Andrew Van Dam, a date columnist for The Washington Post, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about why Millennials are not having children even though they still want them.
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Where avocados are illegal
Harper’s contributor Alexander Sammon joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how drug cartels are getting into the avocado business – and how one town is fighting back to protect both its safety and natural resources.
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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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Hate flying? Blame deregulation
Ganesh Sitaraman, a law professor, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why he feels unregulated capitalism created a handful of airline competitors and why he feels improvements are possible.
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When social movements march into your relationship
Clinical psychologist Orna Guralnik talks about what she’s seen in her practice, where couples are bringing to the table issues of race and privilege and trauma like she hasn’t seen before.
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For old-school conspiracy theorists, QAnon crossed a line
Conspiracy theory researcher Annie Kelly discusses how old-school skeptics raised on late-night call-in radio fear modern day conspiracy theorists are giving their passion a bad name.
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Scientists argue all the time but still work together
Lorraine Daston, director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how partnerships are forged in science.
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What do animals need from us?
Kendra Coulter, a fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the animal advocates battling abuse and pushing for pro-animal policies in legislatures – and how their work benefits humans, too
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Why we should put women in charge of climate change
Zainab Salbi, co-founder of the nonprofit Daughters for Earth, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her efforts to empower women to counter climate change with activism.
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Why we should put women in charge of climate change
Zainab Salbi, co-founder of the nonprofit Daughters for Earth, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her efforts to empower women to counter climate change with activism.
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Is online privacy even possible?
Atlantic staff writer Charlie Warzel joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the vast and unregulated systems set up to capture our data, and why even stricter data capture policies in the E.U. won’t help repair breaches of our privacy.
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Facing an ethical dilemma? Here’s some help
Philosopher Peter Singer talks about how we can make choices that lead to what he calls “maximum good.”
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