Donna Hylton, who spent 25 years in prison, joins us to talk about how spending time with other inmates helped her to come to terms with her abusive upbringing.
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Immigrants On Their Earliest Memories Of America
Samip Mallick, director of the First Days Project, joins us to talk about what can be learned about the immigrant experience by collecting their stories.
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Rethinking Our Relationship With Animals
Michigan State law professor David Favre joins us to think through our evolving relationship with our fellow inhabitants of Earth.
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Cheaters: Why Women And Men Stray
Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg joins us to talk about the three types of cheating, why they’re so prevalent and how we can overcome them.
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Why Do We Care If A Boy Wears A Dress?
Writer Sarah Rich joins us to talk about why we should be teaching boys how to be nurturing, caring and other traits typically associated with femininity.
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Everybody’s Insecure And That’s OK
Psychologist Ellen Hendriksen joins us to talk about how we can overcome our fear of interacting with other people.
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Bringing ‘Hairspray’ To The Stage
“Hairspray” is being produced by the Dallas Theater Center, and we talk with director Joel Ferrell and Michelle Dowdy – who plays Tracy – about the social themes the show explores that still resonate today.
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Why Honor Can Save Us
Tamler Sommers joins us to make the case that living a more honorable life is the key to solving many of the nation’s problems.
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The Life Of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eileen McNamara joins us to make the case that it was actually a Kennedy woman – Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver – who had the biggest impact of all the members of the Kennedy Family.
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Have Elite Athletes Hit Their Peak?
Christine Brennan joins us to talk about how scientists and coaches are working to squeeze every last bit out of our potential.
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Lidia Bastianich’s Life In Food
The PBS cooking-show host joins us to talk about her journey from Italian farm girl to celebrity chef.
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Does Everything Really Need To Be Funny?
Ken Jennings joins us to trace how we’ve developed into a culture that prizes humor over more traditionally appreciated traits like strength and wisdom.
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