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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreFeeling lonely? It’s time to get creative
Dr. Jeremy Nobel, a primary-care physician with faculty appointments at the Harvard Medical School, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how we can use creative expression to connect with others.
Read moreHow to fight fake news with science
Ben Rein, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University and a prolific science communicator, joins host Krys Boyd to set the record straight on some well-established scientific myths and misconceptions.
Read moreWhen college is a waste of money
Paul Tough, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the U.S. is an outlier globally when it comes to college popularity.
Read moreWhat’s a fishwife, anyway? A history of words about women
Jenni Nuttall teaches medieval literature at the University of Oxford, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how words have influenced how we view female roles in society.
Read moreFrom foster care to fostering hope
David Ambroz joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his life’s work of fighting for child welfare, the subject of his new memoir.
Read moreTreating anxiety has become a cottage industry
Julie Wernau of The Wall Street Journal joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why strategies to combat stressors are popular—but sometimes clinically untested.
Read moreIn math, there are no dumb questions
Eugenia Cheng joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why we should approach math education as a journey of imagination, and why there are no dumb questions in the search for answers.
Read moreHow 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreWant to strengthen your brain? Learn another language
Viorica Marian is a professor of psychology at Northwestern University. She explains why she believes we all have the capacity to be multilingual and how that affects the ways we perceive the world.
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