KFF Health News reporter Jordan Rau joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pros and cons of long-term care insurance, what it covers and doesn’t, and why it won’t necessarily protect you from exhausting your savings.
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For farmers, climate change is complicated
Laura Reiley, who covers the business of food for The Washington Post, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways U.S. farmers are approaching modern problems of output and how the industry is working to do more with less.
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Our constitutional right to lie
Jeff Kosseff, associate professor of cybersecurity law at the United States Naval Academy, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what is constitutionally accepted free speech, and why he believes we need a marketplace of ideas so people can make up their own minds.
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An astronaut’s guide to life
Astronaut Mike Massimino joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how to build effective teams and pursue your biggest dreams.
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Is anyone else confused about tipping?
Drew Desilver, senior writer at Pew Research Center, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a new study that looks at Americans’ views on tipping, from what we think is appropriate to what we feel is outrageous, and why tipping has so many of us confused.
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The early online forum that built a trans community
Samantha Riedel, contributing writer for Them magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the discovery of a CD-Rom with four years of content from the late 1990s, which shows a burgeoning trans community being born online.
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Getting around your community is a right not a privilege
Veronica O. Davis, a civil engineer and community activist, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how we might take a more human-centric approach to urban planning.
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Are you raising a tiny narcissist?
Mary Ann Little, a clinical psychologist, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how to make sure a child’s self-centered behaviors don’t manifest into a disorder as adults and the four parenting types that promote narcissistic behavior.
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The origins of cancel culture
Historian Kliph Nesteroff joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how comedians have always pushed societal boundaries – and about how audience reactions range from complicity to virtue signaling.
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A digital detox is not impossible
Chris Moody, professor at Appalachian State University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why he and his wife decided that to be better parents, they needed no internet distractions – and why that sense of isolation has been freeing.
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The geography of American poverty
Kathryn J. Edin, William Church Osborne Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the intersection of poverty and geography.
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Ten great books written this year
Gilbert Cruz, the Book Review editor, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the fiction and nonfiction that made the 10 best books of 2023 and explain the criteria for how the esteemed list is made.
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