May 6 – Tim Naftali with Madeleine Brand

Start time 2026-05-06 05:00
Finished Time 2026-05-06 06:00
Speakers
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Wednesday

May 6

5:00 to 6:00 p.m. PT

Democracy Stressed: Can American Institutions Still Contain Political Extremism?

Tim Naftali

Tim Naftali is a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a CNN Presidential Historian. Formerly a Clinical Associate Professor of History and Public Service at New York University, Naftali served as Founding Director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs Presidential Recordings Program and as Director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. In addition to the biography “George H. W. Bush”, he is the author of the “Impeachment: An American History” and a co-author, with Aleksandr Fursenko, of “Khrushchev’s Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary.”

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of the award-winning daily news and culture show, Press Play. On the show, she covers national, international and local stories through a Southern California lens. She is also the co-host of KCRW’s legal affairs podcast, The Legal Eagle Files.