Michael Eric Dyson joins us to talk about the difficult conversations that need to happen in order to heal racial divides.
Read moreInside The World Of Competitive Spelling
Vauhini Vara joins us to talk about why the Scripps National Spelling Bee has been dominated by Indian-American competitors.
Read moreThe Journey Of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Helene Cooper joins us to talk about the extraordinary life of the first democratically elected female president in African history.
Read moreThe Truth About Men And Women
Stephen Marche joins us to talk about the many places that members of the opposite sex interact and how those interactions have evolved in the age of feminism.
Read moreThe Wealth Gap In America
Thomas Shapiro joins us to talk about the connection between economic opportunity and race.
Read moreA Conversation With Lindy West
Lindy West joins us to talk about how she ultimately learned to navigate a world that doesn’t value all body types the same.
Read moreFrom MBA To Minimum Wage
Deepak Singh joins us to talk about his struggle to adapt to his new life in America after moving from India.
Read moreLife As An American Muslim
We’ll talk with a pair of American Muslims about having to regularly justify their right to even live in the U.S. – and about being associated with those who would harm others in the name of religion.
Read moreAn Intersex Life
Hida Viloria was born in that space between genders, the beginning of a decades-long quest to understand what it’s like to be both male and female. Hida joins us to talk about that journey.
Read moreThe Changing Face Of Schools
As part of KERA’s American Graduate series, we’re partnering with the public radio show Houston Matters for a discussion of how students’ racial backgrounds affect the quality of their schooling.
Read moreThe Value Of Slaves
Daina Ramey Berry joins us to talk about how the value of enslaved people changed over the course of their lives – and about how slaves responded to being appraised.
Read moreThe Spread Of Antigay Ideology
Masha Gessen joins us to talk about finding common ground with people whose way of thinking she opposes.
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