Tamika L. Butler, director of planning for California, joins us to talk about an overlooked problem in urban design and why it’s time to start paying attention.
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What Does The SAT Really Measure?
Journalist Paul Tough joins us to talk about the hurdles low-income students face to attend college.
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The Struggles Of Low-Income College Students Go Beyond Tuition
Harvard education professor Anthony Jack joins us to talk about students who are book smart but don’t have the social skills or class knowledge to succeed on campus
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Do Colleges Really Need Safe Spaces?
Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University, joins us to talk about his approach to civil discourse and toning down heated rhetoric to get to the heart of important issues
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W. Kamau Bell’s America
W. Kamau Bell joins us to talk about his relentless search for social justice among the many viewpoints of everyday Americans.
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The Invention of Modern Anthropology
Charles King, Georgetown University Professor of International Affairs and Government, joins us to talk about how Frank Boas and his peers, including Margaret Mead, set about rethinking our humanity.
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Who Am I Without My Mother Tongue?
Journalist Melissa Hung joins us to talk about reconciling the loss of a generational language in the face of her mother’s mortality.
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The Extraordinary Eye of Gordon Parks
Senior Curator of Photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, John Rohrbach joins us to talk about the work of the first African American staff photographer for Life Magazine, Gordon Parks.
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A History Of Fat Phobia
University of Kansas professor Christopher E. Forth joins us to talk about the persistent, centuries-long stereotypes about a much-maligned body type.
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Assimilation Is A Two-Way Street
Stanford University associate professor Tomás Jiménez joins us to take on the idea of assimilation, the history behind it, and what’s lost when immigrants are encouraged to change who they are.
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How Pop Culture Demonizes Powerful Women
Feminist author Sady Doyle joins us to talk about how the violent woman trope affects the conversation about equality.
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White People Problems
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.
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