Kara Dixon Vuic, professor of war, conflict and society in 20th Century America at TCU, joins us to discuss the roles of young women volunteers through the Vietnam War and beyond. Her new book is called “The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Front Lines.”
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Historian David King joins us to talk about the series of events that led hostages inside a bank to identify so closely with their gun-wielding captor.
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Science journalist Sonia Shah joins us to talk about why global movement is actually a hopeful signal, bringing with it diversity and help for ecosystems.
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Michael Mooney joins host us to talk about TV’s “Joy of Painting” host, Bob Ross, who encouraged us to make happy little accidents.
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Robert Draper of The New York Times joins us to talk about how a combination of groupthink, faulty intelligence and a flawed decision-making process led to a war that spawned many unintended consequences.
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David Stebenne teaches political, legal and constitutional history at The Ohio State University. He joins us to talk about the social movements and government policies that defined the mid-20th century.
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Dr. Ross Slotten joins us to talk about his personal experience caring for people amid the epidemic.
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City University of New York professor Margot Mifflin takes us backstage, where battles for social change butted up against traditional models of who should wear the crown.
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Frank B. Wilderson III, professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, joins us to talk about a theory of Black experience that can never be detached from slavery.
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Melissa Fay Greene, Kirk Distinguished Writer in Residence at Agnes Scott College, joins us to talk about severe attachment disorders and the science behind reaching the children of serious trauma.
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Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former senior Middle East advisor to President George H.W. Bush, joins us to give his 101 in foreign policy and how it strengthens—or weakens—our lives.
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NPR news correspondent Pam Fessler joins us to talk about the history of a Leprosy colony in Louisiana.
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