Megan Agnew, senior features writer for The Times, joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the “trad wife” movement, it’s retro look at wifedom and motherhood, and one woman in particular with a huge following on Instagram who’s caught the curious attention of tens of millions.
Read moreThe charm of politicians is a double-edged sword
Julia Sonnevend of The New School for Social Research, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how politicians tap into their own charm to earn your support.
Read moreWhy so much political violence now?
Adrienne LaFrance joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why feelings of powerlessness can lead to violence and the disturbing historical patterns that seem to be repeating today.
Read moreWhat Project 2025 really says
Andrew Prokop, senior politics correspondent at Vox, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the policy suggestions laid out in Project 2025, how much of it might actually be adopted by a potential Trump administration, and the shakeup that’s happened at Heritage since its publication.
Read moreHow a school shooter’s parents were convicted of homicide
John Woodrow Cox, enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his time embedded with the prosecutor who built the case against the parents of a son who killed four students at his high school – and what it means for future legal cases regarding the actions of minors.
Read moreWhy the Supreme Court doesn’t represent America
Krys Boyd talks to constitutional law professor Kevin J. McMahon of Trinity College,to discuss how we got to a court that doesn’t reflect the majority of the electorate, what that means for its reputation, and ideas for how to fix what’s broken.
Read moreHow climate change affects the human body
Author Jeff Goodell joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why increasing heatwaves kill the most vulnerable and how they will affect food supplies and water resources – even disease outbreaks.
Read moreThe Democrats’ Biden Dilemma
Jeffrey Engel, David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pressure Biden is under to step aside – and whether the Democratic Party would consider drafting another candidate regardless of the president’s wishes.
Read moreThe surprising power of willful forgetting
Linda Kinstler joins us to discuss the idea of “oblivion,” allowing society to forgive low-level offenders in order to heal a fractured society.
Read moreWho decides what is hate speech on college campuses?
New York Times Magazine staff writer Emily Bazelon joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what makes a university a “safe space” for free speech, how 90s era laws complicate that, and how students should be included in discussions about the rules of campus protesting.
Read moreIt’s 2024: Where are our flying cars?
New Yorker staff writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the industry trying to create “electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles”—a.k.a. flying cars.
Read moreWhy screenwriters can’t make a living
Daniel Bessner, contributor to Harper’s Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how investors are changing the business landscape for television and movie writers – and the ways writers hustle for any work.
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