Journalist Melissa Petro joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her own story as a sex worker-turned-elementary school teacher until she was outed by a newspaper, and how she had to grow to be shame resilient.
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Why 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.
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Not Black And White: Asian-American Women And Colorism
Nikki Khanna, associate professor in the department of sociology at the University of Vermont, joins us to talk about how these women internalize feelings of being less than.
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The Power Of Microdosing
Ayelet Waldman joins us to talk about her monthlong experiment with microdosing and about the history and mythology of LSD.
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