Robin J. Ely, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, joins us to talk about the real reasons businesses have a tendency to stall female advancement.
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Disneyland: From Disaster To Overnight Success
Richard Snow, former editor-in-chief of American Heritage magazine joins us to talk about the huge gamble Disney’s amusement park was in 1955, and about how it turned the entertainment industry on its head.
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The Science of Friendship
Science writer Lydia Denworth joins us to talk about the role close-knit communities play in our mental and physical health.
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All She Wanted Was To Be A Single Black Mother
Nefertiti Austin joins us to talk about how America thinks of single, black motherhood.
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A Teen Bride’s Journey To America
Author Angie Cruz joins us to talk about how her fictional character, Ana, in novel reflects the lives of so many real women.
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The White Supremacy Of Pro Sports
Howard Bryant joins us to talk about how America’s ongoing conversation about race so often spills onto the court and field.
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How Saudi Arabia And Iran Weaponized Religion
Kim Ghattas joins us to talk about the source of Iran and Saudi Arabia’s animosity – including differing views of Islam.
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Crime Is About More Than Criminals
Zach Norris joins us to talk about new models for community building and fighting crime.
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It’s Not What You Eat But When
Dr. Satchin Panda joins us to talk about why when you eat can be as important as what you eat.
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Why Debates Don’t Change Minds
Eleanor Gordon-Smith joins us to talk about why, with all our power to be rational, analytical, empathetic and reflective, we’re still prone to refusing to listen to another side.
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A Transwoman In An Ultra-Orthodox World
Abby Chava Stein, the former rabbi turned trans activist, joins us to talk about her path from Hasidic Judaism to a new life that feels sincere — though far from simple.
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From Viking Sails To Spacesuits: Cloth In Human History
Cultural historian and author Kassia St. Clair joins us to talk about what we can learn about cultures from something as simple as cloth.
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