Our 2,000-Year Obsession With Makeup (from 8/3/21)

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Our 2,000-Year Obsession With Makeup (from 8/3/21)

September 27, 2021 History, Race/Identity, Think

Rae Nudson joins us to discuss the power of the powders and creams with which we adorn our skin, and how they’ve created the powerful beauty standards currently being challenged.

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Fictional Teens Vs. Real-Life Monsters

September 22, 2021 Education, History, Literature, Race/Identity

Author and educator Liza Wiemer joins us to talk about her YA novel featuring students who must use Nazi propaganda in a debate, the courage it takes for two teenagers to confront anti-Semitism, and the real-life examples the author drew from.

What’s Really Going On Along The U.S.-Mexico Border

September 21, 2021 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity, Think

Alfredo Corchado is a correspondent for The Dallas Morning News who covers the border, and he joins us to talk about the situation – and the realities of immigration and life along the border amid ever-shifting policies.

Your Developmentally Delayed Child Has Finished School — Now What?

September 13, 2021 Health, Mental Health, Race/Identity

Cammie McGovern joins us to discuss “the disability cliff” – when education ends and the hard realities of limited jobs and housing set in – and about her own experience raising a son who has autism.

How Sandra Day O’Connor Shaped The Supreme Court

September 13, 2021 Culture, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Filmmaker Michelle Ferrari joins us to discuss the life and career of Sandra Day O’Connor, a nominee of President Ronald Reagan who became a critical swing vote on historic issues of race, gender and reproductive rights.

The 20-Year Fallout Of 9/11

September 8, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, History, Race/Identity

Filmmaker Michael Kirk joins us to discuss the decisions made since that day that have altered the course of American and world history, from the war in Afghanistan to the January 6th insurrection.

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

What It’s Like To Grow Up Undocumented

September 8, 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.

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It’s Time To Recognize The Value Of ‘Women’s Work’

September 6, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Health, Mental Health, Race/Identity

Type Media Center reporting fellow Sarah Jaffe joins us to talk about how Covid lockdowns made it clear how much Americans rely on care workers – and how little we value them monetarily.

What It’s Like To Have Autism From An Autistic Person

September 3, 2021 Culture, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Eric Garcia is an autistic journalist, and he joins us to talk about what autism is and isn’t, how it’s portrayed, and the support systems that are currently failing.

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All The Questions She Never Got To Ask Her Mother

September 1, 2021 Culture, Mental Health, Race/Identity

Kat Chow is a founding member of the Code Switch podcast team from NPR, and she joins us to tell her story of grief, not only for herself, but for her extended family, spread out across the world.

Sen. Fred R. Harris (D-Okla.), holds a copy of the report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders as he and two other members of the commission discuss the study on the television-radio program "Issues and Answers," in Washington, March 3, 1968. With him are the commission's chairman, Gov. Otto Kerner of Illinois, right, and Roy Wilkins, center, executive director of the NAACP.

A 1968 Report Could’ve Brought Us Closer to Racial Justice, But We Ignored It

August 31, 2021 Culture, History, Race/Identity

Columbia University journalism professor Jelani Cobb has written a new introduction for the Kerner Commission Report, and he joins us to discuss why the document is a landmark of American history and remains salient today.

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For Racial Justice, We Have To Get Past Our Shame

August 30, 2021 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.