Rosemary Westwood is a public health reporter, and she discusses the specific Mississippi abortion ban case that has made it to the Supreme Court.
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She did time, now she reports on the prison system
After two years in prison for drug charges, Keri Blakinger became a reporter. She discusses her story of drug addiction, incarceration, and the stories she now hopes to tell to shine a light on lives lived behind bars.
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Should all #MeToo violators be punished the same way?
New York Times columnist Pamela Paul discusses if unacceptable workplace conduct should always be equated with sexual harassment.
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Every company is becoming like Amazon
Samantha Oltman from Vox talks about Amazon and its influence over American culture and work life, and what happens when customer satisfaction is the primary concern, no matter the costs.
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The trait mass shooters have in common
Journalist Seamus McGraw joins us to discuss the pattern of American mass gun violence – from the 1966 massacre at the University of Texas at Austin to today.
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Is classical liberalism dead?
Francis Fukuyama joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pushback against classical thoughts about individual rights, rule of law and equality, and what he sees as the decaying of American institutions.
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The lengths we go to for secure elections
Host Krys Body talks with three people who’ve dedicated their careers to election integrity about what goes into securing elections and efforts to restore faith in them ahead of the midterms.
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You may not be in a union, but you’ve benefitted from one
Labor columnist Kim Kelly joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the people who fought for workers’ rights and to offer perspective on the needs of the working class.
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How to spot a white supremacist
Historian Augustine Sedgewick joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the white nationalist group called Patriot Front and how ideas of the patriarchal family have fed into their racist beliefs.
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The next disaster is coming. Are you ready?
Juliette Kayyem, a lecturer at Harvard and faculty director of the Homeland Security Project and the Security and Global Health Project, discusses her approach to crisis management.
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What do we really know about Vladimir Putin?
UCLA political scientist Daniel Treisman discusses Putin’s rise from spin doctor to tyrant – and about who makes up his inner circle now as the world watches for his next moves.
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Psychedelic drugs are back — here’s what’s different this time around
Zoe Cormier discusses how Big Pharma has entered the psychedelics game – and these drugs’ new-found champions in Silicon Valley.
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