KERA’s Miguel Perez joins us to discuss the significance of gay bars to LGBTQ life in North Texas. And later in the hour, Oberlin College sociologist Greggor Mattson talks about the closure of so many of these spaces during the pandemic has meant to the communities they serve.
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John Paul Brammer is an author, illustrator and advice columnist of “¡Hola Papi!” on Substack. He joins us to discuss being gay, bi-racial, finding his footing with family and relationships, and all the wisdom he’s tried to impart to eager followers of his work.
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Adam Harris, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to discuss why Black students have always been an afterthought in higher education, the legacy that has created and the road toward reckoning with this discrimination.
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Mose Buchele, a reporter and host at Austin public radio station KUT, joins us to discuss the worst blackout in the state’s history and how our drive to operate on a grid separate from the rest of the country contributed to the problem.
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Author Wayétu Moore joins us to discuss her family’s escape from civil war in Liberia, the experience of being an immigrant in Texas, and her eventual return to Africa to better understand the experiences of her fellow migrants.
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Catherine Wolff joins us to discuss the concept of heaven, how it’s been framed in art, literature and religion through the ages, and how that has changed with modern beliefs.
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Author Rae Nudson joins host us to discuss the power of the powders and creams with which we adorn our skin, and how they’ve created the powerful beauty standards currently being challenged.
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Anna North, senior reporter for Vox, joins us to talk about how embracing aging skin has come part-and-parcel with the relaxing of beauty standards the last year-and-a-half has provided across the globe.
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Amanda Ann Klein, associate professor of film studies at East Carolina University, joins us to discuss why MTV moved away from rock stars and shifted to ordinary people living wild lives.
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Christopher Cox, a visiting scholar at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, joins us to talk about why deadlines have a way of motivating us to finish tasks.
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New Yorker staff writer Nick Paumgarten joins us to talk about the animals we acquired to comfort us and why leaving them at home alone is now going to be a big problem.
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“CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent Martha Teichner joins us to tell the story of her beloved bull terriers, and how rescuing them has brought her joy and a deeper understanding of what it means to love.
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