August 28: Supreme Court Review and Preview. With Jessie Hill, JD, Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, and Jonathan L. Entin, JD, David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus.

September 4: Countering the Anti-Vaxxers: The First Year of “Grandparents for Vaccines.” With Arthur Lavin, MD.

September 11: Medicaid 2027: What the “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Do in Ohio. With John R. Corlett, Distinguished Visiting Community Scholar at MSASS and Senior Visiting Fellow, Center for Community Solutions.

September 18: Pope Leo XIV So Far. With Paul Murphy, Ph.D., Professor of History, John Carroll University.

September 25: Is International Law Relevant? With Michael P. Scharf, JD, Joseph C. Hostetler / BakerHostetler Professor of Law, President of the American Branch of the International Law Association.

October 2: The Midterm Elections – A Month Before. With Paul Herrnson, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut and author or co-author of eight editions of Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington (CQ Press).

October 9: Russia and Its Ukraine War. With Steve Crowley Ph.D., Professor of Politics, Oberlin College. Alternate Room, Mather House 100

October 16: ”Student Accommodations” at CWRU. With Eboni Porter, M.Ed., Director, Disability Resources, Accommodated Testing and Services. Alternate Room, Mather House 100

October 23: The Data Center Boom Meets Last Century’s Grid: How Big Tech is Disrupting the “Sleepy” Politics of Electricity. With Joshua Basseches, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science. Alternate Room, Clark Hall 309

October 30: Pre-Election Preview Discussion. With Joe White, Ph.D., and Hopefully Others.

November 6: TBA

November 13: The Public Health Dilemma of E-Cigarettes. With Jacob James Rich, Ph.D. Candidate, Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

November 20: Rare Earths. With Rohan Akolkar, Ph.D., Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Faculty Director, Great Lakes Energy Institute; Director, Electrochemical Design Center and EMF Lab.

November 27: Thanksgiving Break

December 4: Are We There Yet? Self-Driving Autonomous Vehicles and the Law. With Cassandra Burke Robertson, JD, John Deaver Drinko – BakerHostetler Professor of Law. Alternate Room, Mather House 100