Andy Norman, director of the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, joins us to discuss the ways conspiracy theories can corrupt sound thinking – and how we can strengthen ourselves to fight back against bad ideas.
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Anxiety Can Actually Be Good For You
Dr. Wendy Suzuki is a professor of neural science and psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University, and she joins us to discuss how we can master stress to put it to good use.
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The Magic Of Mushrooms
Aliya Whiteley joins us to talk about the world of fungi, from spores to mushrooms to their psychedelic properties and magical lore.
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It’s Time To Recognize The Value Of ‘Women’s Work’
Type Media Center reporting fellow Sarah Jaffe joins us to talk about how Covid lockdowns made it clear how much Americans rely on care workers – and how little we value them monetarily.
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All The Questions She Never Got To Ask Her Mother
Kat Chow is a founding member of the Code Switch podcast team from NPR, and she joins us to tell her story of grief, not only for herself, but for her extended family, spread out across the world.
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There’s No Danger In Strangers
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.
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What Happens To Afghan Women Now?
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
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.
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He Spent 14 Years In Guantánamo Without A Charge
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.
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Why Gay Bars Matter
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.
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¡Hola Papi! Is Here To Help
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.
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She Went To Med School At 18. Now She Fights For Your Health
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.
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