Peniel E. Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to talk about how these protests resemble demonstrations of the Civil Rights era – and how social media and video footage have changed how people protest.
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ProPublica reporter Nina Martin joins us to talk about the critical links between maternal mortality and Medicaid and why limited to no access means pregnant and new mothers are dying at an alarming rate.
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Adrienne LaFrance, executive editor of The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to talk specifically about QAnon, whose adherents believe in a “deep state” plot against President Trump.
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Andre M. Perry, a fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about his deep-dive into six black-majority cities to find out why property is undervalued and what residents should demand for their futures.
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Atif Mian, John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School, joins us to talk about the short and long-term ramifications of debt on nations and individuals.
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Journalist Kate Andersen Brower joins us to talk about the post White House lives of recent presidents and how their experiences have created a bond among them.
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Filmmaker Sasha Achilli joins us to tell the story of one ER doctor in Nothern Italy and her battle to save a daily swarm of incoming patients inside a besieged hospital.
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Houston Chronicle columnist Joe Holley joins us to tell the story of a small Texas town learning to trust again after experiencing the worst mass shooting inside an American place of worship.
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Randall Munroe joins host Krys Boyd to talk about all the ways you can reach the wrong conclusion – and how we can get to the correct answer.
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Dr. Saul J. Weiner, professor of medicine, pediatrics, and medical education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, joins us to talk about practicing medicine that goes beyond medical charts.
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J.M. Fenster joins us to talk about a system of fibs, infidelities and fraud that permeates every corner of our society and why, big or small, they matter.
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Yossi Sheffi, director of the M.I.T. Center for Transportation and Logistics, talks to us about how COVID-19 is impacting the U.S. food supply chain and what that means for your family’s shopping list.
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