Jennifer Berney joins us to talk about how same-sex families are redefining our understanding of heredity and paternity.
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‘Race Science’ Is Still a Thing
BBC science reporter Angela Saini joins us to talk about why some scientists cling to the idea that race is a biological characteristic instead of a social construct.
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Trained Monkeys: The Cruelty of Wildlife Tourism
Natasha Daly joins us to talk about the wildlife tourism business– and how it often harms the natural world and creatures we want to see.
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Don’t Force Your Kid to Be a Prodigy
David Epstein joins us to talk about scientific research that shows we should strive to learn a little bit about a lot of things rather than dive deep into one area.
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Siri and Alexa are Spying On You
Washington Post technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler joins us to explain how our phones, when charging, send our data to marketing companies and research firms – and about how the makers of our phones are doing very little to protect our privacy.
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Why Moms Still Do the Most
Psychologist Darcy Lockman joins us to talk about why so often our egalitarian values don’t line up with the realities of parenting.
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In Defense Of Puns
James Geary joins us to talk about the importance of wit in everyday life, and to make the case that puns – yes puns! – may be the highest form of wit.
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The Foreign and the Familiar: A Novel of the Border
Oscar Cásares joins host us to talk about putting a fictional – though very human – face on life at the U.S.-Mexico border, the subject of his latest novel.
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The Purpose Of Silence
Harriet Shawcross joins us to talk about how traumatic experiences can interrupt our ability to communicate.
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Millennials Can’t Move In Because Boomers Won’t Move Out
Patrick Sisson joins us to talk about how policy, shifting demographics and market forces have combined to bring us to the current situation, which he writes about for the website Curbed.
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Fat Phobia’s Racist Origins
University of California, Irvine sociologist Sabrina Strings joins us to talk about how societal attitudes towards fatness – particularly when it comes to black women – became increasingly negative in the years that followed.
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FaceTime Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Joe Pinkser joins us to talk about how technology enables people to feel close while physically apart – and to talk about how our thinking about long-distance relationships has evolved.
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