Kathryn D. Sullivan, a retired NASA astronaut, joins us to talk about her role in launching and maintaining Hubble and her career in space.
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What Ebola Meant For Dallas’ African Immigrants
Kevin J.A. Thomas, associate professor of sociology at Penn State University, joins us to talk about the panic and aftermath of the Ebola crisis — and how the disease affected one population disproportionately.
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What It Takes To Get By In Putin’s Russia
Joshua Yaffa, Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, joins us to talk about the power players who’ve succeeded in Putin’s shadow – and others who weren’t able to carve out their places.
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A Former Ambassador To Iraq Talks Iran
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq from 2016-19, Douglas A. Silliman joins us to talk about U.S. strategy in the region – and about what it will take to improve relations with Iran.
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The Nightmare Of Guantanamo
Peter Jan Honigsberg, director of Witness to Guantanamo, joins us to talk about his years-long work chronicling the extrajudicial practices and people affected inside the prison walls.
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Battlefield Medicine Needs To Change Right Now
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood joins us to talk about current experiments and crucial advances taking place in battlefield medicine that could push the chances of survival well beyond a one-hour window.
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How Will Iran Punch Back?
Ilan Goldenberg, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about what might happen next between Iran and the U.S. – and about if a face-saving option exists.
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A More Nuanced Approach To Pain Management
Science writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee joins us to talk about how researchers are developing a more nuanced understanding of pain and how that’s informing treatment.
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Opium’s Long Spell On Humankind
Dr. John H. Halpern, a psychiatrist and former medical director of the Boston Center for Addiction Treatment, joins us to talk about how the power of the drug, first detected in Mesopotamia, has built to a crisis today.
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The Epidemics That Changed The World
Frank M. Snowden, the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History and History of Medicine at Yale University, joins us to talk about how infectious outbreaks — both terrifying and romanticized — have shaped our world.
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The Idealism Of Samantha Power
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Obama, Samantha Power joins us to talk about her life in public service.
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There Are Lots Of Ways To Be A Man
Matthew Gutmann, professor of anthropology at Brown University, joins us to talk about the enduring ideas that men are aloof, unable to control primal impulses, and are wired to dominate — and how wrong and harmful they are.
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