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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.

Beyond Biology: Rethinking What Makes A Family

November 24, 2021 Culture, History, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Susan Golombok, director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge and a professional fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge, joins us to talk about the outdated ideas we have about creating a happy home and the variety of parents out there who are thriving.

How the Muslim diaspora shaped the West

November 18, 2021 Culture, Race/Identity, Think

Omar Mouallem discusses his travels to 13 mosques across the Americas trying to understand what it means to different people to be Muslim.

Generational differences are made up

November 17, 2021 Culture, Race/Identity, Think

Bobby Duffy joins us to discuss why labels put on generations aren’t as fixed as we’re taught to believe.