Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn explains why history’s exceptional leaders prove that the greatest of leaders aren’t born – they’re made.
Read moreBulls, Blood And The Border: A Texas Family’s Story
Roger Hodge joins us to talk about his new book “Texas Blood: Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands.”
Read moreA Homesick Texan Gets Cheesy
Lisa Fain joins us to talk about her latest book, “Queso!: Regional Recipes for the World’s Favorite Chile-Cheese Dip.”
Read moreDoing Well (And Feeling Bad About It)
Sociologist Rachel Sherman joins us to talk about well-off Americans who really struggle with the moral questions that come with great wealth.
Read moreLeft Out: Living In A Right-Handed World
Howard Kushner joins us to talk about why so few people are lefties and about the many ways cultures worldwide discriminate against them.
Read moreSurviving Boston: The Marathon After The Race
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bauman join us to talk about the film “Stronger,” which tells the story of how Bauman survived the Boston Marathon Bombing.
Read moreWhy We’re Afraid Of The Wrong Things (And Why That Hurts Us)
Sasha Abramsky joins us to explain why we often let our anxieties override sound reasoning.
Read moreCooking Food From Other Cultures: Appropriation Or Appreciation?
Soleil Ho of The Racist Sandwich podcast joins us to talk about how we can tell a lot about people by the foods they make and consume.
Read moreThe Culture Of The Modern Workplace
We talk this hour about the time we spend in the office, office humor and about the changing relationship between companies and their employees.
Read moreDeaf Education: Navigating A Hearing World
A pair of students and the president of Gallaudet University, one of the nation’s leading educators of deaf students, join us to discuss how these students are excelling in a hearing world.
Read moreMaking Comedy Out Of Tragedy: Becoming Ms. Pat
Comedian Patricia Williams joins us to talk about being a 15-year-old mother – and about how she ultimately made a life for herself and her family.
Read moreInside India’s Caste System
Sujatha Gidla joins us to talk about how an education helped her to rise above her lot in life – and about how in India, you can’t ever fully leave your caste behind.
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