no one I’ve met who better understands collectively Israel, the Middle East, and the U....Show More
5) Ben Rhodes: After the Fall
For eight years, Ben Rhodes served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama. Now Rhodes has written a book — After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made — about his personal ...Show More
6) We're Back: New Season... and Some News
We’re back for a new season! I also launched my new daily email, Chris Riback’s Newsletter. 6 days a week, I compile and publish the meaningful ideas, trends and events into a daily briefing of what y...Show More
7) Jonathan Karl: Front Row at the Trump Show (Live Event)
This is a special live Zoom edition of Chris Riback’s Conversations, the first in our new series of political book conversations sponsored by Cornell’s Institute of Politics & Global Affairs. What doe...Show More
8) Mayor Noam Bramson: From Patient Zero to New York as Epicenter
Chances are, you may not have heard of New Rochelle, NY before about a month ago. It’s New York’s 7th largest city, located just 30 minutes north of Manhattan. It was founded by refugee Huguenots – Fr...Show More
9) Rep. Steve Israel: Running for President in Time of Coronavirus
When I first scheduled an election analysis discussion with former U.S. Representative Steve Israel, it’s fair to say that my initial set of questions had nothing to do with how to run for President i...Show More
10) Rick Hasen: Can America Run a Fair Election?
Today we continue with our check on the state of American democracy. We began with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt to get an update on “How Democracies Die” and the question: How...Show More