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An Outrage
Beginning with the end of the Civil War, and well into the middle of the twentieth century, the extralegal and socially sanctioned practice of lynchi…
8 years, 1 month ago
Music That Mends
Can art heal? This week, the redemptive power of language and song. Hear how former inmates use writing to explore their paths to imprisonment and ho…
8 years, 1 month ago
Vietnam: Fighting on Two Fronts
African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the racism their families endured back home. Plus: Native Americans foug…
8 years, 2 months ago
Summer Reading Recs
Summer reads from the With Good Reason universe! Inman Majors gives us some comedic escapism, Erin Jones is reading about mid-century women artists …
8 years, 2 months ago
The Ghost in the MP3
The 1987 pop song “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega is considered the “mother of the MP3.” It was the test track used by German scientists to perfect th…
8 years, 2 months ago
A Cellular Cure for Diabetes
Jose Oberholzer is a transplant surgeon who lies awake nights thinking about a cellular cure for diabetes. He created the Chicago Diabetes Project s…
8 years, 2 months ago
Blending Families
More than a hundred years ago, a small group of Russian Mennonites went looking for Christ in Central Asia. They didn’t find him, but they did find a…
8 years, 3 months ago
Do The Right Thing
"Making Peace With Vietnam" is a documentary that chronicles life in that nation as Vietnam vets return to do humanitarian work. Plus, Ludwig Wittge…
8 years, 3 months ago
Moving Pictures
When you think animation you might think the Simpsons or Disney or Spirited Away. But animation artist Anh Do says animation art is everything that …
8 years, 3 months ago
Animal Intersections
The author of, A Hoot in the Light: Illuminating the Sensory Modes of Animal Communication, says that by recognizing animal voices, we make our parti…
8 years, 3 months ago