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The Public Morality, produced by WSNC, is a weekly broadcast focused on contemporary issues, including politics, and culture. Hosted by Byron Williams, The Public Morality is a 60-minute judicious conversation with some of the nation’s leading thinkers, authors, and activists.

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    • Jan 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 47m AVG DURATION
    • 344 EPISODES


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    Episode 347 Carrie Baker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 47:37


    Professor Carrie Baker joins me to discuss her latest book Abortion Pills: US History and Politics

    Episode 346 Stephen Farnsworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 46:06


    Episode 346 Stephen Farnsworth by Byron Williams

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    Episode 345 James Sample

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 48:57


    James Sample discusses presidential pardons.

    Episode 343 Rick Banks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 47:42


    Stanford Professor Ralph Richard Banks joins me to discuss the 70th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education.

    Episode 342 Jay Rosen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 51:26


    Jay Rosen discuss political communication post-Donald Trump

    Episode 341 Carrie Baker

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 55:09


    Professor Carrie Baker joins me to discuss abortion and the political landscape in 2024

    Episode 340 Joshua Stein

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 55:51


    Professor Joshua Stein talks about his new book about the television series The West Wing, which premiered 25 years ago.

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    Episode 339 Lance Holbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 47:44


    Lance Holbert joins me to discuss civics and community colleges

    Episode 338b Ray Suarez

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 19:21


    Journalist Ray Suarez joins me to discuss the evolution of political coverage.

    Episode 338a Stephen Wormiel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 36:17


    constitutional law professor Stephen Wormiel returns to discuss the relevance of the constitution in light of the cultural changes of the 21st century.

    Episode 337 Edward Pavlic and Quentin Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 57:03


    Professors Edward Pavlic and Quentin Miller join me to remember writer and public intellectual James Baldwin.

    Episode 336 Andrew Perrin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 47:15


    , Professor Andrew Perrin joins me to discuss the evolution of American democracy and culture

    Episode 335 Kermit Roosevelt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 50:56


    Law professor Kermit Roosevelt joins me to President Biden's proposals to reform the Supreme Court.

    Episode 334 Dr. Noelle Trent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 47:29


    Dr. Noelle Trent joins me to discuss Frederick Douglass' 1852 July 5 address.

    Episode 333 Sylvia Ghazarian

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 44:31


    Sylvia Ghazarian of The Women's Reproductive Rights Project joins me to discuss abortion rights on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

    Episode 332 Corey Brettschneider Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 47:18


    Second installment of my conversation with Professor Corey Brettschneider's forthcoming book, The Presidents and the People: Five leaders who threatened democracy and the citizens who fought to defend it.

    Episode 331 Corey Brettschneider

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 50:35


    Professor Corey Brettschneider joins me to discuss his latest book the Presidents and the People: Five leaders who threatened democracy and the citizens who fought to defend it.

    Episode 330a Mark Caleb Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 30:41


    Professor Mark Caleb Smith discusses the conviction of Donald Trump and the impact on American democracy.

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    Episode 330 Stephen Farnsworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 26:08


    Professor Stephen Farnsworth discusses the conviction of Donald Trump and the impact on American democracy.

    Episode 329 Casey Burgat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 44:00


    Civics education w/Professor Casey Burgat

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    Episode 328 Ray Suarez

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 55:28


    Journalist Ray Suarez discusses his new book We are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century: an Oral History

    Episode 327a Steve Wermiel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 25:07


    Constitutional law professor Stephen Wermiel discusses oral arguments in Trump v. United States

    Episode 327 Justin Crowe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 35:34


    Professor Crowe joins me to discuss recent Supreme Court oral arguments in Trump v. United States

    Episode 326 Todd Brewster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 57:59


    Bestselling author Todd Brewster joins me for my annual baseball episode.

    Episode 325 Benjamin Davis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 53:28


    Professor Benjamin Davis joins me to discuss the legacy of O.J. Simpson

    Episode 324 Chris Weber

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 51:04


    Chris Weber joins me to discuss America's political division.

    Episode 323b Atalia Omer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 23:50


    Professor Atalia Omer continues our discussion on the conflict in Israel

    Episode 323A Boaz Atzili

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 31:28


    Professor Boaz Atzili discusses the conflict in Israel

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    Episode 322 Ben Bradford

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 52:04


    Award winning journalist Ben Bradford discusses his new podcast Landslide-the 1976 presidential primary.

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    Episode 321 Jonathan Eig

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 44:43


    Author Jonathan Eig discusses his bestselling biography on Martin Luther King, "King: A Life"

    Episode 320 David Blight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 50:05


    Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Blight discusses the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass

    Episode 319 John Stauffer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 55:39


    Harvard Professor John Stauffer discusses the life of Frederick Douglass.

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    Episode 318 Stephen Wormiel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 53:43


    Law Professor Stephen Wormiel discusses the oral arguments before the Court whether to keep Trump on the Colorado ballot and the impending presidential immunity case.

    Episode 317 Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 53:19


    Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman discuss their new book Find Me the Votes

    Episode 316 Mitchell Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 44:36


    Professor Mitchell Brown joins me to discuss polling in a presidential race.

    Episode 315 Stephen Fried

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 55:51


    Author Stephen Fried Joins me to discuss founding father Benjamin Rush

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    Episode 314 Davis Houck and Keith Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 51:36


    Professors Jim Houck and Jim Miller join me to discuss the legacy of the Civil Rights movement

    Episode 313a Special closing remarks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 2:36


    Special closing remarks about the resignation of Harvard professor Claudine Gay

    Episode 313 Joe Tuman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 44:48


    Joe Tuman provide political analysis

    Episode 312 Mark Graber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 48:44


    Professor Mark Graber joins me to discuss the Colorado Supreme Court ruling to keep former President Trump off the Republican Party primary ballot in 2024.

    Episode 311 Brandi Kellam

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 50:38


    Brandi Kellam of ProPublica joins me to discuss a new documentary, “Uprooted” that tells of Christopher Newport University's attempt, along with the city of Newport News Virginia to rid the area of a black community.

    Episode 310 Holly McCall

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 49:12


    Year end political recap with veteran political observer Holly McCall

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    Episode 309 Bill Wenstrom

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 50:32


    Pastor Bill Wenstrom joins me to discuss the legacy of JFK

    Episode 308 Carrie Baker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 56:08


    Professor Carrie Baker discusses abortion and the current political climate.

    Episode 307 Paul Collins

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 44:32


    Political science professor Paul Collins joins for a final discussion about America democracy

    Episode 306 Nicole Bibbins Sedaca

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 44:13


    Nicole Bibbins Sedaca continues our conversation American democracy

    Episode 305 Jonathan Rausch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 51:27


    Brookings scholar Jonathan Rausch continues our conversation on American democracy

    Episode 304 Ruth Bloch Rubin and James Thurber

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 60:59


    Political science professor Ruth Bloch Rubin and James Thurber begin our discussion on American democracy

    Episode 303 Alexandra Hudson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 54:17


    Alexandra Hudson discusses her latest book Soul of Civility.

    Episode 302 Ethel Morgan Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 54:48


    Author Ethel Morgan Smith discusses her latest book Path to Grace

    Episode 301 Julie Silverbrook

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 56:20


    Julie Silverbrook discusses Constitution Day and the role that "we the people" play in sustaining the Grand Experiement.

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