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The Delve breaks down one issue each week with the people who know the most about it.

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VP Smackdown, Trump is Patient Zero and Breaking Down the Breonna Taylor Case with the ACLU

In this episode of The Delve we take a look at the Vice Presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, we discuss our Superspreader in Chief Donald Trump contracting COVID-19 and sharing it with his staff, and we take a deep dive into the Breonna Taylor case with Heather Gatnarek a staff attorney at the ACLU of Kentucky. P.S. If we could have made more fly jokes on this episode, we would’ve.

Oct 09, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Trump has Corona, the Dumpster Fire Debate and GOP Hypocrisy

Welcome to Season 2 of The Delve! On this episode, we're not surprised, just disappointed - President Trump has contracted the coronavirus. We also discuss the dumpster fire debate between Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, as well as the GOP's hypocrisy surrounding the nomination (and likely confirmation) of Amy Barnett to the Supreme Court.

Oct 03, 2020•19 min•Season 2Ep. 1

America's Human Rights Crisis and the RNC Train Wreck

This is the season finale of The Delve! On this episode we speak with Dr. K. Chad Clay from the University of Georgia. He's a co-founder of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative. We discuss the U.S. and their human rights shortcomings. We also review the loud train wreck that was the Republican National Convention.

Sep 05, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Jacob Blake and the American Reconstruction Era

As America grapples with the police shooting of Jacob Blake, we're forced again to reckon with American history. This is a national tale of slavery, freedom and the pursuit of civil rights. This week we speak with Dr. Erik Mathisen from the University of Kent to help us understand the Reconstruction Era. This is the time period directly after the American Civil War where newly freed African Americans finally joined their republic.

Aug 29, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 8

The Delve Special Edition: Trump's Sister Speaks, Steve Bannon is Arrested, the Democratic National Convention, the Republican National Convention

On this special Monday edition of The Delve, we hear Maryanne Trump Barry's secretly recorded audio where she calls her brother a liar and a phoney, talk about Steve Bannon being arrested, review the DNC and look ahead to the GOP's national convention.

Aug 25, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 7

COVID in the Classroom, Part 2

As the Trump administration increases the pressure to reopen schools for in-person instruction, they're ignoring the lives and experiences of teachers and students. In this 2 part series we explore how teachers and educators from across the country are coping. In this second episode we speak with Abraham Ovalles, an education administrator in New York City, Dave Stieber, a high school teacher in Chicago and Amy Mizialko, the president of the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association.

Aug 21, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6

COVID in the Classroom

As the Trump administration increases the pressure to reopen schools for in-person instruction, they're ignoring the lives and experiences of teachers and students. In this 2 part series we explore how teachers and educators from across the country are coping. In this first episode we speak with Erik Branman, a teacher at LaGuardia High School in New York City and Angela Harris a first grade teacher at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MLK is one of the only African America...

Aug 14, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 5

The Youth Takeover

We speak with Hannah Zimmerman, the youngest appointee to the Democratic National Convention and New York’s youngest elected official. She co-founded the Institute for Civic Organizing, a youth-led think tank reimagining how people learn to interact with government. We're also joined by Frances Schroeder, their communications director. Plus we listen to Trainwreck Trump's Axios interview.

Aug 07, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Qualified Immunity: The Law Preventing Breonna Taylor’s Family from Getting Justice

As calls for justice for #BreonnaTaylor spread across the country and the world, a judicial doctrine known as qualified immunity stands in the way. Today we speak with Zane Crute, president of the Mystic Valley branch of the NAACP. He gives us a glimpse of the fight to overturn qualified immunity. We also discuss Republican's latest response to the coronavirus, Trump's suggestion to delay the election and President Obama's eulogy of John Lewis.

Jul 31, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 3

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