This Month on "Story in the Public Square" - December 2025
"Story in the Public Square" is a national broadcast that unpacks narratives with outside impact on public understanding and public policy. Hosted by Jim Ludes and G. Wayne Miller, the show can be seen each week on public television stations across the United States and seeks to study, celebrate and tell stories that matter.
Explore upcoming episodes of "Story in the Public Square" below!
Stephen Clermont: December 1-7, 2025
An alarming number of Americans are receptive to the lure of conspiracy thinking. Pollster Stephen Clermont unpacks the most popular conspiracy theories and what they tell us about current American politics.
Erin Harkey: December 8-14, 2025
During the Renaissance, ruling families like the Medicis funded the creation of great works of art that dazzle us to this day. In the modern era, the ability of democracies to fund the arts is often contentious and even controversial. Arts advocate Erin Harkey discusses the value of art in public life.
Evelyn Farkas: December 15-21, 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we look back on the major stories that shaped public life in the last year with Evelyn Farkas of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University.
Eram Alam: December 22-28, 2025
Nearly one in four doctors in the U.S. is foreign-born—many from South Asia—and they often serve in rural and underserved urban communities where American physicians are scarce. Harvard medical historian Eram Alam describes the public health challenges posed when immigrants are frequently met with suspicion in the communities they serve.
Ronald C. White: December 29,2025 -January 4, 2026 [Rebroadcast]
America’s wars have produced a legion of heroes. But historian Ronald C. White focuses us on the story of Maine’s Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a Civil War lion whose service in war and in peace still resonates today.
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