Culture - Think

Hating On Hillary: How That Became A Thing

September 2, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics

Michael D’Antonio joins us to talk about his research into how one woman, identifiable by her first name only, became a symbolic cudgel for modern politics.

How Trump And Biden Are Courting Your Vote

September 2, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Washington Post’s national political reporter and Washington Week moderator Robert Costa joins us to talk about the Biden and Trump campaign strategies to woo voters ahead of Election Day.

A History Of Tomboys

September 1, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Journalist Lisa Selin Davis joins us to talk about how tomboys have pushed our ideas about gender conformity.

How Inventions Change Families

September 1, 2020 Culture, Economics, Science and Technology

Harvard Business School professor Debora L. Spar joins us to talk about how technological advancement has reshaped the nuclear family.

Was It A Mistake To Unite The States?

August 31, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics

Richard Kreitner, contributing writer to The Nation, joins us to look at past and present attempts to dissolve the United States.

Designing For Disability Helps Everybody

August 26, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Education, Health, History

Sara Hendren teaches design for disability at Olin College of Engineering, and she joins us to talk about the idea that disability isn’t about a person, so much as the way a person must navigate an unhelpful world.

The Social Value Of Shame

August 26, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Peter N. Stearns, University Professor of History at George Mason University, joins us to talk about using shame as an emotional disciplining tool.

So Who’s Russia Backing In November?

August 25, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Global Issues, History, Politics

Laura Rosenberger, the director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins us to talk about foreign interference and the security of the 2020 presidential election.

How We Can Protect Voter Rights In November

August 24, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Gilda R. Daniels, former voting expert in the Justice Department of both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, joins us to talk about protecting the voting rights of Americans.

Why Humans Evolved To Be Friendly

August 24, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Brian Hare, a professor of evolutionary anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, joins us to talk about how sharing and caring led early humans to evolve past their rivals.

Refusing to Be Defined by Disability

August 19, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Journalist Keah Brown joins us to talk about how she moved beyond self-pity to become an advocate for people with disabilities.

A Missing Girl, A Mystery Girl And The Texas Novel That Brings Them Together

August 18, 2020 Culture, Literature

Author Julia Heaberlin joins us to talk about her latest crime novel, which deals with themes of beauty, trauma and grit.