Chris Riback's Conversations

How do you run a municipality through a pandemic? What’s it like to see the place you love – your home – go through it? A conversation with New Rochelle (NY) Mayor Noam Bramson.

Mayor Noam Bramson: From Patient Zero to New York as Epicenter

March 25, 2020 admin Public Policy, Science

How do you run a municipality through a pandemic? What’s it like to see the place you love – your home – go through it? A conversation with New Rochelle (NY) Mayor Noam Bramson.

Breast cancer — any cancer — can be incredibly stressful under the best of circumstances. BCRF Scientific Director & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Dr. Judy Garber explains what patients and families should consider in this time of the coronavirus.

Dr. Judy Garber: Breast Cancer Care and COVID-19: From the Frontlines

March 24, 2020 admin Science

Breast cancer — any cancer — can be incredibly stressful under the best of circumstances. BCRF Scientific Director & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Dr. Judy Garber explains what patients and families should consider in this time of the coronavirus.

Former U.S. Representative and Director of the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs Steve Israel analyzes how to run for President in a time of Coronavirus, as well as Joe Biden's Democratic Primary run

Rep. Steve Israel: Running for President in Time of Coronavirus

March 20, 2020 admin Politics, Public Policy

When I first scheduled an election analysis discussion with former U.S. Representative Steve Israel, it’s fair to say that my initial set of questions had nothing to do with how to run for President in a time of coronavirus.

Dr. Pamela Cantor, Turnaround for Children’s Founder and Senior Science Advisor, explains how to address fear, stress and disruption caused by coronavirus

Dr. Pamela Cantor: Coronavirus — Keeping Our Children And Ourselves Safe

March 18, 2020 admin Science

In this special edition of The 180 Podcast, Pamela Cantor, M.D., Turnaround for Children’s Founder and Senior Science Advisor, explains how to address the fear, stress and disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

A discussion with Rick Hasen: Russian hacks. Voter suppression. So-called voter fraud. Disinformation. Caucus debacles. We continue our check on American democracy with a previously unthinkable question: Can America run a fair election?

Rick Hasen: Can America Run a Fair Election?

February 28, 2020 admin Public Policy

Russian hacks. Voter suppression. So-called voter fraud. Disinformation. Caucus debacles. We continue our check on American democracy with a previously unthinkable question: Can America run a fair election?

Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt: Revisiting “How Democracies Die”

February 17, 2020 admin Public Policy

How’s our democracy doing? Are America’s democratic norms still valid? How much more can our institutions take? I decided to dedicate the next two conversations to the topic, starting with a new conversation on “How Democracies Die.”

So, is he? Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig have built on the work they do every day – and, if you watch cable news, it seems every night – to deliver the No. 1 New York Times Best Seller “A Very Stable Genius – Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America.”

Philip Rucker & Carol Leonnig: A Very Stable Genius

February 7, 2020 admin Politics

So, is he? Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig have built on the work they do every day – and, if you watch cable news, it seems every night – to deliver the No. 1 New York Times Best Seller “A Very Stable Genius – Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America.”