Hakeem Oluseyi joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his early life, when he struggled with inequality, poverty and addiction, and how he found his way out by studying the stars.
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Art can open our minds to new solutions
Amy E. Herman explains her method for training leaders to look to works of art to mend what’s broken in their organizations.
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The power of banned books
Kate Cohen considers why naming books as illicit increases demand, and why that means the written word still resonates with today’s youth.
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What do we really know about spacetime?
Adam Becker joins us to discuss theories about the space-time continuum and why they are important if we want to achieve a much deeper understanding of how the universe works.
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The pressure to act happy when your child has special needs
Heather Lanier joins us to discuss the personal struggles she faces parenting her daughter, a child with a very rare genetic disorder, while navigating a world that expects parents to raise high-achieving children.
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Why day care centers are on the verge of collapse
Bloomberg Businessweek columnist Claire Suddath explains why daycare centers struggle with staffing and profit margins, and why, despite the demand, the industry is struggling to survive.
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From Drug Dealer To Harvard Debate Coach
Brandon P. Fleming joins us to discuss his childhood surrounded by poverty and crime, his dreams shattered by injury, and his ultimate redemption, which he found in teaching himself and others to be express themselves.
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How To Become More Open-Minded
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.
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Teach students to think for themselves
José Antonio Bowen talks about why he believes education doesn’t do enough to foster independent thinking and why he’d rewrite the 3 R’s to relationships, resilience and reflection.
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How to lie with maps
New York Times editorial board member Greg Bensinger joins us to discuss the gaps between what maps represent and real-life knowledge.
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Why Men Are Skipping College
Wall Street Journal reporter Douglas Belkin joins us to discuss the widening gap between men and women in higher education.
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Fictional Teens Vs. Real-Life Monsters
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.
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