Matthew Shaer, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how distracted and angry drivers are causing more crashes and automobile fatalities.
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Xi Jinping is in trouble
Simone Gao is a journalist and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how China’s economic woes affect the larger global economy, and why the Chinese populace might be losing patience with its leader.
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How big a deal is the Vatican’s decision to bless same-sex couples?
Host Krys Boyd talks with Francis X. Rocca and Eder Díaz Santillan about how the new ruling is being put into practice worldwide and about how gay Catholics are receiving the news.
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Fighting unjust policing from the inside
Edwin Raymond, a veteran of the New York Police Department, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss practices inside police departments that contribute to unequal patterns of enforcement, and his ideas on how these can change.
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The anxiety of going off Ozempic
Brad Olson, news editor for The Wall Street Journal, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways a semaglutide drug transformed his life and – now that he’s facing a future without it – his anxiety over gaining the weight back.
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Everything everywhere all at once: The threats to global democracy
NPR’s Global Democracy correspondent, Frank Langfitt, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how these seismic shifts upend the lives of everyday people – and about how they challenge American power around the world.
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Calling out the colonizers
In our modern world, the term “colonizer” is as pejorative as it’s ever been. Roger Cohen is Paris bureau chief for The New York Times, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways we’ve historically discussed colonizers.
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The story of Volodymyr Zelensky
Time correspondent Simon Shuster joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his new biography of the comedian-turned-Ukrainian president.
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Why the Democrats are losing working class voters
George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why it will be hard for Democrats to win back a class of workers that might just determine the outcome of this year’s elections.
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For farmers, climate change is complicated
Laura Reiley, who covers the business of food for The Washington Post, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways U.S. farmers are approaching modern problems of output and how the industry is working to do more with less.
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Ten great books written this year
Gilbert Cruz, the Book Review editor, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the fiction and nonfiction that made the 10 best books of 2023 and explain the criteria for how the esteemed list is made.
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Could facial recognition software send you to jail?
Eyal Press, a contributing writer for The New Yorker, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss cases of mistaken identity that sent innocent people to prison, all on the authority of tech that is still new and has unintended bias built in.
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