There’s No Danger In Strangers

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There’s No Danger In Strangers

August 30, 2021 Culture, Mental Health, Science and Technology

Journalist Joe Keohane joins us to discuss the benefits of breaking down our silos and inclinations to isolate in order to find connection, empathy and a path to happiness.

In this Aug. 10, 2021 file photo, an internally displaced woman from northern provinces, who fled her home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, has her blood pressure taken after taking refuge in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan.

What Happens To Afghan Women Now?

August 24, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, Politics

Meighan Stone, an adjunct senior fellow in the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to talk about the humanitarian fallout of the rapid collapse of the nation and how the U.S. might help aid the women and girls left behind.

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For Centuries, Doctors Really Didn’t Understand The Female Body

August 23, 2021 Culture, Health, Mental Health, Science and Technology

Elinor Cleghorn suffered through a long series of misdiagnoses before finally correctly being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. She joins us to unpack the long history of how medicine has failed women.

In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

He Spent 14 Years In Guantánamo Without A Charge

August 19, 2021 Global Issues, Mental Health, Politics, Race/Identity

Mansoor Adayfi was held at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp for more than 14 years without charges, and he joins us to tell his personal story of being kidnapped at age 18 by warlords in Afghanistan and sold to the U.S. after 9/11.

Why Gay Bars Matter

August 16, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Mental Health, Race/Identity

KERA’s Miguel Perez joins us to discuss the significance of gay bars to LGBTQ life in North Texas. And later in the hour, Oberlin College sociologist Greggor Mattson talks about the closure of so many of these spaces during the pandemic has meant to the communities they serve.

¡Hola Papi! Is Here To Help

August 13, 2021 Culture, Health, Mental Health, Race/Identity

John Paul Brammer is an author, illustrator and advice columnist of “¡Hola Papi!” on Substack. He joins us to discuss being gay, bi-racial, finding his footing with family and relationships, and all the wisdom he’s tried to impart to eager followers of his work.

She Went To Med School At 18. Now She Fights For Your Health

August 11, 2021 Health, Politics, Science and Technology

Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, public health professor at George Washington University and former Baltimore health commissioner. She joins us to discuss her work in the area of public health on everything from opioid addiction to disease outbreaks to infant mortality.

She Survived A Civil War, Then Discovered The Trauma Of Racism

August 9, 2021 Culture, Mental Health, Race/Identity

Author Wayétu Moore joins us to discuss her family’s escape from civil war in Liberia, the experience of being an immigrant in Texas, and her eventual return to Africa to better understand the experiences of her fellow migrants.

Photo illustration of prison bars and a hallway

The Inmates Sentenced To Die From Covid

August 9, 2021 Current Events, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Race/Identity

Lisa Armstrong is a professor at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and she joins us to talk specifically about incarcerated people over the age of 55 who could’ve been paroled early to reduce overcrowding but instead remained in prison.

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