December 24, 2024

Part One: Professor Michael Kazin teaches history at Georgetown. He joins us to discuss his recent piece at the New Republic, “Realistic Ambitions: Why the Great Society Worked,” a look at LBJ’s successes.

Part Two: The West Virginia teacher’s strike was (we hope) ending just before we went on the air. We speak with Think Progress reporter Casey Quinlan who has been following the strike.