EPISODE 5: NAVIGATING CITIES IN A PANDEMIC: HOW TO SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS What’s the safest way to move around people and goods during and after a pandemic? As we’re preparing for the COVID-19 rebuild, what questions should we grapple with? What do we need to address as we help people move around cities and […]

EPISODE 4: TAKING BACK OUR STREETS DURING COVID-19: NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR PUBLIC SPACE, OUR DOWNTOWNS AND RECOVERY. (TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020) How can we better leverage streets for people? How can streets be part of the solution for our economic recovery? We’ll talk with experts Chelina Odbert of KDI Design and Raphael Clemente of the […]

EPISODE 2: EQUITY AND PUBLIC SPACE — WHAT INEQUITIES DOES THE CURRENT CRISIS AMPLIFY AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THEM IN THE RECOVERY? (TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020) Hosted in partnership with the High Line Network and Reimagining the Civic Commons. Featuring special guests Carol Coletta (President and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership), Alexa Bush (Director of Urban […]

EPISODE 1: PUBLIC LIFE HAS DISAPPEARED – WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND HOW CAN WE REBUILD OUR CITIES? (TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2020) With special guest Eric Klinenberg, Knight Public Spaces Fellow, professor of social science at NYU and practitioner working on urban public spaces.

EPISODE 8: ELECTION DISRUPTED – PART 4: SETH FLAXMAN (THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1 P.M. ET) Seth Flaxman, creator of TurboVote, joins the conversation on the ways the current crisis will shape or disrupt the coming election. Click here to register.

EPISODE 7: ELECTION DISRUPTED – PART 3: TREVOR POTTER AND ANN RAVEL (THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1 P.M. ET) As former commissioners of the Federal Election Commission, Trevor Potter and Ann Ravel provide their insight on elections in the U.S. Click here to register.

Episode 6: Election Disrupted – Part 2: Spencer Overton and Arturo Vargas (Thursday, May 28, 1 p.m. ET) RECORDING COMING SOON Spencer Overton, President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and Arturo Vargas, CEO of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials continue the conversation on elections during the current […]

Voting is a vital function of our democracy. What happens when the pandemic shuts down polls or forces people to wait for hours to cast their ballots?  Nate Persily, Stanford law professor and campaign expert, spoke with Sam on Episode 5 of VISION, kicking off a new, four-episode deep dive into the issues surrounding the 2020 […]

Renée DiResta, the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, joined Sam for Episode 4 of VISION. As an expert on abuse in current information technologies, the spread of malign narratives across social networks, and in policymaking to devise responses to the problem, DiResta contributed to the conversation on flattening the infodemic curve during COVID-19.