Kerri Miller Brief

This is the show where we invite three smart people into the studio for a discussion about the week's news or a big idea. Today, we're considering the foreign policy challenges that will face the next president. Barbara Frey, Nicholas Hayes, and Bou Nassif were in the studio.
Author Mychal Denzel Smith had some interesting things to say on the invisibility of black women on a previous show. He came back, and was joined by Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, president of the Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race, to talk about the challenges facing black women in America.
There was a time when if you said the word "hepcat" or "happy cabbage" or "fly rink" people would know what you meant.
Legal analyst and writer Jeffrey Toobin spoke at the Westminster Presbyterian Church about his book "American Heiress," which chronicles the Patty Hearst kidnapping and everything that followed.
Political Junkie: The first presidential debate
Political Junkie Ken Rudin discussed the expectations for Hilary Clinton's and Donald Trump's first debate.
Are some types of feminist rhetoric luring young women in or chasing them away to from the feminism tent?
Friday Roundtable: Voter's guide to the debates
Monday marks the first presidential debate of the election and we invited three smart people into the studio for a voter's guide to debunking the debates.
Race and policing in wake of Tulsa and Charlotte shootings
Professor David Thomas joined MPR News to talk about the shootings of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott.