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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.

Can Millennials Save the World?

March 2, 2020 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Charlotte Alter, national correspondent for Time magazine, joins us to talk about the emerging national leadership of this oft-maligned generation.

The Black Women Left Out Of Your History Book

February 24, 2020 History, Race/Identity

University of Texas at Austin history professor Daina Ramey Berry joins us to talk about rethinking our nation’s story to include the vital role black women have played in shaping America.