Journalist Gloria Liu talks about the outdoorsy types who like to go naked and asks: Would she be happier if she were less prudish about her body and those around her?
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Why Americans are giving up on college
National opinion columnist Will Bunch discusses the origins of the college dream of equal opportunity, its funding failures and how degrees are now a source of cultural division.
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From Somali nomad to California soccer mom
Shugri Said Salh talks about her childhood marked by war and her immigration to the U.S. Today, a soccer mom and nurse, she tries to impart the wisdom of her upbringing to her daughters and son.
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The photos you throw away tell a story
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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We can all use a little help with our grammar
Ellen Jovin discusses her travels around the nation answering grammar questions, why people are so keen to reveal what they don’t know and don’t understand, and how written language connects us all.
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How poverty steals peoples’ dreams
Professor Karen A. Cerulo joins us to discuss the impact socioeconomic status, gender and race can have on your dreams.
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Misunderstanding math has real-world consequences
James C. Zimring, an experimental pathology professor, discusses percentages, probabilities, and the other data that can confound and even deceive us – and how to not fall into familiar, time-worn traps.
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The case for talking about race at work
Y-Vonne Hutchinson joins us to talk about how employees can have frank and honest conversations with management about race and achieve real results.
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The power of statues for those who take them down
Historian Samuel Biagetti joins us to talk about the historical patterns of iconoclasm and why he believes many statues honoring controversial figures have been torn down in recent years.
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Why do we blame scam victims for what happened to them?
We all think we’re smarter than scammers… until one gets the best of us. Writer Hannah Zeavin joins us to talk about why we’re so quick to judge scam victims we’ve deemed weak or ignorant.
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Your kids make the best philosophers
Philosophy professor Scott Hershovitz joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the philosophical debates he has with his two boys, Rex and Hank, and why it’s important to take on deep questions with young minds.
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Why your boss wants you back at the office
Rani Molla, senior data reporter for Recode joins us to discuss how corporate America might move forward after Covid shutdowns.
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