This hour, we’ll talk about the conflict Mexican-American border agents have while doing their jobs with Alfredo Corchado, whose three-part series on the topic appears in “The New Yorker.”
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The Politics Of Breastfeeding
This hour, we’ll talk about the pros and cons of breastfeeding – and about why the issue is so divisive – with University of Toronto political science professor Courtney Jung.
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Race And Reproductive Justice
This hour, we’ll talk about the idea of “reproductive justice” with investigative reporter Dani McClain. Her story on the history of birth control appears in the Nov. 16 issue of “The Nation.”
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A Chosen Exile
This hour, we’ll talk about picking between identity and survival with Stanford assistant history professor Allyson Hobbs, author of “A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.”
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In Defense Of Respectability Politics
This hour, we’ll talk to Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy about holding fast to a Civil Rights-era style of raising black children.
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MLK’s Last Night
This hour, we’ll talk about what was on the Civil Rights leader’s mind in the hours before his death with actor Hassan El-Amin and director Akin Babatunde, the team behind Dallas Theater Center’s production of “The Mountaintop.”
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The Life Of A Muslim American
This hour, we’ll talk to Moustafa Bayoumi about what it’s like to constantly feel like a suspect in a crime you didn’t commit, which he writes about in “This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror” (NYU Press).
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Where Race And Medicine Intersect
This hour, we’ll talk with Damon Tweedy about his memoir “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicines.”
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Asian Assimilation
This hour, we’ll talk about the struggles Asian immigrants have faced in their efforts to assimilate – and about the many contributions Asians have made to life in their new home – with the author of The Making of Asian America.
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Life After Rape
This hour, Monika Kørra joins us to talk about her determination to make sure her attackers were punished – and about how she rebuilt her life.
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The Voting Rights Act – 50 Years Later
We’ll talk about the struggle to pass the act – and how revisions to the law could affect the 2016 presidential election – with Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
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Do I Sound Gay?
We’ll talk about whether a “gay voice” exists – and if it does, why? – with filmmaker David Thorpe, whose documentary Do I Sound Gay opens this weekend at the Texas Theatre.
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