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#163. The Rationale and Controversies of Gender-Affirmative Health Care
Season 1 Episode 163
Psychologists Diane Ehrensaft and Michelle Jurkiewicz are the co-authors of the recently published book, Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Ide…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
#162. How Developed Countries Perpetuate Their Economic Power (and the Obstacles to Joining Their Ranks)
Season 1 Episode 162
Remi Adekoya is a political science lecturer at the University of York in the UK, focusing on national and sub-national identities and their role in …
7 months ago
#161. How Women Runners Refuted the Myth of Female Fragility
Season 1 Episode 161
Maggie Mertens is a journalist in Seattle, who covers gender, culture, and sports. She has written essays and stories for such major publications as …
7 months, 1 week ago
#160. The Concept of Race in Latin America
Season 1 Episode 160
Iñigo García-Bryce is a history professor at New Mexico State University and the director of NMSU’s Center for Latin American and Border Studies from…
7 months, 1 week ago
#159. The History of "Rule By Law" and How Autocratic Rulers Co-opt the Concept to Consolidate Power
Season 1 Episode 159
Aziz Huq is a professor of comparative and constitutional law at the University of Chicago, focusing recently on democratic backsliding and the regul…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
#158. Black Entrepreneurship with a Social Conscience
Season 1 Episode 158
Rachel Laryea is a Ghanaian-American entrepreneur and author of the recently published book, Black Capitalists: A Blueprint for What Is Possible. She…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
#157. Racial and Other Biases in Scientific Research, Medical Practices, and Everyday Attitudes
Season 1 Episode 157
Shoumita Dasgupta is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University, where she has held many leadership positions. She is Assistant Dean of Diversity a…
8 months, 1 week ago
#156. An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
Season 1 Episode 156
Meg Kissinger is an investigative journalist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who spent more than two decades reporting on the failures of the Ame…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
#155. Generating a Love for Math and Math History
Season 1 Episode 155
David Pengelley is a retired math professor from New Mexico State University (NMSU). We'll be talking about math education, math history, and learnin…
9 months ago
#154. The Hazards and History of Forever Chemicals
Season 1 Episode 154
Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and The New Republic. She was …
9 months, 1 week ago