Open To Debate
05/29/2026
...Are the parents alright?
In this episode, three generations of women (a Boomer, Gen X, and Millennial) debate some of the toughest questions in modern parenting — from screen time and parenting styles to the pressures of constant online advice.
Watch this enlightening, nuanced conversation now.
Featuring:
Lenore Skenazy, Co-founder of the Free Range Kids movement
Reshma Saujani, CEO and Founder of Moms First; Founder of Girls Who Code
Kristin Gallant, Co-founder of Big Little Feelings
Moderated by Nick Gillespie, as part of our Generational Divides series. https://youtu.be/GppszZj4Cpc
Can governments invest like venture capitalists with the right guardrails, or do public obligations make that impossible?
Hear key arguments from Laura Taylor-Kale and Yasheng Huang. Watch the debate now: https://bit.ly/4f3vlz1
Is American still bold?
From moonshot discoveries to funding pressures and COVID-era failures, our debaters clash over whether today’s scientific enterprise is built for breakthrough thinking or constrained by risk aversion.
Featuring Kate the Chemist, Brandon Ogbunu, Agent Sethuraman Panchanathan and Tyler Cowen.
Presented by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Open To Debate, as part of the series. https://bit.ly/42wFih1
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