Marcia Chatelain, an associate professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown, joins us to talk about the relationship between McDonalds and black business owners.
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Your Personality Isn’t Set In Stone
Christian Jarrett, a cognitive neuroscientist and deputy editor of Psyche, joins us to talk about the five types of personalities and how we can become a better version of our current selves.
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The Unintended Consequences Of Vaping
Health and science journalist Laura Beil joins us to talk about how a pair of graduate students created the Juul vape pen in hopes to end smoking. Instead, they created another health hazard more attractive to teenagers than the one they were trying to end.
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Imagine If Every Weekend Was A Three-Day Weekend
Joe Pinsker, staff writer for The Atlantic, joins us to discuss why productivity needn’t rely on a traditional five days of work — and how some companies have cut office hours and found a boost in output and morale.
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Is There Room For Queer People In The Catholic Church?
Eder Díaz Santillan, creator and producer of the podcast “De Pueblo, Católico y Gay” joins us to discuss the intersection of homosexuality, Latinx culture, family and religion, and the lessons he’s learned through interviews with people from all walks of life.
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Why Are We So Easily Scammed Online?
Gabrielle Bluestone joins us to talk about how Fyre is one of many examples of the way social media influencers build stories too good to be true, and why falling for those beautiful lies is part of the current Internet experience.
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‘Raunch Culture’ Is Taking Over America
Bernadette Barton, professor of sociology and gender studies at Morehead State University, joins us to talk about what she calls “raunch culture” and why its largely based in sexism.
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A Case For A Great Migration Back To The South
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow joins us to talk about his ideas for how to create lasting social change, honor culture and memory, and fight back against systemic racism.
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Landmarks Of Slavery Abound … If You Know Where To Look
Clint Smith, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to walk through four American institutions and discuss the role they’ve played in racial injustice to this day.
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We Know About Tulsa — But What Happened To Other Black Wall Streets?
Shennette Garrett-Scott, associate professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi, joins us to talk about how many Black Wall Streets actually once dotted the landscape across the country – and about how these financial centers of Black life in the late 19th and 20th Centuries were ultimately dismantled by racist policies and acts.
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A Look At Four Lost Cities … And Why They Disappeared
Annalee Newitz, contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, joins us to talk about cities that lasted millennia and then disappeared, and the answers they can provide for how we live together today.
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Should The Government Compensate Victims of Homophobic Policies?
Omar G. Encarnación, a professor of political studies at Bard College, joins us to make the case that it’s time for not only apologies from the federal government, but monetary compensation for those who were victims of laws codifying homophobia.
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