Race/Identity - Think

What the South has to say about America

March 16, 2022 History, Literature, Race/Identity

Imani Perry discusses her return to her Southern home in Alabama with fresh eyes, weaving in the stories of the good-tempered with a darker history.

Life is different on the other side of cancer

March 14, 2022 Health, Literature, Race/Identity

Suleika Jaouad joins us to talk about the cancer that left her fighting for life at a young age and how she’s reimagined what the future holds now that she’s cancer-free.

Life as the daughters of immigrants

March 7, 2022 Culture, Literature, Race/Identity

Daphne Palasi Andreades discusses her new novel, where five daughters of immigrants become friends for life but are tested when views on ambition, loyalty and class begin to diverge.

The case for talking about race at work

March 1, 2022 Culture, Race/Identity

Y-Vonne Hutchinson joins us to talk about how employees can have frank and honest conversations with management about race and achieve real results.

What life is like in an open relationship

February 22, 2022 Culture, Race/Identity

Rachel Krantz discusses navigating her relationship with a partner who preferred non-monogamy and her search for connection inside an open relationship.

The story of America’s last slave ship

February 14, 2022 History, Race/Identity

Tara Roberts of National Geographic discusses why she quit her job to join a group of Black underwater divers searching for trans-Atlantic slave ship history.

What it’s really like to be incarcerated

February 14, 2022 History, Race/Identity, Think

Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods are co-hosts of the podcast “Ear Hustle,” and they join us to talk about what they’ve learned about life on the inside from the inmates who shared their stories.

His violin was his ticket out. Then it went missing

February 11, 2022 Literature, Race/Identity

Author Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb joins us to talk about his novel, a thriller called “The Violin Conspiracy.”

Channeling your anger for change

February 1, 2022 Current Events, Global Issues, Race/Identity

Philosophy professor Myisha Cherry talks about why the fight against racism means breaking rules and making people angry.

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.