Author Michael Lewis joins us to tell the stories of a biochemist, a public health worker and a federal government employee who worked in the White House during the early days of trying to contain the coronavirus.
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Is There A Path To Puerto Rican Statehood?
Journalist Andrea González-Ramírez joins us to discuss the political roadblocks to statehood, the option to become an independent nation, and the complex issues that face the future of the island.
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The Links Between Structural Racism And Mental Illness
Dr. Ruth S. Shim joins us to discuss the lack of access to care for people of color and the links between structural racism and mental health.
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An Honest Conversation About Being Fat
Aubrey Gordon is the previously anonymous writer behind the popular Your Fat Friend essays and social media posts, and she joins us to talk about why the “body positivity” movement doesn’t go far enough to achieve real social justice and basic human rights.
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Readying Your Mind For A Post-Pandemic You
Dr. Madhukar Trivedi joins us to talk about what it will take to retrain ourselves to live in a world not dominated by a global pandemic.
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An Illusionist Reveals His Secrets
Derek DelGaudio joins us to talk about his autobiography, a deep dive into how illusion and identity shaped his life.
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How We Got To BIPOC
Christopher MacDonald-Dennis is chief diversity officer at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and he joins us to talk about the evolution of BIPOC and similar terms – and why some people embrace them while others don’t.
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The South Lives On In White Sororities
Scholar Margaret L. Freeman joins us to talk about the hyperfeminine world of sorority life and how sororities contribute to maintaining southern social hierarchies.
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The Ugly Truth About Beauty Filters
Tate Ryan-Mosley of MIT Technology Review joins us to talk about filter apps, how they affect boys and girls differently and why that’s cause for worry.
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Therapy Apps Need Some Work
New York Magazine features writer Molly Fischer joins us to talk about her first-person experience trying out these apps, which don’t always deliver on their promise.
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When Your Parent Is Mentally Ill
Clinical psychologist Vinita Mehta joins us to talk about how nearly one in four children worldwide have a parent with mental illness and how that can affect both child development and the parent-child relationship into adulthood.
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An Artist’s Quest To Replace The Irreplaceable
Michael Rakowitz joins us to talk about his work that uses historic moments as a launching board to workshop big ideas into moments of change.
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