Animals Sometimes Don’t Follow The Rules

Photo of a group of African safari animals composited together in a scene of the grasslands of Kenya.

Animals Sometimes Don’t Follow The Rules

September 24, 2021 Culture, Education, Environment, Science and Technology, Upcoming

Mary Roach joins us talk about when humans and wildlife are in conflict – from errant elephants to rule-breaking moose and life-threatening trees.

What Is The Job Of A Journalist?

September 23, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Education, Upcoming

Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies joins us to discuss ethics in an ever-polarized media landscape, how social media has changed journalism, and what it means for society when individuals can choose only the news they want to hear.

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Fictional Teens Vs. Real-Life Monsters

September 22, 2021 Education, History, Literature, Race/Identity, Upcoming

Author and educator Liza Wiemer joins us to talk about her YA novel featuring students who must use Nazi propaganda in a debate, the courage it takes for two teenagers to confront anti-Semitism, and the real-life examples the author drew from.

Meet The Creatures Living Above And Below Us

September 17, 2021 Culture, Education, Environment, Science and Technology

Two pioneering female scientists speak with us: one who describes life in the tops of trees as an eighth continent, and an oceanographer who studies bioluminescent marine animals that light up the ocean floor.

A High School Student Holding Up A Sign That Says "I Am Privileged And It's Wrong."

Being Nice Doesn’t Mean You’re Not Racist

August 20, 2021 Culture, Education, Race/Identity

Robin DiAngelo is an academic, lecturer, and author and has been a consultant and trainer on issues of racial and social justice for more than 20 years. She joins us to discuss how white progressives often downplay systemic racism.

A visitor wears a protective mask during a visit to the Texas Capitol.

How Will Schools Protect Students And Staff?

August 18, 2021 Current Events, Education, Politics

Michael Hinojosa is superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District, and he joins us to talk about defying the governor’s orders by directing that masks be worn at schools – and about how schools are addressing the issues of learning loss by shutting down last school year.

Segregation In Higher Ed Isn’t A Thing Of The Past

August 12, 2021 Culture, Economics, Education, History, Literature, Politics, Race/Identity

Adam Harris, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to discuss why Black students have always been an afterthought in higher education, the legacy that has created and the road toward reckoning with this discrimination.

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Use Your Words

July 16, 2021 Culture, Education, Language

This hour we’ll talk with linguist John McWhorter about how we use profanity, Anna Sale of the “Death, Sex and Money” podcast about strategies for having difficult conversations and psychologist Katherine Kinzler about how the actual sound of our voices affects how people hear what we’ve got to say.

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