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Luis Alberto Urrea on the Power of Family
Episode 190
Author Luis Alberto Urrea's latest novel, The House of Broken Angels, is inspired by his own Mexican-American family. Set in a San Diego neighborhood…
8 years, 5 months ago
Stopping the Violence in Chicago
Episode 189
In rallies from coast to coast, students across the United States are calling for tighter gun control. The deadly Parkland, Florida shooting resurfac…
8 years, 6 months ago
Runaway Slave: A Story of Triumph, Survival, and Resistance
Episode 188
A young, courageous African American woman risked it all to gain freedom from America’s First Family in the late 18th century. Ona, or “Oney,” Judge …
8 years, 6 months ago
Living a Moral Life
Episode 187
For centuries the human race has been grappling with how to live a moral life. In this conversation we hear from scholars who think deeply about mora…
8 years, 6 months ago
What's Possible When Young People Speak Up?
Episode 186
Throughout history, young people have been at the center of activism: the Civil Rights movement, Black Lives Matter, the labor movement, and now gun …
8 years, 6 months ago
The Nature of Evil: Paul Bloom and Graeme Wood
Episode 185
Why do people do evil things? We hear from Yale psychologist Paul Bloom and journalist Graeme Wood about the nature of evil. Bloom studies morality i…
8 years, 6 months ago
Is Gun Violence a Public Health Issue?
Episode 184
The debate around gun laws is resurfacing in the wake of the deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Can America’s shared sorrow inspire a …
8 years, 7 months ago
How History's Mistakes Guide Today's Leaders
Episode 183
Historian Jon Meacham has written extensively about the presidency, with acclaimed books on Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, and…
8 years, 7 months ago
US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith
Episode 182
US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith says her true self comes out in her work. Poetry, she says, helps her wrestle with dark, sometimes unresolvable quest…
8 years, 7 months ago
Why We Need to Talk About Race
Episode 181
If you’re white and middle class, you were probably raised thinking that discussing race was impolite. Color blindness was seen as a virtue. But in t…
8 years, 7 months ago