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The Truth of the Matter

By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Many of us have questions about global issues and not a lot of places to turn to for reliable and thoughtful answers. In The Truth of the Matter, hosts Bob Schieffer and Andrew Schwartz breakdown complex policy issues of the day. No Spin, No Bombast, No finger pointing. Just informed discussion.

  1. 1.
    Voter Registration HeadCount’s Andy Bernstein12/22/2020
    26:42
  2. 2.
    Conflict, Climate, and Covid-1912/18/2020
    30:24
  3. 3.
    Politico’s Tim Alberta Understanding Election 202012/02/2020
    33:56
  4. 4.
    Pappyland with Wright Thompson11/23/2020
    29:30
  5. 5.
    Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon11/16/2020
    24:14
  6. 6.
    American Feelings on Safety and Wellbeing10/20/2020
    19:55
  7. 7.
    Mapping the Future of U.S. China Policy10/15/2020
    24:30
  8. 8.
    Making Sense of 2020 Election Polling Trends10/07/2020
    25:17
  1. 9.
    Daniel Yergin on "The New Map"09/17/2020
    23:56
  2. 10.
    An Open World09/15/2020
    26:21
  3. 11.
    Violence in the Streets of America09/03/2020
    20:42
  4. 12.
    Terrorism in the U.S. 08/25/2020
    30:38
  5. 13.
    NYT’s Bret Stephens on Israel and “One” or “Two” State Solutions08/13/2020
    40:34
  6. 14.
    David Sanger and the Roots of the Nation’s Struggle to Control the Pandemic07/22/2020
    33:44
  7. 15.
    Climate, Energy, and U.S. Foreign Policy07/08/2020
    23:14
  8. 16.
    Wes Moore, Robin Hood Foundation CEO on Ending Poverty and Systemic Racism in America07/02/2020
    37:14
  9. 17.
    Dr. Michael Fauntroy on Systemic Racism06/25/2020
    30:14
  10. 18.
    Law Professor Joshua Geltzer on Election Security05/21/2020
    25:20
  11. 19.
    John Barry, Eminent Pandemic Historian - "Tell the Truth"05/15/2020
    29:31
  12. 20.
    Sold Out of Meat05/06/2020
    21:05
  13. 21.
    Long Term Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Migration04/28/2020
    24:03
  14. 22.
    U.S. Views of China During Covid-19 Pandemic04/23/2020
    29:03
  15. 23.
    Big Brother, Solutions & Widespread Distrust04/15/2020
    29:00
  16. 24.
    Maggie Haberman WH Coverage of Covid-1904/07/2020
    19:20
  17. 25.
    COVID-19 in North and South Korea03/31/2020
    23:03
  18. 26.
    Health V. Economy03/25/2020
    30:26
  19. 27.
    Oil Markets Under Pressure03/20/2020
    29:51
  20. 28.
    COVID-19: Testing the U.S.03/19/2020
    31:42
  21. 29.
    Italy Total Lockdown?03/11/2020
    30:22
  22. 30.
    Age of Mass Protests03/04/2020
    18:26
  23. 31.
    COVID-19: New Reality02/27/2020
    21:52
  24. 32.
    Libya Conflict02/11/2020
    24:22
  25. 33.
    Brexit: What Happens Next?02/04/2020
    26:21
  26. 34.
    Impeachment and the Media01/28/2020
    27:07
  27. 35.
    Global Economic Outlook01/23/2020
    27:51
  28. 36.
    U.S.-China Trade Deal: Phase One01/16/2020
    26:03
  29. 37.
    The Killing of Soleimani and U.S. Response 01/10/2020
    27:02
  30. 38.
    Bad Ideas in National Security12/18/2019
    22:32
  31. 39.
    British Elections12/11/2019
    29:56
  32. 40.
    Climate Change and Food Security12/04/2019
    24:30
  33. 41.
    The Islamic State's Next Wave11/05/2019
    21:24
  34. 42.
    Russia Into Africa10/30/2019
    23:27
  35. 43.
    A Reckoning in Syria and What it Means for the Middle East10/22/2019
    29:10
  36. 44.
    An Ongoing Discussion on Syria10/16/2019
    30:04
  37. 45.
    U.S. Troop Pullout of Syria10/08/2019
    26:04
  38. 46.
    U.S. and China: A New Paradigm 10/04/2019
    27:08
  39. 47.
    Bonus: Schieffer's Green Room on Iran10/01/2019
    8:31
  40. 48.
    Explaining the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act09/24/2019
    24:33
  41. 49.
    The Attack on Saudi Arabia09/17/2019
    23:47
  42. 50.
    Edge of a New Epoch09/12/2019
    37:24

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