Daniel A. Gross of The New Yorker joins us to talk about why we deny prisoners the right to vote and if we should restore that privilege.
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In A Time Of Oversharing, Money Is Still Off Limits
Joe Pinsker, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about one of the last American taboos: asking about what’s in someone’s bank account.
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How Cars Changed Black Life In America
Gretchen Sorin, director and distinguished professor of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York, joins us to talk about the freedoms and challenges of car ownership for African-Americans.
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She Thought She Was White – Then She Found Out About Her Dad
Sarah Valentine joins us to talk about her path to rediscovering herself after discovering she is biracial.
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Why We Fail to Understand the Working Class
New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and author Sheryl WuDunn join us to talk about the burdens that 10 million working class Americans face every day and why the rest of society doesn’t seem to notice.
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Is it Time to Redefine Family?
David Brooks, The New York Times columnist, joins us to talk about why depending on a small, concentrated support network is not only ahistorical but also reserved for the “financially fortunate.”
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Queen Latifah, Lil’ Kim And The History Of Women In Rap
Music journalist Kathy Iandoli joins us to talk about the contributions of Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa and other woman artists – and why the contributions of women in rap are so often overlooked.
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Refugees Revived This Dying Town
Cynthia Anderson, journalist and teacher of writing at Boston University, joins us to talk about Lewiston, Maine — a city that has transformed itself through the arrival of African Muslim refugees.
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Can Millennials Save the World?
Charlotte Alter, national correspondent for Time magazine, joins us to talk about the emerging national leadership of this oft-maligned generation.
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McDonald’s and Black America
Marcia Chatelain, an associate professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown, joins us to talk about the relationship between McDonalds and black business owners.
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The Black Women Left Out Of Your History Book
University of Texas at Austin history professor Daina Ramey Berry joins us to talk about rethinking our nation’s story to include the vital role black women have played in shaping America.
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All She Wanted Was To Be A Single Black Mother
Nefertiti Austin joins us to talk about how America thinks of single, black motherhood.
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