Fulbright scholar and editor Elizabeth Kadetsky discusses the theft of revered stone deities in India and what they say about the ways the art world traffics prized items.
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How a plan for hemp riches went up in smoke
Finn Murphy discusses his attempt at a Colorado hemp farm, battling the elements and a disappearing bank account, and his pivot to middleman as he pursued his American Dream.
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Why identity conversations are so uncomfortable
Constitutional law professor Kenji Yoshino talks about practical tools for approaching discussions about equity and identity, with ideas to help members of marginalized communities speak up.
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The trauma of slavery did not end with Emancipation
Kidada E. Williams, a history professor at Wayne State University, tells the stories of people trying to rebuild their lives after slavery, and how for many, life was still extremely difficult in the years that followed.
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The early history of hip-hop
Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, talks about hip-hop’s birth in the Bronx and its dual identities of both protest music and party music.
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How to talk to your kid about weight
Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith discusses the ways we talk about bigger bodies, dieting and inclusion with kids – and about the pressures parents feel to get it right.
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We all hate open-space offices, so why are they still around?
Scientific American contributing editor George Musser discusses how the open-office plan took off, the downsides its designers didn’t anticipate, and what a better office layout might look like.
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You don’t need the best of everything
Writer and critic Rachel Connolly discusses the best-of lists we consume to make sense of our lives and how we use them to gain a false sense of control over a world with limitless choice.
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When bad people make great art
Claire Dederer discusses the lens #metoo has put on work created by flawed men, and how we balance our sense of morality and ethics with a love of what are widely considered masterpieces.
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When social movements march into your relationship
Clinical psychologist Orna Guralnik talks about what she’s seen in her practice, where couples are bringing to the table issues of race and privilege and trauma like she hasn’t seen before.
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The devilish decade: A look back at the 2000s
Critic Kristian Vistrup Madsen makes the case that the aughts were marked by sexualization, obscenity and war – and why we ate it up.
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Gun sellers peddle more than just weapons
Jennifer Carlson joins Krys Boyd to discuss her in-depth interviews with gun sellers to better understand how they market a certain brand of American individualism.
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