Since 1956, the longest-running PBS series 📺 hosted by @heffnera, maker of Mayors of the World 🌎 and Breaking Bread 🥖 w/Alexander
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For 70 years, @PBS's The Open Mind has championed thoughtful conversations that stand the test of time.
We're honored to have @RollingStone spotlight the legacy of the series and its newest chapter, Mayors of the World with Alexander Heffner (@heffnera).
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer reflects on the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
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#DrRuth #RuthWestheimer #SexualRevolution #TheOpenMind #PBS
Edward I. Koch reflects on the importance of directness and openness in political leadership, arguing that mayors have a unique ability to maintain direct contact with the people they serve.
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What role does creativity play in science, and can it
help shape a better future?
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#TheOpenMind #PBS #Creativity #ScienceAndInnovation #HumanProgress #CreativeThinking
Sam Waterston reflects on his unease with identifying as a centrist at a time when the center seemed increasingly difficult to find.
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#SamWaterston #AmericanPolitics #TheOpenMind #PBS
Actor Sam Waterston considers whether political problems can be approached differently when neither party has the power to dismiss an idea simply because it comes from the other side.
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The “No” campaign called on Chileans to reject violence and imagine a freer future - captured in the enduring promise that “joy is coming.”
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#Chile #HumanRights #TheOpenMind #PBS
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In the premiere of our ongoing "Mayors of the World" 70th @OpenMindTV anniversary special, I visited with Mayor Carlos @Moedas of Lisbon, Portugal. Here is an excerpt. youtu.be/WneYa1_1Gi8?si=LTiB…
Michelle Bachelet reflects on the importance of confronting the facts of Chile’s past in order to prevent history from repeating itself.
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#MichelleBachelet #HumanRights #History #Chile #TheOpenMind #PBS
Michelle Bachelet reflects on the difficult distinction between forgiveness and forgetting, and what it means to move forward after political violence.
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#MichelleBachelet #Chile #Democracy #Reconciliation #TheOpenMind #PBS
The Open Mind retweeted
Also want to flag the work of @heffnera, host of @OpenMindTV on PBS, which has been running a terrific series of interviews with municipal leaders around the world, including, recently, Mamdani. thirteen.org/openmind/mayors…
The Open Mind retweeted
Mr. Mayor @NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani, thanks for spending time with me and FDR. My great-grandad Al of NYC, after whom I’m named, lost everything in the Great Depression. Your commitment to relief, recovery, and reform for NYers inspires. Our episode: thirteen.org/openmind/mayors…
In PBS’s The Open Mind’s Mayors of the World with Alexander Heffner, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses food insecurity and the challenge of making basic necessities affordable in one of the world’s wealthiest cities.
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#NewYork #TheOpenMind #PBS
Michelle Bachelet reflects on the erosion of democracy around the world, and the responsibility of democratic leaders to maintain the trust of the people they represent
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In PBS’s The Open Mind’s Mayors of the World with Alexander Heffner, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani reflects on the legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the continued relevance of the Four Freedoms.
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#NewYork #FourFreedoms #FDR #TheOpenMind #PBS
In PBS’s The Open Mind’s Mayors of the World with Alexander Heffner, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani reflects on the tension between political ideology and the realities of governing within an existing economic system
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#NewYork #FDR #Socialism #TheOpenMind #PBS
In PBS’s The Open Mind’s Mayors of the World with Alexander Heffner, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani talks everyday affordability, from the price of a bacon, egg, and cheese to the cost of renting an apartment in the city.
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#NewYork #Affordability #TheOpenMind
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tells PBS's @heffnera that he’s looking for a federal partnership like FDR and LaGuardia’s.
Could that be AOC?
cityandstateny.com/politics/…
In PBS’s The Open Mind’s Mayors of the World with Alexander Heffner, @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani considers a question at the heart of the city’s future: who gets to live here?
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#NewYork #Affordability #WorkingClass #TheOpenMind #PBS
The Open Mind retweeted
In a column for SCOTUSblog, @heffnera shared several things he's learned from being part of a series, @OpenMindTV, that has spent seven decades covering the Supreme Court.
scotusblog.com/2026/09/some-…
The Open Mind retweeted
CORREO | Carta a la directora: Michelle Bachelet, la mejor candidata para prevenir los peligros de la IA
Por Alexander Heffner (@heffnera), conductor de @OpenMindTV
theclinic.cl/2026/09/16/cart…
