Charles Lane, host of the American Purpose podcast "Times Like These with Charles Lane," is a Washington Post editorial writer and a weekly columnist. Previously, Lane served as the paper's Supreme Court reporter. He was editor and a senior editor of The New Republic from 1993 to 1999 and a foreign correspondent for Newsweek from 1987 to 1993. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of three books on U.S. history and constitutional law.
Jonathan Zimmerman on America's Public Schools and Parents' Rights
Are modern ideologies infecting how we educate students about history? Education historian Jonathan Zimmerman joins Charles for a discussion on the politics and history of teaching controversial topics in American schools.
Amanda Ripley on why we're avoiding the news
New York Times journalist Amanda Ripley discusses the psychology behind why nearly half of Americans no longer want to follow the news — and what we can do about it.
Kori Schake on Confederate Names and Military Bases
AEI's Kori Schake discusses the Jim Crow-era naming of military bases after Confederate leaders and the Congressional Naming Commission's inclusive approach to renaming federal entities.
Jeh Johnson on public safety
[https://open.spotify.com/show/5yYX2xPSoGmKq1ymL1dcHz] [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/times-like-these-with-charles-lane/id1625150320?itsct=podcast_box_badge&itscg=30200&ls=1] Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson discusses public safety and border security, and the importance of these issues for political candidates.
Michael J. Abramowitz on the future of democracy
[https://open.spotify.com/show/5yYX2xPSoGmKq1ymL1dcHz] [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/times-like-these-with-charles-lane/id1625150320?itsct=podcast_box_badge&itscg=30200&ls=1] Michael Abramowitz joins Charles Lane to reflect on the disappointed expectations for democratic transition after 1989, and our complacent forgetfulness that democracy is something that must
Maya MacGuineas on fiscal responsibility
[https://open.spotify.com/show/5yYX2xPSoGmKq1ymL1dcHz] [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/times-like-these-with-charles-lane/id1625150320?itsct=podcast_box_badge&itscg=30200&ls=1] Is fiscal responsibility coming back into style? Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joins Charles Lane to discuss how that reversal
Ruy Teixeira on the American electorate
[https://open.spotify.com/show/5yYX2xPSoGmKq1ymL1dcHz] [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/times-like-these-with-charles-lane/id1625150320?itsct=podcast_box_badge&itscg=30200&ls=1] Is the Democratic Party still the party of the White and non-White working class? Ruy Teixeira of the Center for American Progress joins host Charles Lane
Governor Chris Sununu on American politics
[https://open.spotify.com/show/5yYX2xPSoGmKq1ymL1dcHz] [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/times-like-these-with-charles-lane/id1625150320?itsct=podcast_box_badge&itscg=30200&ls=1] As America gears up for a midterm election in the midst of hardening partisan lines and the ongoing war in Ukraine, what are the prospects of
