Susan Golombok, director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge and a professional fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge, joins us to talk about the outdated ideas we have about creating a happy home and the variety of parents out there who are thriving.
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Science journalist Jo Marchant joins us to talk about the impact stargazing has had on human civilizations and the importance of connecting to the wonder of the night sky.
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Virginia Postrel joins us to talk about the international commerce built around silk, cotton, dyes and other materials that tied together people across the globe.
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Johns Hopkins University historian Martha S. Jones joins us to talk about the women who lead the charge for Black women’s suffrage, working to dismantle systemic racism and have their voices heard.
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MIT professor Daron Acemoglu joins us to make the case that the American political landscape is deeply fractured, and that the nation’s unequal social classes add fuel to that fire.
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Ohio State professor Douglas B. Downey joins us to explain why academics are approaching closing equity gaps for student achievement all wrong.
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Benjamin Wallace joins us to talk about the people who endlessly try to decode puzzles to solve where someone has buried the loot — sometimes upending their lives to find it.
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Brandon L. Wright, editorial director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins us to talk about public education funding challenges and how in the aftermath of the pandemic we must find smarter ways to spend those dollars.
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Anita Kumar, White House correspondent and associate editor at Politico, joins us to discuss the complicated issues of presidential transitions, from national security to the COVID-19 pandemic, and what happens when they don’t run smoothly.
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Michael McCullough, professor of psychology at the University of California San Diego, joins us to talk about how our collective experiences have taught us to care for one another.
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Jeffrey Ostler, Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History at the University of Oregon, joins guest host John McCaa to talk about how America was built in part on relentless violence and Native American dispossession.
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University of South Carolina School of Law professor Derek W. Black joins guest host John McCaa to talk about why a public education system built to serve all students is fundamental to creating an equitable society.
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