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Growing Up Racially Black … But Not Culturally Black In America

April 15, 2021 Culture, Education, Language, Race/Identity, Upcoming

Louis Chude-Sokei, director of the African American studies program at Boston University, joins us to talk about his journey to understand his place in the Black diaspora.

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The Weird Racial Phenomenon Of ‘Reverse-Passing’

April 14, 2021 Culture, Education, Mental Health, Race/Identity, Upcoming

Helen Lewis of The Atlantic joins us to talk about the people who take on the roles of different ethnicities and asks if a form of Munchausen syndrome could actually be at play.

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The U.K. Ambassador On The Very Special Relationship

April 14, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, Politics, Upcoming

Dame Karen Pierce is British Ambassador to the U.S., and she joins us to talk about her country’s economic relationship with both Texas and the country as a whole – and we’ll hear how Britain is faring in the fight against Covid.

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The World Needs More Toilets

April 12, 2021 Culture, Economics, Global Issues, Health, History, Science and Technology

Science journalist Chelsea Wald joins us to talk about what’s behind the plumbing and introduce the scientists and activists working to make sanitation healthy and accessible for all.

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Asian Americans And The Rise In Racism

April 12, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Education, History, Race/Identity

Vishakha N. Desai, chair of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought and a past president of the Asia Society, joins us to talk about these troubling statics, how Asians regularly face racist ideas that question their place in American society and what needs to happen to fight back.

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The Roadblocks To Love For Black Women

April 9, 2021 Culture, Race/Identity

Dianne M. Stewart is an associate professor of religion and African American studies at Emory University, where she created the course “Black Love.” She joins guest us to talk about the intersection of romantic love and Black Civil Rights.

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NFTs And The Future Of Digital Art

April 8, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Global Issues, History

Kyle Chayka is a contributor to The New Yorker, and he joins us to discuss the high stakes, high-price world of digital art and why galleries, museum curators, auction houses, even everyday people are jumping on this cutting-edge trend.

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Student Debt Is Crushing Parents, Too

April 7, 2021 Culture, Economics, Education, History

Caitlin Zaloom, associate professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, joins us to discuss how college-minded parents are taking on enormous debts to fund higher education and why the middle-class is especially crunched.

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Caregivers Can’t Catch A Break

April 6, 2021 Culture, Economics, Health, Mental Health, Politics

Kate Washington joins us to talk about caring for her husband after he was diagnosed with cancer, her feelings of isolation, and her realization that caregiving keeps a broken health care system afloat.

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How The Quest For Flavor Drove Evolution

April 5, 2021 Culture, Global Issues, History, Science and Technology

Rob Dunn, professor of applied ecology at North Carolina State University joins us to talk about why we prefer cooked food, the various ways we taste, and how our pursuit of a good meal might’ve led to starting the first fire.

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The Pressure To Act Happy When Your Child Has Special Needs

April 5, 2021 Culture, Education, Health, Mental Health

Heather Lanier joins us to discuss the personal struggles she faces parenting her daughter, a child with a very rare genetic disorder, while navigating a world that expects parents to raise high-achieving children.

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Rights Shouldn’t Be A Zero-Sum Game

April 2, 2021 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics

Columbia Law professor Jamal Greene joins us to talk about why courts have an outsized role in determining what Americans fight for and against, a method he says is out of line with what the framers of the Constitution envisioned.

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