Omar Mouallem discusses his travels to 13 mosques across the Americas trying to understand what it means to different people to be Muslim.
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Generational differences are made up
Bobby Duffy joins us to discuss why labels put on generations aren’t as fixed as we’re taught to believe.
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How the U.K. is using Covid to address obesity
Politico senior food and agriculture reporter Helena Bottemiller Evich joins us to discuss the lack of political will in America to confront diseases related to diet, and why that’s hindering the pandemic response.
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The challenges – and joys – of raising a trans child
The writer and producer of the “How to Be a Girl” podcast talks about raising a transgender child, and how she’s grown in her approaches to gender and sexuality.
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They served the U.S. – and are now being deported
Filmmaker John Valadez joins us to tell the story of Vietnam veterans who were served with deportation papers for misdemeanor offenses.
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The unintended consequences of a racism awareness exercise
Stephen G. Bloom joins us to discuss an exercise that separated children by eye color to mimic racism and why we might now question the results
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Does reality TV understand Black women?
Bethonie Butler covers television and pop culture for The Washington Post, and she joins us to discuss the stereotypes these shows often play into, and if progress is being made on television.
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The suburbs – the new racial flashpoint
NBC News national investigative reporter Mike Hixenbaugh joins us to talk about how conversations about race are playing out in the North Texas suburb of Southlake.
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She spent her childhood running from the law
Cheryl Diamond joins us to discuss her family of fugitives, their globetrotting to outrun the law, and her reckoning with who she could love and, ultimately, trust.
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Meet the moms taking over social media
Kathryn Jezer-Morton, author of the “Mothers Under the Influence” Substack, joins us to talk about the moms of TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms who have turned their lives into profitable enterprises.
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When killing a newspaper is good business
McKay Coppins, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about a hedge fund that is buying up newspapers across the country and dismantling them at an alarming rate.
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Pulling out of poverty is harder than you think
Journalist Ray Suarez joins us to talk about everyday Americans who have lost jobs and homes – and about the degree to which the economy is working for different sectors of the population.
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