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Carl Pope never bought the McCarthy era civics lessons. Instead, he organized a hospital union in Arkansas.

What are the things I need to have a good life?

Try seeing beyond your traditional affiliations.

Depressed people have a better grasp of reality, Yoshino says.

Circumscribing civil liberties is an irreversible process, Yoshino says.

In a match-up against someone powerful, will justice be served?

Its not an algorithm, says Yoshino.

What does Shakespeare have to do with civil rights?

Kenji Yoshino on group identity politics.

Covering, Yoshino says, is downplaying aspects of an identity you otherwise admit to.

The dichotomy between strict constructionists and those who advocate a living; Constitution is a false one, says Yoshino.

Yoshino talks through the malleability of the Constitution, notably how homosexuality has become an issue of liberty rather than equal protection.

Yoshino is a political intellectual.

Is gay an identity? Yoshino believes it is.

A Japanese Yankee.

What needs to change?

We can’t understand the world, Vest says, until our intelligence officers are more diverse.

It’s not the media, Vest says. It’s the education system.

Institutions teach by example, says Vest.

We should have full freedom to explore, but we should always keep in mind the dark side of science, Vest says.

Vest hopes that we can recognize the opportunity inherent in globalization.

We all have to compete for the same grants, Vest says.

Vest is very disappointed in the current crop.

High school graduates need to understand how the building blocks of science work.

Absolutely not, says Vest.

Moving from physics to microbiology, information technology and nanotechnology.

Finding the most accomplished engineers, but doing so in a more global context.

There was lots of surplus WW II equipment lying around.

Coming up from typical small-town America.

“I wholeheartedly blame Russian journalists themselves.”