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How Middle School Grades Boys

January 10, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity

Ellen McCarthy joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how middle school affects boys, which she writes about for the Washington Post.

Jessica Wilbanks talks about how her decision to leave her childhood church alienated her from her fundamentalist parents – and about the difficult process of charting her own spiritual path, which she writes about in “When I Spoke in Tongues: A Story of Faith and its Loss.”

A Playwright Remembers His Border Childhood

December 21, 2018 Culture, Global Issues, Race/Identity

Playwright Octavio Solis joins us to tell stories of his younger days along the Rio Grande – and how they influenced his life and work.

When Slavery Uproots Your Family Tree

December 20, 2018 Culture, History, Race/Identity

Kenyatta D. Berry, host of “Genealogy Roadshow” on PBS, joins us to talk about using online archives to build a story of your family – and about how collecting this data is still challenging for descendants of slaves.

How We’ve Used Anne Frank

December 20, 2018 History, Literature, Race/Identity

Dara Horn joins us to talk about the most well-known victim of the Holocaust and what she might have become.

The Surprising Future Of American Jews

December 18, 2018 Race/Identity

Harvard Law professor Robert H. Mnookin joins us to talk about how intermarriage, decreased religious observance and varying views on Israel are threatening American Jewish identity.

How White Gatekeepers Restrain Black Thinkers

December 11, 2018 Culture, Literature, Race/Identity

Mychal Denzel Smith joins us to talk about how black writers from James Baldwin to Ta-Nehisi Coates consider the race of their readers – and the relationship they have with their publishers.

Trading A C-Suite For A Cop’s Beat

December 11, 2018 Race/Identity, Uncategorized

Sarah Cortez joins us to talk about her reflections on what it means to protect and serve.

Growing Up Queer: What Kids Need To Know

November 28, 2018 Education, Health, Race/Identity

Kids questioning their sexual identity have more resources than ever. Still, the road to clarity can be arduous.

Who Says You Can’t Have More Than One Religion?

November 27, 2018 Culture, Race/Identity

Duane R. Bidwell of the Claremont School of Theology joins us to talk about people who find it limiting to practice just one faith.

Haunted By Mental Illness

November 16, 2018 Culture, Health, Race/Identity

Lindsay Wong joins us to talk about how the stigma surrounding mental illness affected her loved ones.

Who Are You? Labels Matter

November 14, 2018 Race/Identity

Kwame Anthony Appiah joins us to explore how we see ourselves in relation to one another.