Journalist Rachel Monroe joins us to talk about murder, media, and the people obsessed with dark stories.
Read moreWho Am I Without My Mother Tongue?
Journalist Melissa Hung joins us to talk about reconciling the loss of a generational language in the face of her mother’s mortality.
Read moreThe Extraordinary Eye of Gordon Parks
Senior Curator of Photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, John Rohrbach joins us to talk about the work of the first African American staff photographer for Life Magazine, Gordon Parks.
Read moreThere’s A Lot You Don’t Know About Country Music
This hour we talk with a pair of producers of the upcoming eight-part series “Country Music” ahead of its Sept. 15 debut on PBS stations.
Read moreHow Liars Take Advantage Of Your Search For Truth
Jennifer Schwartz joins us to explain the scientific, social and mathematical reasons for why we’re choosing to believe misinformation as gospel truth.
Read moreA History Of Fat Phobia
University of Kansas professor Christopher E. Forth joins us to talk about the persistent, centuries-long stereotypes about a much-maligned body type.
Read moreThe Unsinkable Molly Ivins
Director Janice Engel joins us to discuss a documentary about columnist and political commentator, Molly Ivins.
Read moreNature Provides – But How Much Should We Take?
Edward Posnett joins us to talk about journeys to harvest eiderdown, vicuña fiber and other coveted rare objects – and to talk about if humans even have a right to these treasures.
Read moreAssimilation Is A Two-Way Street
Stanford University associate professor Tomás Jiménez joins us to take on the idea of assimilation, the history behind it, and what’s lost when immigrants are encouraged to change who they are.
Read moreHow Pop Culture Demonizes Powerful Women
Feminist author Sady Doyle joins us to talk about how the violent woman trope affects the conversation about equality.
Read moreStudents Aren’t Failing – Colleges Are
University of California, Berkeley professor David Kirp joins us to talk about the source of the economic hardship for students attending college.
Read moreWhite People Problems
Psychologist Natasha Stovall joins us to talk about why it’s taboo to study how white patients worry, reckon, or rage about their place in the social system.
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