Martin Luther King III on Political Violence 

America is reeling and the world is shocked after conservative youth activist - and staunch Trump ally - Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Acts of violence such as these are not isolated, or unique to one side of the political aisle. Martin Luther King III has experienced this violence firsthand as the son of the civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1968. He joins the show from Atlanta. 

Also on today's show: Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Founding Director, Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab at American University; British artist Jenny Saville; author Dan Wang ("Breakneck") 

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