Director Janice Engel joins us to discuss a documentary about columnist and political commentator, Molly Ivins.
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The Doctor Who Launched The Lithium Revolution
Walter A. Brown, clinical professor emeritus at Brown University, us Boyd to tell the story of John Cade, whose pioneering work with lithium has helped an untold number of people.
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Assimilation Is A Two-Way Street
Stanford University associate professor Tomás Jiménez joins us to take on the idea of assimilation, the history behind it, and what’s lost when immigrants are encouraged to change who they are.
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Blame Europe And The U.S. For The Immigration Crisis
Suketu Mehta – an immigrant himself – joins host Krys Boyd to pick apart anti-immigration policies.
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Greenland Will Lose 300 Billion Tons Of Ice This Year
Jon Gertner talks with host Krys Boyd about the grueling scientific searches in Greenland, even as the ice melts, and the explorers determined to conquer the ice island.
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The Man Behind The Greatest Show On Earth
Robert Wilson talks with host Krys Boyd about P.T. Barnum’s larger-than-life legacy.
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Politics And The Birth Of The Blockbuster
Film critic J. Hoberman joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about how movies dive into the themes American audiences yearned for.
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Mescaline’s Long, Strange Trip
Mike Jay joins guest host John McCaa to tell the stories of seekers who have experimented with mescaline in search of new states of consciousness.
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A Former Slave Tells His Story
Author Deborah Plant joins guest host John McCaa about the story of about a former slave’s life in Africa and America.
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Why Texas History is Outdated
Sam Houston State history professor Ty Cashion joins guest host John McCaa to separate fact from fiction when it comes to Texas legends.
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How The West Was Overrun
Christopher Ketcham joins us to talk about the American West is slipping away in part to commercialization and lax federal protections.
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A Road Trip With Henry Ford And Thomas Edison
Jeff Guinn joins us to talk about how Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford teamed up with Thomas Edison for a series of road trips to promote car ownership as a way of life.
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