A panel of guests join Jane Whitney for a discussion of the state of the country in the shadow of the pandemic but through an intensely personal lens, a series of vignettes with influencers and thought leaders that, like a jig-saw puzzle, provide a view of the broad landscape when pieced together. The headliners, interviewed one-on-one, include:

• Tim Daly, actor and president of The Creative Coalition


• Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the hosts of MSNBC's Morning Joe


• Danielle Ponder, the singer and former public defender


• John Lithgow, actor and author


• Dr. Kavita Patel, epidemiologist and nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution

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