Karoline Kan joins us to talk about how her experiences growing up in China differed from older family members – including her mother who defied the country’s One-Child Policy when she gave birth to Karoline. Her new memoir is called “Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China.”
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As the political landscape heats up for 2020, Maria Teresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino joins us to talk about the issues that drive Latinx voters to the polls.
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Sophie Hannah joins us to explain how grudges can actually be good for us if we think of them in the right context. Her new book is called “How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment – the Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life.”
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Columbia psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman joins host Krys Boyd to talk about if smarter people are also more content, the subject of his essay in Scientific American.
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Eric Nadel joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his approach to calling the action over the course of a 162-game season – and about how baseball lead him to a deep connection with Latin America.
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Matthew O. Jackson, William D. Eberle professor of economics at Stanford, joins us to talk about how our social networks act as composites of ourselves – and how they often forecast the paths we’ll take.
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Daily Beast reporter Samantha Allen joins us to talk about her cross-country trip meeting queer people thriving in conservative strongholds, which she writes about in “Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States.”
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Reyna Grande joins us to talk about her journey from undocumented immigrant to celebrated writer.
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Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor joins us to talk about writing black characters into popular culture – including her recent work on the Marvel “Black Panther” franchise.
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Margaret Dilloway joins us to talk about how Shinto beliefs influenced Marie Kondo – and about what it’s like to see the Kondo phenomenon from two perspectives. Her essay “What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’” appears in The Huffington Post.
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James Sullivan joins us to trace the evolution of protest songs – from the early days of World War I to the present, which he writes about in “Which Side Are You On? 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs.”
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Julie Beck joins us to talk about how Facebook has changed the way we view friendship – and about how we now hold onto friendships long past their expiration date. Her essay “Facebook: Where Friendships Go to Never Quite Die” appears on the website of The Atlantic.
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