• Peace, grief, consolation, and the anniversary of October 7
    Oct 3 2024

    Michael Oberlander sits down with Lynn Schmidt and discusses the year since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, grief and the promise of consolation, and the hope for peace.

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    28 mins
  • Lucas Kunce on caring for Missourians and reinvesting in our communities
    Sep 18 2024

    Marine veteran and Democratic U.S. senatorial candidate Lucas Kunce joins Lynn Schmidt to share why he's running for the U.S. Senate, the opioid crisis, and how he would like to reinvest in Missouri communities.

    Link: https://lucaskunce.com/

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    27 mins
  • Defending American democracy with National Security Leaders for America
    Sep 13 2024

    National security expert Major General Randy Manner shares with Lynn Schmidt the work that he and others are doing to counter growing threats to our democratic institutions, norms, and processes.

    Link: https://www.nsl4a.org/

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    31 mins
  • Ridding the oceans of plastic
    Sep 6 2024

    The Chief Development Officer of The Ocean Clean Up, Julian Searle, joins Lynn Schmidt to share the amazing work that The Ocean Clean Up is doing to rid the world's oceans and rivers of plastic and the challenges to funding this work.

    https://theoceancleanup.com/

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    26 mins
  • The threats of extremism and radicalism on our national security
    Aug 29 2024

    National security expert Elizabeth Neumann talks with Lynn Schmidt about the drivers of political violence and extremism and how a return to social norms might be the way to heal the nation.

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    39 mins
  • Climate change and the threat of a second Trump presidency
    Aug 20 2024

    Former Congresswoman Claudine Schneider (R-RI) discusses the intersection of climate change and the United State's economic prospects and why she is supporting Kamala Harris.

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    31 mins
  • Facing the challenges of the loss of local media, part 2
    Jul 25 2024

    Editor in Chief of The Texas Tribune, Sewell Chan, sits down with Lynn Schmidt on facing the implications of the loss of local media and moving forward in part 2 of this 2 part episode hosted my Lynn Schmidt.

    Listen to Part 1 here.

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    19 mins
  • Facing the challenges of the loss of local media, part 1
    Jul 18 2024

    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

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    31 mins