Niambi Carter, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Political Science at Howard University, joins us to reflect on the Democratic and Republican National Conventions – and talk about what Howard alum Kamala Harris brings to the Joe Biden ticket.
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Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi is a writing instructor at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Navajo Nation, and she joins us to talk about the fallout of stay-at-home orders on remote areas of Navajo lands.
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Peter N. Stearns, University Professor of History at George Mason University, joins us to talk about using shame as an emotional disciplining tool.
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Gilda R. Daniels, former voting expert in the Justice Department of both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, joins us to talk about protecting the voting rights of Americans.
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Brian Hare, a professor of evolutionary anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, joins us to talk about how sharing and caring led early humans to evolve past their rivals.
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Chabeli Carrazana, economy reporter for The 19th News, joins us to talk about how women’s meager workplace gains since the 1970s are being wiped out by the pandemic – and how they’ll be tough to regain.
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Writer and diversity consultant Mikki Kendall joins us to explain how the feminist movement continues to marginalize women of color.
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Journalist Keah Brown joins us to talk about how she moved beyond self-pity to become an advocate for people with disabilities.
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Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black joins us to talk about his formative years in a Mormon household near San Antonio – and how he left that life behind to become an LGBTQ activist and sought-after screenwriter.
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Ruqaiijah Yearby joins us to discuss how unemployment, lack of affordable housing and other factors lead to health inequities.
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Parul Bhandari is associate professor at the Jindal Global Business School in Delhi, India, and she joins us to talk about how the show, “Indian Matchmaking,” is teaching the world about Indian cultural practices
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University of Pennsylvania associate professor Ebony Elizabeth Thomas joins us to talk about how the lack of diversity in children’s books reflects a lack of imagination.
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