Journalist Tom Vanderbilt joins host Krys Boyd to talk about why it’s easy to forget that trying something new makes us happy, and why those experiences trigger personal growth.
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Toxic Patriotism
Mychal Denzel Smith is a fellow at Type Media Center, and he joins us to talk about his thoughts on how he wrestles to understand the current moment studied against the long lens of American history.
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Education Inequality Starts Outside The Classroom
Ohio State professor Douglas B. Downey joins us to explain why academics are approaching closing equity gaps for student achievement all wrong.
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A Better Way To Spend Those Education Dollars
Brandon L. Wright, editorial director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins us to talk about public education funding challenges and how in the aftermath of the pandemic we must find smarter ways to spend those dollars.
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How Public Education Props Up Our Democracy
University of South Carolina School of Law professor Derek W. Black joins guest host John McCaa to talk about why a public education system built to serve all students is fundamental to creating an equitable society.
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How The Pandemic Has Set Women Back Decades
This hour, guest host Courtney Collins talks about how the pandemic has created a female recession, how disparities in who receives healthcare have widened, and how the feminist movement often leaves behind women of color.
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What It Was Like To Be Mr. Rogers’ Friend
Tom Junod joins us to talk about an interview that turned into an unlikely, lifelong friendship with a quiet man who possessed a special power to deeply empathize with children and adults alike.
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One Attorney’s Crusade Against Racism In The Law
Brittany K. Barnett is an attorney who helped win executive clemency from President Obama for seven of her clients and an entrepreneur focused on social impact investing. She joins us to talk about being the daughter of an incarcerated mother, her pro bono legal work, and her resolve to challenge the status quo.
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Schools Can Create Better Citizens By Returning To Civics
Rebecca Winthrop, joins us to argue that, without teaching the fundamentals of how our government works, we’ll never convince people to get out the vote.
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Designing For Disability Helps Everybody
Sara Hendren teaches design for disability at Olin College of Engineering, and she joins us to talk about the idea that disability isn’t about a person, so much as the way a person must navigate an unhelpful world.
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When Work From Home Meets Home School
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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Can We Safely Reopen Schools?
Education Week reporter Madeline Will joins us to talk about what it will take to safely welcome students back to school amid the pandemic.
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