University of Georgia assistant professor of sociology and African American studies Maryann Erigha joins us to discuss how decisions made behind the scenes affect what audiences see on the screen.
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America Was Built By Black Labor
Joe William Trotter, Jr., director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy at Carnegie Mellon University, joins us to trace the history of black employment, which he writes about in “Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.”
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Stereotypes As Keepsakes
Chico Colvard joins us to talk about the physical embodiments of racism, the subject of his Independent Lens documentary “Black Memorabilia,” which airs tonight on public television stations.
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Fat Shaming Hurts Men, Too
Tommy Tomlinson joins us to talk about his lifelong battle with weight – and about what it’s like to move through the world constantly aware of your size, which he writes about in “The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America.”
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Your Housekeeper Knows Your Secrets
Stephanie Land turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and she joins us to talk about her relationship to the people she served. Her new memoir is called “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.”
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Designing For Disability
Bess Williamson, associate professor of art history, theory and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, joins us to discuss how design has evolved as it attempts to accommodate all users, which she writes about in “Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design.”
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Embracing A Queer Identity Early
Cal State San Marcos sociologist Mary Robertson joins us to talk about how young people are exploring their sexual and gender identities, which she writes about in “Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ Identity.”
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Millennials: Burned Out Already?
Reporter Anne Helen Petersen joins us to talk her essay in Buzzfeed News, “How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation.”
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Black Millennials And A Dream Deferred
Author Reniqua Allen talks with Krys Boyd about how black millenials are re-imagining what the American Dream means to them which she writes about in “It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America.”
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How Middle School Grades Boys
Ellen McCarthy joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how middle school affects boys, which she writes about for the Washington Post.
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Losing My Religion
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.”
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A Playwright Remembers His Border Childhood
Playwright Octavio Solis joins us to tell stories of his younger days along the Rio Grande – and how they influenced his life and work.
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