The White House hosted a summit on efforts to deliver mental health treatment to people experiencing homelessness, violence and substance use disorder. In this portion, mental health professionals and state and local leaders addressed mental health treatment reform efforts. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and TV and radio host Dr. Drew Pinsky also delivered remarks.
Wired magazine's Andy Greenberg talked about Sandworm, a group of hackers working for Russia's military intelligence agency that was responsible for the world's largest cyberattack.
Sidney Blumenthal continued his multi-volume political biography of Abraham Lincoln with a focus on the years leading up to Lincoln's presidential victory, 1856-1860.
Roland De Wolk recounted the life of 19th century industrialist and California Governor and U.S. Senator Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University.
Former Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich offered his thoughts on how to bring about political change in local communities.
Lew Paper recounted the efforts of Joseph Grew, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan prior to the American entry into World War II, who attempted to seek a peace accord between the two countries prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County president Freeman Hrabowski shared his insights on building and sustaining an inclusive, high achieving, and innovative university. He was interviewed by author and Robin Hood CEO Wes Moore.
UC Berkeley computer science professor Stuart Russell opined about the potential threats artificial intelligence may pose to humans and what can be done to protect us.
Patrick Deneen, chair of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame, took viewer phone calls about liberalism and the current state of American politics.
Tuft University professor Kerri Greenidge recounted the life of William Monroe Trotter, a late 19th century civil rights activist, who used his wealth and leadership of the African-American newspaper, the Boston Guardian, to promote racial equality.
Nicholas Buccola, chair in political science at Linfield College, recalled the televised debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. over the civil rights movement that occurred on February 18, 1965.
University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell looked at the underground web of slave traders and human traffickers who operated in the North during the early 19th century. He specifically recalled the kidnapping of five free black men from Philadelphia in 1825 who were transported to Mississippi and their subsequent struggle to escape and return home.
