Lessons On Kindness From NPR’s Scott Simon

January 23, 2020 Culture, Literature, Upcoming

The Weekend Edition host talks about his new YA novel about accepting others when, sometimes, their gifts are hidden.

Mo Rocca Revives The Obit

January 22, 2020 Culture, Upcoming

Mo Rocca joins us to talk about his work re-memorializing notable names in American history.

Disneyland: From Disaster To Overnight Success

January 22, 2020 Culture, History, Upcoming

Richard Snow, former editor-in-chief of American Heritage magazine joins us to talk about the huge gamble Disney’s amusement park was in 1955, and about how it turned the entertainment industry on its head.

A Teen Bride’s Journey To America

January 21, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity, Upcoming

Author Angie Cruz joins us to talk about how her fictional character, Ana, in novel reflects the lives of so many real women.

Poor And Pregnant In Texas? You Might Want To Move

January 21, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Health, Race/Identity, Upcoming

ProPublica reporter Nina Martin joins us to talk about the critical links between maternal mortality and Medicaid and why limited to no access means pregnant and new mothers are dying at an alarming rate.

How A Murderer Found His Soul – And Voice – In Prison

January 20, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Author and criminal justice advocate, Shaka Senghor joins us to talk about how he worked through his own pain of hurting people and now helps communities heal theirs.

Latinos And The Invention Of The Cool, Walk-able Neighborhood

January 17, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Race/Identity

A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, director of the Latina/o Studies Program and associate professor of history at Penn State University, joins us to talk about how Latinos have influenced cities across the country.

Mental Gymnastics: New Insights Into The Brain

January 16, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

This hour, experts on brain science join us to separate fact from fiction – and to better understand what we know about gender, creativity and how our brain is programmed to lead us home.

The Hitmen Of The Dark Web

January 15, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Science and Technology

Technology writer Brian Merchant joins us to talk about the surprising and shadowy world of crowd-sourced contract killers.

How Christian Culture Became Western Culture

January 15, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Historian Tom Holland joins us to talk about tracing Christian concepts from antiquity to today and how they’ve shaped the western world.

How Obama Led To Trump

January 13, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics

Michael Kirk joins us to talk about the factors that got us to this point in American politics and what the future could hold for our democracy.

Allison Moorer On Turning Adversity Into Art

January 10, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Allison Moorer joins us to talk about how she’s mined dark memories from her childhood– and how she and her sister survived through moments of creativity, imagination and song.