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Owning your identity starts with your name

April 26, 2022 Culture, Language, Race/Identity

Marian Chia-Ming Liu talks about she reclaimed her Chinese middle name after waves of Asian-American violence and the journey that brought her to a new understanding of who she is.

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Hakeem Oluseyi performs at the I F-ing Love Science Channel event

The Cosmologist who left the streets behind

April 25, 2022 Culture, Education, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Hakeem Oluseyi joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his early life, when he struggled with inequality, poverty and addiction, and how he found his way out by studying the stars.

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How kids benefit from seeing their mom’s ambition at work

April 21, 2022 Culture

Lara Bazelon argues that pursuing career goals is central to raising healthy, happy children – and that aspiration is part of the work-life balance.

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A dumpster diver finds the photos we throw away

April 21, 2022 Culture

Jeff Ferrell talks about the thousands of photographs he’s recovered while dumpster diving and the legal and moral questions of owning someone else’s images.

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George Saunders at the Man Book Prize awards ceremony

George Saunders On What Makes A Great Short Story

April 20, 2022 Culture, Literature

Novelist George Saunders is the recipient of the Man Booker Prize and many other literary honors, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his book of seven essays about what makes great writing and how readers connect with a page of words.

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Plenty of animals have gay sex, do they also have homophobia?

April 19, 2022 Culture, Science and Technology

Frans de Waal discusses challenges to what’s understood about masculinity and femininity and the limitations of gender binary thinking.

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So, you gained weight during the pandemic — you’re not alone

April 14, 2022 Culture, Health, Mental Health

Emily McCombs discusses her own weight gain over the course of the pandemic and why she says no one is allowed to be “fat in peace.”

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Free will in the age of AI

April 13, 2022 Culture, Science and Technology

Carissa Véliz discusses the increasingly ever-present A.I. in our lives and what that means for human agency now and far into the future.

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The surprising small beginnings of big social movements

April 11, 2022 Culture, Politics

Gal Beckerman explains the origins of big ideas – from the scientific revolution to feminism – and the surprising ways movements spread.

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The descendants of an enslaved man insist his father was George Washington

April 8, 2022 Culture, History

Jill Abramson contemplates the parentage of West Ford, his possible connection to George Washington, and the fight to save Gum Springs.

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How immigrants use food to connect their old and new lives

April 7, 2022 Culture, Race/Identity

Madhushree Ghosh talks about her memoir, taking us on a trip through America to South Asia, where she recounts the recipes that have given her insight into her own rich lived experiences.

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The benefits of being in your feels

April 6, 2022 Culture, Mental Health

Susan Cain discusses bittersweetness – that mix of sorrow and comfort – and why embracing it can lead to creativity and unlock empathy for one another.

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