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How Middle School Grades Boys

January 10, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity

Ellen McCarthy joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how middle school affects boys, which she writes about for the Washington Post.

Sue Canterbury, Pauline Gill Sullivan Associate Curator of American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, joins us to talk about Ida O’Keeffe’s underappreciated work, which has only recently gained attention.

He Came For The Coffee (And Stayed For The War)

January 8, 2019 Culture, Global Issues

Mokhtar Alkhanshali talks about his experience exploring the rich history of coffee farming and leaving Yemen in the midst of a civil war. Dave Eggers tell the story of Alkhanshali’s journey in “The Monk of Mokha.”

A Lesson In Texas Mythology

January 4, 2019 Culture, Think

W.F. Strong joins guest host John McCaa to tell some tales – some tall, some not – and to talk about the mythology that surrounds the Lone Star State. His new book is called “Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True”.

A Playwright Remembers His Border Childhood

December 21, 2018 Culture, Global Issues, Race/Identity

Playwright Octavio Solis joins us to tell stories of his younger days along the Rio Grande – and how they influenced his life and work.

When Slavery Uproots Your Family Tree

December 20, 2018 Culture, History, Race/Identity

Kenyatta D. Berry, host of “Genealogy Roadshow” on PBS, joins us to talk about using online archives to build a story of your family – and about how collecting this data is still challenging for descendants of slaves.

Erasing The Link Between Art And Architecture

December 13, 2018 Culture

Daniel Libeskind joins us to talk about design – and why he says anyone can do it.

How White Gatekeepers Restrain Black Thinkers

December 11, 2018 Culture, Literature, Race/Identity

Mychal Denzel Smith joins us to talk about how black writers from James Baldwin to Ta-Nehisi Coates consider the race of their readers – and the relationship they have with their publishers.