Washington Post parenting columnist Meghan Leahy and University of Houston associate professor Samuel Brower join us to talk about the pressures of pandemic parenting and about how we can make sure young students don’t fall behind.
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Working Women: The Professional Casualties Of COVID-19
Chabeli Carrazana, economy reporter for The 19th News, joins us to talk about how women’s meager workplace gains since the 1970s are being wiped out by the pandemic – and how they’ll be tough to regain.
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Why Is It So Difficult To Treat Pain
Travis Rieder joins us to talk about how his addiction to pain medication taught him about how we address the current opioid crisis.
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The Roadmap For Texas’ Economic Recovery
Robert S. Kaplan and Marvin Odum join us to explore how the energy, banking, and other important industries in the state might bounce back – and how everyday Texans can get back on their feet.
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Why It’s So Hard To Draw The Line On Gerrymandering
Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, joins us to talk about the many factors – some political, some not – that go into deciding how Americans cast their votes.
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The Clock Ticking On TikTok
Michael Schuman is a contributing writer to The Atlantic and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He joins us to talk about how a seemingly harmless app, TikTok, has hit a nerve with American cybersecurity experts and provided yet another sticking point in U.S.-China relations
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The Many Ways America Failed The COVID-19 Test
Ed Yong covers science as a staff writer for The Atlantic, and he joins us to talk about the current crisis and how it could’ve been avoided.
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The Future of Life During COVID
This hour, we’re exploring how three sectors of everyday life are responding to the pandemic.
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Does Personal Freedom Endanger Public Health?
Mark Rothstein joins us to talk about what to do when public health directives during a pandemic clash with our expectation of personal liberty.
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Gun Culture A Year After El Paso
Jennifer Carlson joins us to look at how the discussion around guns has changed during COVID-19 and explore how the conversation will be framed during the 2020 presidential campaigns.
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Life In The Shadow Of The Border Wall
D.W. Gibson spent two years observing a section of the wall’s development – from prototype to construction – and he joins us to talk about what he learned from talking to people who live and work near it.
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The Covid Numbers You Should Care About
ProPublica health reporter Caroline Chen joins us to talk about how we should interpret the numbers to get a sense of where we’re headed.
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