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The demise of the open casket funeral
Open caskets used to be fairly standard, but we’re losing the artists who make that possible. John Semley joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history…
16 hours ago
Ugly is a four letter word
There is a word that no woman wants to be called: ugly. Stephanie Fairyington is a journalist who writes on gender, sexuality, family and parenting. …
1 day, 16 hours ago
Marco Rubio is pulling the strings in Caracas
On top of his responsibilities as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, Marco Rubio is running Venezuela. Tyler Pager, White House corres…
4 days, 16 hours ago
Bad parents need elder care, too
For millions of caregivers, taking care of parents is a matter of love. But caregiving gets complicated when relationships are estranged. Katie Engel…
5 days, 16 hours ago
What Jefferson really thought about race
Thomas Jefferson wrote passionately about individual freedoms, yet he enslaved hundreds. How did he square the two? Annette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb…
6 days, 16 hours ago
The cultural evolution of your face
We use our faces more than any other part of our body to communicate with others and that communication has evolved a lot over the centuries. Fay Bo…
1 week ago
How to live with uncertainty (you don’t have a choice)
There is comfort in certainty, but there is resilience in embracing the uncertain. Simone Stolzoff joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why striving for c…
1 week, 1 day ago
Consumer protection is on the decline… you’ve probably noticed
Consumers are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore. Heather Timmons writes about consumer rights for The Guardian. She joins host Kr…
1 week, 4 days ago
The trend in global entertainment: hyperlocal
Taylor Swift’s world tour was a huge hit, but will there be like it? Tom Wainwright, media editor at the Economist, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss t…
1 week, 5 days ago
She created space for women astronauts
Training to blast off in a rocket is one thing, but being the first mother in space turned out to be much harder. Anna Fisher was a NASA astronaut fr…
1 week, 6 days ago