Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, visiting professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and president of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, joins us to talk about how all animals — humans included — transition into adulthood.
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Harvard education professor Anthony Jack joins us to talk about students who are book smart but don’t have the social skills or class knowledge to succeed on campus
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Why did some Americans risk their lives working to end slavery when so many others didn’t?
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What first inspired humans to travel all the way around the earth and how does the history of such exploration still inspire us today?
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Is our market economy shifting to a “market society” where nearly everything can be bought and sold and how might such a shift affect our concepts of morality, responsibility, and citizenship?
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