In our modern world, the term “colonizer” is as pejorative as it’s ever been. Roger Cohen is Paris bureau chief for The New York Times, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the ways we’ve historically discussed colonizers.
Read moreWhen defying the frontrunner feels dangerous
Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how threats impact voting and how elections are conducted.
Read moreHow to give a speech without a script
Matt Abrahams, lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss tips and tricks for capturing an audience, embracing improv to think on your feet and how to tame stage fright.
Read moreIt’s hard to trust others, but you should try anyway
Management professor Peter Kim joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how trust is created and, maybe more importantly, how it can be restored.
Read moreYou have more power than you know
Social psychologist Vanessa Bohns discusses effective ways to affect other people, learning to speak up and how to rid ourselves of the fear of rejection.
Read moreWhat if you were assaulted and no one believed you?
Deborah Tuerkheimer is a professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and she joins us to discuss who is deemed a credible source, why women aren’t listened to, and who retains power in the legal system.
Read moreThey Had No Contact With Al Qaeda But Were Tried Like Terrorists
Filmmaker Dan Reed joins us to discuss the trial of the “Liberty City Seven,” accused of conspiring with al Qaeda to blow up U.S. buildings despite the fact that they didn’t have weapons or communicate with the organization.
Read moreAn Immigrant Parent’s American Dream Meets A Child’s Reality
Sabreet Kang Rajeev joins us to talk about understanding her parents’ journey, their hopes for their new life, and connecting those to her own story as a first-generation American.
Read moreWe Want What We Want Because Others Want It, Too
Luke Burgis is entrepreneur-in-residence and director of programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America. He joins us to talk about how the competition for the same things draws us together and, later, pushes us apart.
Read moreYou’ve Got The Shot. Are You Still Freaking Out?
Dr. Monica Gandhi is professor of medicine and associate division chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF San Francisco General Hospital. She joins us to discuss our behavior as pandemic restrictions are lifted and how information is disseminated and ingested.
Read moreExtra! Extra! Read All About It! (On Nextdoor)
Will Oremus joins us to talk about how as local newspapers die out, the social media site Nextdoor is filling that need.
Read moreModern Man Vs Cave Man: Why We Might Be Losing That Battle
Christopher Ryan joins us to talk about how our ancestors might not have enjoyed some of the perks of the 21st Century, but they also didn’t have some of the worries that we do today.
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