Sentencing Project research director Nazgol Ghandnoosh discusses mass incarceration data.

Scientist Lauren Oakes discusses environmental conservation.

Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson discusses his prescriptions for reform.

“The West Wing” actress Melissa Fitzgerald discusses President Bartlet-inspired activism.

Gastropod host Nicola Twilley discusses her new book “Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves.”

Wikimedia leader Rebecca MacKinnon discusses the future of the encyclopedia platform.

Win Without War director Sara Haghdoosti discusses strategies for counterproliferation.

Carnegie Endowment fellow Tong Zhao discusses central and rogue nuclear powers of Asia.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists CEO Rachel Bronson discusses a potential nuclear event.

Arms Control Association nonproliferation policy director Kelsey Davenport discusses Iran.

In his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, Senator Raphael Warnock and Alexander break bread over chicken and waffles (and crab cake benedict); then visit his childhood home. 

In Hays, Kansas, Senator Jerry Moran and Alexander break bread over chili and milkshakes; then visit the local library.

At her favorite local restaurant, Senator Mazie Hirono and Alexander break bread over Japanese fare; then visit the Honolulu high school from which she graduated.

At the first-ever food hall in Pueblo, Colorado, Governor Jared Polis and Alexander break bread over a smorgasbord of hot chicken, roast beef, and ramen.

American fighter pilot Amy McGrath discusses U.S. security policies. 

Project on Managing the Atom researcher Mariana Budjeryn discusses the Russia-Ukraine war.

At Pillen Family Farms, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen and Alexander break bread over pork sandwiches; then practice skeet shooting.

Oppenheimer Project founder Charles Oppenheimer discusses his grandfather's legacy and nuclear counterproliferation.

At Marieke Gouda farm in rural Wisconsin, Senator Tammy Baldwin and Alexander break bread over fondue and curds; then tour the plant. 

At Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, Governor Wes Moore and Alexander break bread over stadium concessions at a baseball game.

Neuroscientist Kelly Clancy discusses her new book "Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World."

Planet Word founder Ann Friedman and executive director Nikki Sertsu discuss their Washington DC museum. 

University of Oregon sociologist Krystale Littlejohn discusses the post-Roe climate in the United States. 

University of Denver chancellor Jeremy Haefner and Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway discuss speech and protest.

In downtown Buffalo, Wyoming, Governor Mark Gordon and Alexander break bread over steak and potatoes at The Historic Occidental Hotel.