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How Christian Culture Became Western Culture

January 15, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Historian Tom Holland joins us to talk about tracing Christian concepts from antiquity to today and how they’ve shaped the western world.

Allison Moorer On Turning Adversity Into Art

January 10, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Allison Moorer joins us to talk about how she’s mined dark memories from her childhood– and how she and her sister survived through moments of creativity, imagination and song.

The Challenges Of Texas’ Population Boom

January 8, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Former Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings is president and CEO of Texas 2036, and she talks to us about how the nonprofit organization is taking a nonpartisan approach to assessing state data to prepare for the next 16 years and beyond.

Can Moms Who Stay Home Catch Up On Careers?

January 7, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Economics, Race/Identity

Pamela Stone, professor of sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, joins us to talk about the struggles of highly-educated, well-connected women with resume gaps.

A Trans Woman Reflects On What It Took To Transition

January 6, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, distinguished professor of economics, history, English and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, joins us to talk about her journey transitioning from a man to a woman in 1999.

Sanctuary And Safety: A National Call-In Special from Think

January 3, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

In “Sanctuary And Safety: A National Call-In Special from Think,”we talk with a diverse group of faith leaders about their approaches to creating safe spaces for worship – and about what’s lost when congregants no longer feel comfortable gathering in public spaces.

The United States Of Xenophobia

January 2, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Erika Lee, director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota, us to talk about how our country’s fear of the “other” has been with us since the beginning — and how our historical amnesia is holding back healing.

There Are Lots Of Ways To Be A Man

December 13, 2019 Culture, Global Issues, Race/Identity

Matthew Gutmann, professor of anthropology at Brown University, joins us to talk about the enduring ideas that men are aloof, unable to control primal impulses, and are wired to dominate — and how wrong and harmful they are.

Living In The Shadow Of George Wallace

December 5, 2019 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Peggy Wallace Kennedy talks to us about her work to change her family’s legacy.

The Indian Children Stolen By The Federal Government

November 27, 2019 Education, History, Race/Identity

Nick Estes, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, joins us to talk about how generations of tribes grapple with the brutal legacy of trauma inflicted by the U.S. government on Native American children.

LGBTQ And Christian? How One Church Decided

November 26, 2019 Culture, History, Race/Identity

Pastor Mark Wingfield joins us to talk about the tough and meaningful work a group of his congregants and clergy did to address how churches incorporate LGBTQ members.

All She Wanted Was To Be A Single Black Mother

November 19, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity, Uncategorized

Nefertiti Austin joins us to talk about what that painstaking process taught her about how America thinks of single, black motherhood.