To Tip, Or Not To Tip?

September 2, 2015 Culture

This hour, we’ll talk about how we navigate the service industry, whether workers actually benefit from this payments system, and if we’ll ever see an end to tipping in America with New York magazine restaurant critic Adam Platt.

One Day, Two Dollars

September 1, 2015 Culture, Economics

We’ll discuss the underlying causes of extreme poverty with National Poverty Center researcher H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.

The Nomadic Life

August 27, 2015 Culture

This hour, Anna Badkhen joins us to talk about her experience living with the Fulani people of Mali, which she writes about in Walking With Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah.

Sex and the Law

August 26, 2015 Culture, Health

This hour, we’ll talk about the dubious history of legislating sex with human rights lawyer Eric Berkowitz, author of The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities.

Down And Out

August 26, 2015 Culture, Current Events

This hour, we’ll talk about why LGBTQ teens are prone to homelessness – and about how little is being done to help them – with the author of No House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions.

New Orleans After Katrina

August 24, 2015 Culture, History

This hour, we’ll talk about how the city preserved its vibrant culture and recovered from the disaster with Roberta Brandes Gratz, author of We’re Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City.

The Ethical Consumer

August 20, 2015 Culture, Economics

This hour, we’ll talk about how what we know about businesses affects how we spend our money with a panel of business ethics professors.

Charting A Career Path

August 19, 2015 Culture

We’ll talk about how to develop a plan for our working lives that gets us to the jobs we want with the author of The Strategic Career: Let Business Principles Guide You.

The Case For And Against College

August 17, 2015 Culture, Education

We’ll talk about getting the best bang for your educational buck with the author of Will College Pay Off?: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You’ll Ever Make.

Tattoo You

August 12, 2015 Culture

We’ll talk specifically about what extensive body art says about the women who chose the look with Siena College sociology professor Beverly Yuen Thompson.

Francis: The Pope, The Person

August 5, 2015 Culture

We’ll get to know the man born Jorge Mario Bergoglio a little better with Robert Draper, whose book with photographer David Yoder is called Pope Francis and the New Vatican.

Do I Sound Gay?

August 5, 2015 Culture, Race/Identity

We’ll talk about whether a “gay voice” exists – and if it does, why? – with filmmaker David Thorpe, whose documentary Do I Sound Gay opens this weekend at the Texas Theatre.