Omar Mouallem discusses his travels to 13 mosques across the Americas trying to understand what it means to different people to be Muslim.
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Generational differences are made up
Bobby Duffy joins us to discuss why labels put on generations aren’t as fixed as we’re taught to believe.
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The challenges – and joys – of raising a trans child
The writer and producer of the “How to Be a Girl” podcast talks about raising a transgender child, and how she’s grown in her approaches to gender and sexuality.
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Does reality TV understand Black women?
Bethonie Butler covers television and pop culture for The Washington Post, and she joins us to discuss the stereotypes these shows often play into, and if progress is being made on television.
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She Couldn’t Pray The Gay Away
Julie Rodgers joins us to discuss how religion has shaped her life, from coming out in a conservative evangelical household, to now, as she works to bridge LGBTQ communities with the church.
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What your nose knows
Journalist Jude Stewart joins us to talk about how our sense of smell shapes our world from art to history and reveals the surprising science behind it.
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When birth mothers were shamed into adoption
Gabrielle Glaser joins us to tell the story of how a system of closed adoptions across the nation operated on shifty moral ground and separated mother from child in the name of a wholesome environment.
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How To Become More Open-Minded
Wharton School organizational psychologist Adam Grant joins us to talk about how sometimes growth comes through unlearning ideas we’ve always thought to be true.
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Why we can’t stand humiliation
Essayist and author Vivian Gornick joins us to discuss why humiliation sticks with us long after the incident that brought it on.
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His mom left the Phillippines for his sake–was it worth it?
Albert Samaha of BuzzFeed News joins us to tell the story of his family who left a middle-class life in the Philippines only to question whether leaving was the right decision after all.
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Tony Soprano lives on
Willy Staley joins us to discuss our obsession with mafia stories, cynicism in the decade the show premiered compared to today, and what its new-found popularity says about the current state of America.
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The search for a soul mate is a path to loneliness
Arthur C. Brooks joins us to discuss the realities of love at first sight, why that can be a recipe for unhappiness, and what to look for instead.
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