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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A Million Miles And Counting: A Trucker’s Tale
Finn Murphy joins us to talk about the more than a million miles he’s logged driving trucks back and forth across the United States.
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Accepting Yourself When Others Won’t
Lizzie Velasquez joins us to talk about living with the rare genetic condition that has affected her appearance.
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The Dallas Police Shootings: A Year Later
During this special episode of Think, we’ll look back at the night of July 7, 2016, we’ll hear from one of the officers who was wounded in the attack and we’ll talk about how Dallas has changed – and stayed the same – since that night.
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Kumail Nanjiani On Turning A Crisis Into Comedy
Kumail Nanjiani joins us to talk about finding humor in one of the darkest times of his life, the premise of his and wife Emily Gordon’s romantic comedy “The Big Sick.”
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How To Pick A Podcast
Lauren Ober, the host of the WAMU radio show “The Big Listen,” joins us to talk about the podcasts we should be listening to this summer.
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How To Watch Movies
Ann Hornaday, movie critic for the Washington Post, joins us to talk about how we can better understand the sights and sounds of the big screen.
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