David J. Silverman joins us to talk about how peace between the Wamanoag tribe and Plymouth pilgrims finally dissolved – and about how we should look at the time period through the eyes of the indigenous people involved.
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Why There’s A Massive Shortage Of Psychiatric Hospital Beds
Author Susannah Cahalan joins us to talk about her investigation into a psychology sting operation testing the legitimacy of mental health diagnoses.
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LGBTQ And Christian? How One Church Decided
Pastor Mark Wingfield joins us to talk about the tough and meaningful work a group of his congregants and clergy did to address how churches incorporate LGBTQ members.
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Do Red Flag Laws Actually Work?
Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine joins us to talk about his view that “great idea on paper” is simply a license to prevent gun ownership.
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What Brexit’s Really About
Fintan O’Toole joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the English worldview after the empire collapsed and why that’s key to the fractured policies of today.
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You Don’t Know Joe: The Culture Of Coffee
Mark Pendergrast joins host Krys Boyd to talk about our obsession with all things coffee.
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Why The Lovelist Treasures Are Cultivated By Pain
Writer and editor Katy Kelleher joins us to pull back the curtain on the luxuries we long for.
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Thomas Jefferson’s Utopian Vision and the Violent Reality
Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, joins us to talk about how a school founded, in part, to end slavery ultimately preserved it.
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How Religion, Violence And Greed Shaped Latin America
Marie Arana, literary director of the National Book Festival, joins us to talk about how exploitation, violence and religion have combined to make the region the place it is today.
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When Lincoln Died, The Drama Began
The co-creators of a dramatic podcast about the days following Lincoln’s assassination join us to talk about crafting a compelling modern drama from the annals of history.
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How President Bush Made The Call On The 2007 Iraq Surge
Jeffrey A. Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, and Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin, join us to talk about the behind-the-scenes White House strategy that led to the Iraq troop surge.
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Why We Should Bring Back The Draft
Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine, and he joins us to discuss why, he says, we’re writing blank checks for protracted conflicts with an all-volunteer military.
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