What is the job of a journalist?

Bad Bunny performs alongside a bass player at the BIllboard Music Awards.

How Reggaeton Conquered Pop Music

October 1, 2021 Culture, History, Race/Identity, Think

Katelina Eccleston is a producer of the Spotify podcast “Loud,” and she joins us to tell the story of reggaeton’s humble origins and how it spread from Panama to Puerto Rico, Jamaica and now the U.S.

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A Head Start On The Next Pandemic

September 30, 2021 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, Science and Technology, Think

Dr. Scott Gottlieb joins us to discuss what he calls a system-wide failure of government to control Covid-19, and what needs to happen to prepare for the next global health emergency.

A variety of cats, dogs, rabbits and other pets pose for a cute picture

Cat Moms And Granddogs: Your Multi-Species Family

September 30, 2021 Culture, Think

SMU sociologist Andrea Laurent-Simpson joins us to talk about how our pets became our “fur babies” and what that tells us about the dynamics of what it is to be a modern family.

A healthcare worker wearing PPE prepares to give an injection.

We Can’t Have Medical Progress Without Risk

September 29, 2021 Health, Science and Technology, Think

Dr. Paul A. Offit joins us to talk about the risks medical researchers must take to develop the lifesaving therapies we rely on.

Why Men Are Skipping College

September 29, 2021 Education, Think

Wall Street Journal reporter Douglas Belkin joins us to discuss the widening gap between men and women in higher education.

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In A World Of Distraction, Your Attention Is Precious

September 28, 2021 Health, Mental Health, Think

Casey Schwartz joins us to talk about her experience of once being addicted to drugs that promised her better thinking, and about the pluses and minuses of distraction.

How A Food Writer’s Dream Job Became A Nightmare

September 28, 2021 Culture, Think

Essayist Wyatt Williams joins us to discuss his journey to Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, to join a community’s traditions of eating whale, and what it signifies for food culture for the rest of us.

A photo of a set of professional decorative cosmetics.

Our 2,000-Year Obsession With Makeup (from 8/3/21)

September 27, 2021 History, Race/Identity, Think

Rae Nudson joins us to discuss the power of the powders and creams with which we adorn our skin, and how they’ve created the powerful beauty standards currently being challenged.

William Randolph Hearst is seen working in his suite aboard the S.S. Europa during a transatlantic crossing in 1931.

How William Randolph Hearst Made The Media

September 27, 2021 Economics, History, Think

Stephen Ives joins us to tell the story of William Randolph Hearst – the subject of a new American Experience documentary.

What’s Really Going On Along The U.S.-Mexico Border

September 21, 2021 Current Events, Politics, Race/Identity, Think

Alfredo Corchado is a correspondent for The Dallas Morning News who covers the border, and he joins us to talk about the situation – and the realities of immigration and life along the border amid ever-shifting policies.

How Should We Remember 9/11?

September 10, 2021 Culture, Current Events, History, Think

Andrew Levy, professor of English at Butler University, joins us to discuss how the many iterations of “Never Forget” events and monuments have created new narratives of the power and presence of America, and why those need to be reexamined.