The Open Mind

Since 1956, the longest-running PBS series 📺 hosted by @heffnera, maker of “Mayors of the World 🌎” and “Breaking Bread 🥖 w/Alexander”

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

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

[Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor]

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. https://t.co/2jTUnBfUPc

[Alexander Heffner @heffnera]

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: https://t.co/cbdyzTETst

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

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

Watch the full conversation from Mayors of the World with Alexander Heffner

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#TheOpenMind #PBS

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

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

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

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

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

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

[Annie McDonough @Annie_McDonough]

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?

https://t.co/P7KwHxc2nb

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

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

[SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog]

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.

https://t.co/XQGR8m3JTs

[The Clinic @thecliniccl]

CORREO | Carta a la directora: Michelle Bachelet, la mejor candidata para prevenir los peligros de la IA

Por Alexander Heffner (@heffnera), conductor de @OpenMindTV

https://t.co/SrJEcj9F49

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

Jonas Salk considers what the manipulation of DNA might mean for humanity, from extending human survival to developing new ways of sustaining a growing global population.

Watch more conversations from 70 years of The Open Mind on PBS

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#JonasSalk #TheOpenMind #PBS

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

After 70 years of The Open Mind, leaving Bernie Sanders speechless may be one of the more impressive accomplishments in the program’s history.

Watch more conversations from 70 years of The Open Mind on PBS.

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#TheOpenMind #BernieSanders #AlexanderHeffner #PBS

[TIME @TIME]

“As the federal government fails to address skyrocketing costs, the case for a mayor-president has never been stronger,” writes Alexander Heffner https://t.co/OjyixTdGZS

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

For Edward I. Koch, effective leadership began with speaking plainly, treating people as equals, and resisting the temptation to tell them what they wanted to hear.

Watch more conversations from 70 years of The Open Mind on PBS.

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[The Clinic @thecliniccl]

🗣️ En el marco de una entrevista para la cadena pública estadounidense PBS, la expresidenta Michelle Bachelet analizó el actual escenario político internacional y planteó una profunda autocrítica sobre el retroceso de los consensos democráticos y el avance de discursos autoritarios a nivel global.

📹 Gentileza @OpenMindTV / @heffnera

[The Clinic @thecliniccl]

REPORTAJE | “Lo importante es organizarse y no ser silente”: El documental sobre Bachelet que preparan en EE.UU. que aborda la huella de la dictadura y su rol en la ONU

https://t.co/Qu8dZJItZJ

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

What can mayors teach us about rebuilding trust in democracy?

The @nytimes with references @Heffnera’s recent work interviewing mayors across 10 global cities for @PBS’s The Open Mind’s Mayors of the World.

https://t.co/1wLNqsnjQp

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel reflects on sacrifice, suffering, and what societies must be willing to endure when their future - and their freedom - are at stake.

From the archives of @PBS’s The Open Mind with @Heffnera.

https://t.co/LHaEt76VBu

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

In the March 6, 2026 episode of @PBS’s The Open Mind with @Heffnera, @MITSloan scholar Yasheng Huang compares how the United States and China approach inflation and the fundamentally different roles government institutions play in each system.

https://t.co/3m7fGE6BCV