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Season One

Data, Democracy, and the Fight for Digital Privacy
EP 04 Jul 21, 2026

Data, Democracy, and the Fight for Digital Privacy

Michael Hershman talks with human rights lawyer and Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Brittany Kaiser about building the first data-driven presidential campaign, why you should own your data like property, the disinformation behind the AI data center backlash, and protecting kids online.

"If I Don't Return": Lessons from a Father, a Soldier, a Statesman
EP 03 Jul 7, 2026

"If I Don't Return": Lessons from a Father, a Soldier, a Statesman

Michael Hershman talks with retired three-star Army General Mark Hertling about his book If I Don't Return, a wartime journal written for his sons, leadership lessons from generals and sergeants alike, national security in an age of cyber and AI, and what America should aspire to be at 250.

"You Can Win the War on Crime and Lose the War on Confidence" | John Miller on NYC, the Guthrie Kidnaping & Epstein
EP 02 May 13, 2026

"You Can Win the War on Crime and Lose the War on Confidence" | John Miller on NYC, the Guthrie Kidnaping & Epstein

Michael J. Hershman is rejoined by John Miller — CNN's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, and a former FBI Assistant Director, NYPD and LAPD Deputy Commissioner — for a conversation on why New Yorkers feel unsafe even as crime falls, the Savannah Guthrie kidnaping in Tucson, the Epstein aftermath, and the state of American civility.

Inside the Threat: John Miller on Bin Laden, ISIS, and the Iran Crisis
EP 01 Apr 28, 2026

Inside the Threat: John Miller on Bin Laden, ISIS, and the Iran Crisis

Michael J. Hershman sits down with John Miller, former FBI Assistant Director, NYPD and LAPD Deputy Commissioner, and CNN's senior law enforcement and intelligence analyst, for a conversation on his 1998 cave interview with Osama bin Laden, the evolving al-Qaeda and ISIS threat, weaponized drones, and the unfolding Iran crisis.