Author Anne Helen Petersen discusses how families, especially moms, are emerging from life under Covid with new fortitude and tools for resilience.
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A woman who’s lost nearly everything has regrets — and hope
Author Angie Cruz discusses her character who, through the help of a job counselor, mines her relationship to find her fighting spirit.
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A young person’s guide to navigating the news
Dr. Seema Yasmin discusses ways to engage youth and help them learn to dispel rumors and myths about science and medicine. Plus, a bonus blog post on misinformation, disinformation and mal-information.
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What it’s like being a Black mom in a white community
Senior culture writer at The Washington Post Helena Andrews-Dyer talks about raising a Black child in a predominately white, upper-middle-class world, where her concerns about race led her to consider larger themes of belonging.
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How Latino culture can make it hard to talk about mental health
Olga Rosales Salinas is the managing editor for San Francisco Bay Area Moms and she joins us to share her sister’s mental illness and her Latino family’s reactions.
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We need to start paying attention to boys’ problems
Richard V. Reeves is director of the Boys and Men Project for the Brookings Institution. He joins us to discuss ground lost in the classroom and workplace for boys and men.
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You could be better at thinking in daily life, here’s how
Professor Woo-kyoung Ahn discusses confirmation bias and other forms of subconscious thinking that can get in the way of us being better versions of ourselves.
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How politicians are using social to sidestep the media
Professor Elizabeth Losh discusses the realities of direct access to politicians through our devices – and the many ways Twitter, TikTok and other platforms can disrupt democracy.
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How to make sure your only child still feels like a kid
Jancee Dunn discusses the ways her own child has siphoned off focus from her husband, and how culturally we have become accustomed to this interference.
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Everybody complains about the TSA, even its workers
Journalist Darryl Campbell tells the stories of people who work for the TSA, why turnover is so high among agents, and the ways gendered screening is creating big problems.
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What blind people wish you understood about their lives
Writer M. Leona Godin talks about the cultural and scientific history of blindness – and what sighted people should know about what it’s like to be blind.
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Nina Totenberg on her 50 years of friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg
NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg talks about how conversations with Ruth Bader Ginsburg developed into a nearly 50-year friendship.
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