Rina Bliss, associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her work in epigenetics, working to understand how human intelligence grows and changes in response to our surroundings.
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Rina Bliss, associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her work in epigenetics, working to understand how human intelligence grows and changes in response to our surroundings.
Read moreWilliam H. McRaven served as commander of all U.S. special operations forces and later as chancellor of the University of Texas System. He and guest host John McCaa discuss the tenants of great leadership.
Read moreMary Louise Kelly, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” shares her memoir, which centers on her sons’ final years of high school and her realization that once they graduate, their daily family time spent together is likely at an end.
Read moreScientific American contributing editor George Musser joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the open-office plan took off, the downsides its designers didn’t anticipate, and what a better office layout might look like.
Read moreKidada 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.
Read moreHarper’s contributor Tom Vanderbilt joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the science of timekeeping, why official clocks are just a forecast — not an absolute — and the people who keep us all on schedule.
Read moreWashington Post investigations editor Peter Wallsten joins us to discuss the AR-15’s outsized role in mass shootings and the marketing campaigns that brought its power to the masses.
Read moreDerek Thompson from The Atlantic talks about how everything from mass automation to a global pandemic has many of us rethinking how we spend those 40+ hours a week.
Read moreSociologist Matthew Desmond won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for his book “Evicted,” and he joins us to discuss his follow-up investigation, which centers on the idea that affluent Americans keep poor people poor.
Read moreStand-up comic and restaurateur Dan Ahdoot talks about how his foodie obsessions took a toll on his happiness and relationships and how he finally learned to let go of the pursuit of perfection.
Read moreJia Tolentino, a staff writer for The New Yorker, talks about how – with enough money – it’s easy for anyone to get their hands on these drugs – and how people who take them might underestimate the health risks.
Read moreAri Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered, joined Krys Boyd to discuss his new memoir, a collection of essays that tell poignant stories ranging from his time on Air Force One to singing for Bono.
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