This Month on "Story in the Public Square" - September 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!
Thomas Chatterton Williams: September 1-7, 2025
In the summer of 2020, the country was racked by disease, violence, and social disruption as generations of racial injustice seemed to fall in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Author Thomas Chatterton Williams warns, however, that extreme views on the left—ascendent in that summer heat—are just as dangerous to western liberalism as extreme views on the right.
Brad Sears: September 8-14, 2025
It has been argued that rights denied of anyone diminish the freedom of us all. UCLA law scholar Brad Sears studies the discrimination that has targeted members of the LGBTQ community as well as those living with HIV, and warns us that our collective liberty is at risk.
John Feerick: September 15-21, 2025
In recent years, commentators and gadflies have looked at American presidents and, based on age and, sometimes, politics, called for the invocation of the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. Constitutional scholar John Feerick helped write the 25th amendment and shines a light on its provisions and the intentions of its framers.
Marietje Schaake: September 22-28, 2025 (Rebroadcast)
We’re used to thinking of technology as politically neutral—the zeroes and ones of binary code that operate independently of partisanship. But technology and AI policy expert Marietje Schaake says that, increasingly, private technology companies are usurping the function of government and thereby posing a real threat to the health of Western democracies.
Megan Greenwell: September 29-October 5, 2025
Private equity firms wield enormous control over the American economy, public utilities, and even the health of local newspapers. Author Megan Greenwell explores the extent of their unchecked power and the ways in which these firms—and their private owners—are reshaping America.
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