Frontline producer and editor Michelle Mizner joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Mstyslav Chernov’s first-person account of life under siege, the horrors of a bombed maternity hospital and, ultimately, the power of the press.
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You won’t believe how much plastic you eat
Lauren F. Friedman, an editor at Consumer Reports, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss CR’s rigorous testing of fast foods and supermarket products to find the harmful chemicals that enter our bodies.
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A just world starts with imagination
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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Xi Jinping is in trouble
Simone Gao is a journalist and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how China’s economic woes affect the larger global economy, and why the Chinese populace might be losing patience with its leader.
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How big a deal is the Vatican’s decision to bless same-sex couples?
Host Krys Boyd talks with Francis X. Rocca and Eder Díaz Santillan about how the new ruling is being put into practice worldwide and about how gay Catholics are receiving the news.
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The decision to have kids feels more complicated than ever
Host Krys Boyd talks with guests Andrew Van Dam, Bryan Walsh, and William MacAskill on population projections and what factors people consider when deciding to have children or not.
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Everything everywhere all at once: The threats to global democracy
NPR’s Global Democracy correspondent, Frank Langfitt, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how these seismic shifts upend the lives of everyday people – and about how they challenge American power around the world.
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The story of Volodymyr Zelensky
Time correspondent Simon Shuster joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his new biography of the comedian-turned-Ukrainian president.
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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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What Africa’s coups mean for democracy
Murithi Mutiga, director of the Africa Program at the International Crisis Group, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the challenges democracy faces in the grip of political violence.
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Inside the Duterte regime’s murderous war on drugs
Patricia Evangelista, former investigative reporter for the Philippine news company Rappler, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the killings, carried out by police and vigilantes, and the people whose lives were shaped by fear in a lawless time.
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Unpacking passport privilege
Shahnaz Habib, who consults for the United Nations, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the privilege of who gets to travel and who doesn’t.
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