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.
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Why 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.
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Cooking 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.
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The 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.
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Deaf 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.
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Making 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.
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Inside 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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Asking The Big Questions About Having Kids
SMU philosopher Jean Kazez joins to talk about the daunting list of questions would-be parents have to consider.
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Rethinking The U.S. Prison System
We talk with a law school professor about why America locks up more of its citizens than any other country, a criminologist about our increased use of solitary confinement and a former inmate who’s made it her life’s work to help other incarcerated women transition back to freedom.
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Impossible Moral Dilemmas
Binghampton University philosophy professor Lisa Tessman joins us to talk about working through moral quandaries.
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Burning For Love: Arson In Rural America
Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse joins us to talk about a string of dozens of arsons that left a rural Virginia county on edge wondering when the next house would burn.
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How “Thelma & Louise” Redefined The Roles Of Women In Hollywood
Becky Aikman joins us to talk about the film’s unlikely path from script to screen – and about why more than 25 years later Hollywood is still gun shy when it comes to female-led casts.
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