Daniel Libeskind joins us to talk about design – and why he says anyone can do it.
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How White Gatekeepers Restrain Black Thinkers
Mychal Denzel Smith joins us to talk about how black writers from James Baldwin to Ta-Nehisi Coates consider the race of their readers – and the relationship they have with their publishers.
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Your Brain On Art
Ellen Winner, director of the Arts and Mind Lab at Boston College, joins us to talk about how art affects how we think and feel.
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Being Amy Sedaris
The star of “Strangers With Candy,” “At Home With Amy Sedaris” and so much more joins us to talk about her career in the funny business.
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In Defense Of Puns
James Geary joins us to talk about the importance of wit in everyday life, and to make the case that puns – yes puns! – may be the highest form of wit.
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Who Says You Can’t Have More Than One Religion?
Duane R. Bidwell of the Claremont School of Theology joins us to talk about people who find it limiting to practice just one faith.
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The Many Facades Of Philip Johnson
Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the designer’s influence on North Texas and the world.
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Thanksgiving Is A Made-Up Holiday (And That’s OK)
Anthropologist Jack David Eller joins us to talk about how American holidays are borrowed or created from myths.
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Why Working Mothers Can’t Win
Amy Westervelt joins us to talk about the pressures working mothers experience and how we might make things better.
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Haunted By Mental Illness
Lindsay Wong joins us to talk about how the stigma surrounding mental illness affected her loved ones.
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Escape From Yemen
Mohammed al Samawi joins us to tell the story of how a coalition of online supporters worked together to extract him from the war-torn country.
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Throwing Shade — The Shakespearean Way
Historian Ruth Goodman joins us for a rollicking trip back to a low-brow time.
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