Ruha Benjamin, a professor at Princeton University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we are failing at imagining a better world and how thinking big is the path to unlocking good.
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How public schools got so political
Education journalist Laura Pappano joins host Krys Boyd to discuss this evolution – which dates back to at least the 1990s – and how school boards are now ground zero for much of the culture wars.
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The battle over free speech on college campuses
Len Gutkin, senior editor at The Chronicle Review, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how universities are struggling to maintain the tradition of being places that welcome the free exchange of ideas.
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Who controls your destiny? (It’s not you)
Brian Klaas, professor at University College London, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways our actions and even inactions affect not just our lives, but history, and how we find ways to knit all this chaos into neat versions of reality.
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The right way to fail
Amy Edmondson, professor at the Harvard Business School, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why corporate American approaches to failure are all wrong, and how to incorporate healthy lessons from flubs in the workplace.
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Why dyslexia gets overlooked
Education journalist Sarah Carr joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the outdated methods being used to diagnose dyslexia — which rely on I.Q. scores before help is given – and the ways students of color are often left behind.
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What your child really needs from you
Jeffrey Bernstein, a parent coach and psychologist, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss methods of dealing with a defiant child, offering advice on allowing kids to develop healthy coping skills and for parents to find peace in the house again.
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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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The dream the Taliban couldn’t kill
Sola Mahfouz is a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University Quantum Information Group. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her life in Afghanistan under the Taliban and her daring escape to the U.S. for a more fulfilling life.
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Why your commute just keeps getting longer
David Leonhardt of The New York Times joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how a lack of investment in infrastructure has put the U.S. behind in nearly every category from education to even life expectancy.
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How big state schools spend all of that tuition
Wall Street Journal higher education reporter Melissa Korn joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a look into 50 flagship state universities and how inflows of cash are not necessarily benefiting students – and how those schools justify their decisions.
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The beauty of the bilingual brain
Washington Post columnist Theresa Vargas and Sarah Phillips, a postdoctoral neurology scholar at Georgetown, join host Krys Boyd to discuss bilingualism in our culture and the neurological pathways that allow language switching to flow so freely.
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