Better Loving Through Chemistry

March 4, 2021 Culture, Education, Health, Science and Technology

Brian D. Earp joins us to argue that drugs that can help strengthen – and sever – relationships are out there now, and it’s time to understand the ethics and morals behind their use.

When Kids Carry Their Identities In Their Lunchboxes

March 3, 2021 Culture, Education, Race/Identity

Jaya Saxena is a staff writer at Eater, and she joins us to talk about what it’s like to feel like an outsider simply because of what your well-meaning parents packed you for lunch.

History’s Real-Life Fashion Police

March 2, 2021 Culture, Education, History, Politics

Stanford Law professor Richard Thompson Ford joins us to talk about a long and fascinating list of rules about who could dress in which ways and why, and how they were often used as a cudgel to keep people from rising above their station.

You Can Achieve So Much More – Here’s How

March 2, 2021 Education, Health, Science and Technology

Steven Kotler, executive director of the Flow Research Collective, joins us to offer accessible strategies for unlocking the potential of our minds and bodies.

How The Medical Research System Gets Around Informed Consent

February 26, 2021 Current Events, Education, Health, History, Politics, Science and Technology

Harriet A. Washington, a lecturer in bioethics at Columbia University, joins us to talk about her research into a patient’s right to decline a procedure and the ethics of forcing experiments or new treatments in the name of research.

The ABC’s Of STD’s

February 25, 2021 Education, Health, History, Science and Technology

Dr. Ina Park is a medical consultant at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, and she joins us for an open conversation about how STDs are spread and how they affect the body.

How To Become More Open-Minded

February 25, 2021 Culture, Education

Wharton School organizational psychologist Adam Grant joins us to talk about how sometimes growth comes through unlearning ideas we’ve always thought to be true.

Egg Freezing: Empowerment Or Impediment

February 22, 2021 Education, Health, Politics, Science and Technology

Lucy van de Wiel, research associate at the Reproductive Sociology Research Group, University of Cambridge, joins us to discuss how this reproductive technology offers a chance at parenting but also can lead to a heartbreaking journey into a largely unregulated industry.

How Public Education Props Up Our Democracy

February 18, 2021 Education, History, Politics

University of South Carolina School of Law professor Derek W. Black joins us to talk about why a public education system built to serve all students is fundamental to creating an equitable society.

The Heavy Weight of American Racism

February 8, 2021 Culture, Education, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Mary-Frances Winters, president and CEO of diversity and inclusion consulting firm The Winters Group, joins us to discuss the exhaustion that comes with constantly fighting for a seat at the table, especially amid white fragility and empty promises for change.

Is America Really A Christian Nation?

February 3, 2021 Culture, Education, History, Politics

Boston University professor Jay Wexler joins us to talk about religious rights in the public sphere beyond Christianity, Judaism and Islam and how they fit into a country that increasingly disavows religion altogether.

What Drives Indian Parents To Push Their Kids

January 27, 2021 Culture, Education, Race/Identity, Sports

Pawan Dhingra is a sociologist and Professor of American Studies at Amherst College, and he joins us to discuss the rise of the competitive student, the industry of tutors and activities built up around the idea, and how class and social status play into the phenomenon.