Ganesh Sitaraman, a law professor, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why he feels unregulated capitalism created a handful of airline competitors and why he feels improvements are possible.
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How the Kennedy Assassination made Dallas what it is today
Today marks the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination. Krys Boyd talks with journalist Darwin Payne and former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings about how the city has evolved since that day.
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Why your commute just keeps getting longer
David Leonhardt of The New York Times joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how a lack of investment in infrastructure has put the U.S. behind in nearly every category from education to even life expectancy.
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Optimization may not be the best we can do
Applied mathematician Coco Krumme joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the bear traps we’ve created with systems so tightly wound for efficiency that we’re caught off guard when faced with disruption or uncertainty.
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Remember Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Health and science reporter Benjamin Ryan joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how carpal tunnel became an epidemic and what its disappearance says about how seriously we take workplace injuries today.
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Redwoods and Sequoias: Relocating natures giants
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how Sequoias and Giant Redwoods are falling victim to hotter and drier climates.
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Why twins really are special
Helena de Bres, a philosophy professor at Wellesley College and a twin herself, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the endless questions she’s asked about her and her sister – and to reflect upon what being a multiple is really like.
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Wanting a gun isn’t about fear
Alexandra Filindra, associate professor of political science at the University of Illinois, Chicago, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how 21st Century gun culture is a product of the 18th Century.
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How to do archaeology without digging
Wired contributor Geoff Manaugh joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how radar and computer modeling are allowing researchers to create maps of what the ancient world looked like – all without the harm of an excavation.
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Did you know that curiosity is your superpower?
Scott Shigeoka, who has taught at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what he calls deep curiosity, which pushes people to move beyond biases to see the value in another person’s worldview.
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Kids need to talk about death, too
Elena Lister, associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how parents and educators can talk about grief with a child in a nurturing way.
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Beyoncé, Björk and Donald Trump: What makes divas tick
Spencer Kornhaber, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the magnetism, narcissism and perfectionism of the people we call divas … and why they matter so much to the rest of us mere mortals.
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