Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History at New York University shares her assessment of the midterm election results outcome -- including the many diverse candidates elected and high youth voter turnout. She'll also examine the ongoing threat of extremist, authoritarian GOP politicians such as Trump, Governors Abbott and DeSantis whose repressive policies are designed to undermine democratic institutions and civil society while embracing political violence.

2) Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." She'll discuss her recent articles on the midterm election -- including, "Why did single women vote for Democrats? Republicans have an asinine theory," and "Desperate conservatives rally around an absurd talking point: Trump pivots to being presidential!"

3) Jamie Henn, a climate activist, strategist and director of Fossil Free Media, a nonprofit communications lab. He'll assess the United Nation's COP 27 international climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, how the global climate activist community is likely to respond -- and the role of his media project.

4) Zurie Pope, a sophomore at the University of Cincinnati pursuing a bachelor’s degree in journalism, talks about his recent Nation Magazine article, "In the War Against Voting, Poll Workers Are on the Front Lines,” which was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism.

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