Mark Trahant, editor-at-large for ICT, and Dee Alexander, Intergovernmental Tribal Affairs Specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, join host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways the government counts tribal affiliation vs. the ways tribes count their roles.
Read moreCalming your brain in a busy world
Dr. Romie Mushtaq, physician and chief wellness officer for Evolution Hospitality, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what she calls the “busy brain” – linked to insomnia, ADD and anxiety – and offers strategies to tame overactive minds.
Read moreWho controls your destiny? (It’s not you)
Brian Klaas, professor at University College London, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways our actions and even inactions affect not just our lives, but history, and how we find ways to knit all this chaos into neat versions of reality.
Read moreThe right way to fail
Amy Edmondson, professor at the Harvard Business School, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why corporate American approaches to failure are all wrong, and how to incorporate healthy lessons from flubs in the workplace.
Read moreWhy the Democrats are losing working class voters
George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why it will be hard for Democrats to win back a class of workers that might just determine the outcome of this year’s elections.
Read moreWhat Africa’s coups mean for democracy
Murithi Mutiga, director of the Africa Program at the International Crisis Group, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the challenges democracy faces in the grip of political violence.
Read moreThe benefits of working for the man
Benjamin C. Waterhouse, associate professor of history at UNC Chapel Hill, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss myths about being your own boss and why you might actually be happier working a regular 9-5 job.
Read moreWhy LBJ and MLK needed each other
Peniel Joseph, professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the contentious but essential relationship between the president and Civil Rights leader.
Read moreWhat could you get done with more energy?
Jancee Dunn is the Well columnist for The New York Times, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a simple, step-by-step way to find energy in the New Year, from tips from psychologists to what to eat and how to exercise.
Read moreEven wanted pregnancies after Dobbs are fraught
The 19th News health reporter Shefali Luthra joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why life-saving treatments for miscarriage are now harder to get – and the people with high-risk pregnancies who are now in harm’s way.
Read moreWhy dyslexia gets overlooked
Education journalist Sarah Carr joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the outdated methods being used to diagnose dyslexia — which rely on I.Q. scores before help is given – and the ways students of color are often left behind.
Read moreInside the Duterte regime’s murderous war on drugs
Patricia Evangelista, former investigative reporter for the Philippine news company Rappler, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the killings, carried out by police and vigilantes, and the people whose lives were shaped by fear in a lawless time.
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