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A Black Woman Tracks Down Her White Founding Father

May 12, 2020 History, Race/Identity

Bettye Kearse joins us to talk about tracing her own heredity, which lead her to an enslaved woman and a head of state.

MLK and Malcolm X Were More Alike Than You Realize

May 4, 2020 History, Race/Identity

Peniel E. Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to talk about the relationship between the most recognized leaders of the Civil Rights era.

When Science Misses The Forest For The Trees

April 28, 2020 History, Literature, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Lulu Miller, co-founder of NPR’s “Invisibilia,” joins us to talk about her study of the first president of Stanford University, a taxonomist obsessed with fish, and how his discoveries — and ultimately his intellectual myopia — helped her to make sense of her own world.

Leadership Lessons From Women of Color

April 13, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Cecilia Muñoz joins us to talk about how to gain confidence, leadership and the respect of the room when you’re in the minority.

Should Incarcerated People Be Allowed To Vote?

March 31, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Daniel A. Gross of The New Yorker joins us to talk about why we deny prisoners the right to vote and if we should restore that privilege.

In A Time Of Oversharing, Money Is Still Off Limits

March 30, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Race/Identity

Joe Pinsker, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about one of the last American taboos: asking about what’s in someone’s bank account.

She Thought She Was White – Then She Found Out About Her Dad

March 24, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Sarah Valentine joins us to talk about her path to rediscovering herself after discovering she is biracial.

Why We Fail to Understand the Working Class

March 19, 2020 Current Events, Race/Identity

New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and author Sheryl WuDunn join us to talk about the burdens that 10 million working class Americans face every day and why the rest of society doesn’t seem to notice.

Is it Time to Redefine Family?

March 17, 2020 Culture, Politics, Race/Identity

David Brooks, The New York Times columnist, joins us to talk about why depending on a small, concentrated support network is not only ahistorical but also reserved for the “financially fortunate.”

Queen Latifah, Lil’ Kim And The History Of Women In Rap

March 13, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History, Race/Identity

Music journalist Kathy Iandoli joins us to talk about the contributions of Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa and other woman artists – and why the contributions of women in rap are so often overlooked.

Refugees Revived This Dying Town

March 9, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Global Issues, Race/Identity

Cynthia Anderson, journalist and teacher of writing at Boston University, joins us to talk about Lewiston, Maine — a city that has transformed itself through the arrival of African Muslim refugees.