Writer Stephanie H. Murray discusses the reasons we can’t let children roam like the free-range kids of past generations – and the anxiety constant surveillance raises in parents.
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Bethany C. Meyers discusses how they came to embrace the body neutrality ethos, why we need to move away from body positivity, and the calm that can come from allowing yourself to just simply be.
Read moreWhat our quest for alien life says about humanity
Writer Jaime Green discusses the science, even science fiction, that inspires astronomers to look for life in the cosmos and what it means for those of us living back on Earth.
Read moreAre we deluding ourselves about the value of travel?
Philosophy professor Agnes Callard discusses why our wanderlust might be just a panacea for staving off the hands of time and how we may need to rethink our global adventures.
Read moreHolding onto humanity in an A.I. world
Atlantic executive editor Adrienne LaFrance discusses why we must set aside places that no computers can touch to remind ourselves that we are fully human.
Read moreHow South Korea became the beauty capital of the world
NPR correspondent Elise Hu discusses K-beauty – which prioritizes perfection – its reach across the globe, and the consumerism that has crept into our very skin.
Read moreLoathe small talk? You’re not alone
Julie Beck, senior editor at The Atlantic, discusses how we can regain our pre-pandemic confidence in social situations.
Read moreArt was easy to steal. Why’s it so hard to give back?
Fulbright scholar and editor Elizabeth Kadetsky discusses the theft of revered stone deities in India and what they say about the ways the art world traffics prized items.
Read moreA conversation with U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo
The member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation joins us to discuss how she reckons with the loss of ancestral homelands, her personal story, and the rituals that provide her with inspiration.
Read moreHow to have police reform and lower crime rates, too
Sociology professor Neil Gross joins us to discuss how three police departments have taken on reform efforts, trying to change police culture from the inside.
Read moreWhy emotions don’t translate across cultures
Social psychologist Batja Mesquita talks about why feelings differ from culture to culture — and why shame can be good.
Read moreWhat it’s like being a Black mom in a white community
Senior culture writer at The Washington Post Helena Andrews-Dyer talks about raising a Black child in a predominately white, upper-middle-class world, where her concerns about race led her to consider larger themes of belonging.
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