Interview with Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy and chairman of American studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, conducted by Scott Harris.

Professor Stanley discusses his work at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Yale University's response to Education Secretary Linda McMahon's letter to U.S. universities and colleges asking their leaders to publicly commit to a series of institutional changes, many of which are in line with the Trump administration’s higher education, and political agenda. He also assesses the Trump regime's threat to interfere with, and manipulate the outcome of the 2026 midterm election.

Interview with Annelle Sheline, research fellow with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Annelle Sheline, who resigned from the State Department in March 2024 in protest over President Biden’s unconditional support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza. She now serves as a research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Here she explains the danger of integrating the U.S. and Israeli military budgets would present and the likelihood of its approval by Congress as part of the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act.

Interview with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East fellow and the co-director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, conducted by Scott Harris.

Khury Petersen-Smith talks about the new IPS report, “Forging a Democracy that Works for All: Countering the Power of Billionaires, Corporations, and the Pentagon,” which proposes a detailed progressive blueprint to expand democracy by targeting the outsized influence of billionaires, corporations, and the military.