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How Pop Culture Demonizes Powerful Women

August 27, 2019 Culture, Literature, Race/Identity

Feminist author Sady Doyle joins us to talk about how the violent woman trope affects the conversation about equality.

White People Problems

August 26, 2019 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Psychologist Natasha Stovall joins us to talk about why it’s taboo to study how white patients worry, reckon, or rage about their place in the social system.

How Black Farmers Lost 90% Of Their Land

August 19, 2019 Economics, Politics, Race/Identity

ProPublica reporter Lizzie Presser joins guest host John McCaa to tell the stories of families who are fighting to keep their property.

The Millennial Who Transformed Teen Vogue

August 16, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity

Elaine Welteroth joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how she won acclaim for retooling the magazine with a focus on empowerment of teens.

Blame Europe And The U.S. For The Immigration Crisis

August 15, 2019 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Suketu Mehta – an immigrant himself – joins host Krys Boyd to pick apart anti-immigration policies.

The Trouble With The First Amendment

August 13, 2019 Culture, Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

P.E. Moskowitz joins host Krys Boyd to talk about, how the First Amendment is defined and the ongoing debate surrounding it.

Why Poor Couples Crave Strong Relationships

August 1, 2019 Culture, Economics, Race/Identity

University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Sarah Halpern-Meekin joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about how low-income parents struggle for family and community.

Hardship As A Launch Pad

July 30, 2019 Health, Race/Identity

Science fiction fantasy author Nnedi Okorafor joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about her story about life after a paralyzing surgery.

A Muslim Doctor In Trump Country

July 29, 2019 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity

Dr. Ayaz Virji talks with guest host Courtney Collins about racism and rejection in the age of Trump.

The Politics of Water

July 25, 2019 Current Events, Economics, Environment, Race/Identity

NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney Sparky Abraham joins guest host John McCaa to talk about how lack of water access contributes to the nation’s economic divide.

A Former Slave Tells His Story

July 23, 2019 History, Race/Identity

Author Deborah Plant joins guest host John McCaa about the story of about a former slave’s life in Africa and America.

‘Everyone Thinks I’m A Girl, Mama – And I’m Not’

July 18, 2019 Race/Identity

Jodie Patterson joins us to talk about what it took for her family to evolve to understand her transgender son’s place in it, which she writes about in “The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation.”