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The life-changing prospects of prom night

January 20, 2022 Culture, Race/Identity

Author Navdeep Singh Dhillon discusses his YA novel set at a high school prom, where a young Sikh boy wants to radically change his identity.

Cover of the book "Fat Chance, Charlie Vega."

A YA Novelist Takes On Fatphobia

January 18, 2022 Culture, Literature, Mental Health, Race/Identity

Author Crystal Maldonado joins us to discuss her YA novel about a young woman dealing with the typical subjects of boys and friends, but also a deepening understanding of how she’s viewed by the outside world.

A photo of someone holding a sign that reads, "equality."

For Racial Justice, We Have To Get Past Our Shame

January 14, 2022 Culture, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Shakil Choudhury is a consultant with 25 years of experience in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion training, and he joins us to talk about addressing racism with the science of psychology.

Pandemic dads are rethinking their roles

January 13, 2022 Current Events, Economics, Health, Race/Identity

Chabeli Carrazana discusses the men who are charting new waters as they balance raising children, work and the pressures of an ongoing public health emergency.

The real people accused of voter fraud

January 11, 2022 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Vann R. Newkirk II talks about the people targeted for voter irregularities – mostly people of color – and why they serve as a cautionary tale for the future of American voting rights.

A case for how to better spend policing dollars

January 11, 2022 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Derecka Purnell discusses her journey to the moment where she began to believe police reform doesn’t work, and the solutions she feels are necessary for equality, healing and public safety.

Racism is bad for your health

January 10, 2022 Health, Race/Identity

Dr. Rupa Marya explains how climate change and inequality correlate to surges in inflammatory disease, and how they might be healed with a new approach to medicine.

How immigration laws support white supremacy

January 4, 2022 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics, Race/Identity

Reece Jones talks about his research into nativism and white supremacy and how panicked views about immigration from the fringe made it to the mainstream.

We really are what we eat

December 20, 2021 Health, Race/Identity

This hour, we’ll talk with experts about how what we eat affects how we think and feel.

You didn’t earn your DNA, but you might be judged by it

December 16, 2021 Race/Identity

University of Texas professor Kathryn Paige joins us to discuss why our genes can foster inequality and suggest interventions we can use to mitigate it.

How gender stereotypes mix with alcohol

December 7, 2021 Health, Race/Identity

Mallory O’Meara talks about the history of women and alcohol, from a Sumerian beer goddess to today’s lighter fare and asks: when did drinking become so gendered?

Pedestrians walk in the streets under the tradional evening lights of Chinatown.

What it’s like to grow up undocumented

December 3, 2021 Culture, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Race/Identity

Author Qian Julie Wang joins us to tell the story of her childhood in an undocumented family, how the experience shaped her life, and how she now views the American Dream.