communication

The best communicators don’t talk much

October 9, 2024 Education, Health, Think

Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Charles Duhigg joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what makes certain people so adept at facilitating the exchange of ideas, how we can make ourselves heard, and how we can better navigate tough conversations.

The best communicators don’t talk much

March 8, 2024 Education, Health, Think

Does it matter how long we work if it all gets done?

September 4, 2023 Culture, Mental Health

Fred Turner joins Krys Boyd to discuss the established workday patterns that the pandemic upended – and how workers can wrestle back control of the clock from their employers.

Do animals talk to each other?

August 17, 2023 Environment, Language, Science and Technology

Professor and bioacoustics expert Nicholas Mathevon discusses how animals use sound to intimidate, mate, emote and more.

Never let a story get in the way of good facts

August 10, 2023 Culture, Language, Literature

New Yorker staff writer Parul Sehgal discusses why narrative style is so attractive to contemporary readers, and what we must look out for if we want to see the whole story.

We can all use a little help with our grammar

July 22, 2022 Culture, Language

Ellen Jovin discusses her travels around the nation answering grammar questions, why people are so keen to reveal what they don’t know and don’t understand, and how written language connects us all.

Photo illustration of passengers on a train talking and drinking coffee.

There’s No Danger In Strangers

August 30, 2021 Culture, Mental Health, Science and Technology

Journalist Joe Keohane joins us to discuss the benefits of breaking down our silos and inclinations to isolate in order to find connection, empathy and a path to happiness.

Why We’re Not All Speaking Esperanto

April 28, 2021 Culture, Education, Global Issues, History, Language

Stephanie Tam joins us to tell the story of one man’s quest for a lingua franca that would bridge communication and why it was blocked by colonial ideas of English superiority.

How Pocahontas Kept The Peace

February 15, 2021 Culture, History, Language, Politics, Race/Identity

Karen Ordahl Kupperman, Silver Professor of History Emerita at New York University, joins us to talk about how Pocahontas collaborated with a trio of English boys to keep communication flowing between the colonists and their Indian neighbors.

Working From Home Can Be Better — Here’s How

June 18, 2020 Current Events, Science and Technology

Georgetown University professor Cal Newport joins us to talk about face-to-face communication vs. computer interfacing and how we can master working from home.

Why Talking With Your Hands Helps You Think

June 10, 2019 Culture, Language

Psychologist Barbara Tversky joins us to make the case that our brains are actually filled with pictures and ideas that revolve around spatial cognition.

Why So Many Parents Spy On Their Teens

September 19, 2018 Science and Technology

Psychologist Lisa Damour joins us to talk about how tracking your teen might confuse the question of who is really responsible for their safety.