KERA's Think
KERAThink is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainment.
The mystery and misery of headaches
Jul 29 • 46m
Why we still need shade in an A.C. world
Jul 28 • 46m
Spilling the tea on low-T
Jul 25 • 45m
Do we need to be nice to A.I.?
Jul 24 • 46m
Is it too late to save social security?
Jul 23 • 46m
Where does language come from?
Jul 22 • 46m
Why adolescence looks different today
Jul 21 • 46m
Is wellness just for the well-off?
Jul 18 • 47m
Does the world need more people?
Jul 17 • 45m
What its like to fight a wildfire
Jul 16 • 47m
A cultural history of UFOs
Jul 15 • 46m
The new alternative to opioids
Jul 14 • 47m
The Corps of Engineers vs. the environment
Jul 11 • 46m
Elon’s gone, so what’s left of DOGE?
Jul 10 • 46m
The U.N. is kind of a mess
Jul 9 • 46m
How Trump’s tariffs could work
Jul 8 • 46m
Should pseudoscience be taken seriously?
Jul 7 • 46m
Roxane Gay on 500 years of feminism
Jul 2 • 46m
Why coincidences are more math than magic
Jul 1 • 45m
The best life may not be the most comfortable
Jun 30 • 45m
The substance inside you inspiring new medicine
Jun 27 • 46m
Are we thinking about the wealth gap wrong?
Jun 26 • 45m
Why it’s hard to make stuff in the U.S.
Jun 25 • 37m
Why we’re not trying to beat Russia and China
Jun 24 • 45m
Our obsession with health trackers
Jun 23 • 45m
Pregnancy and the digital rabbit hole
Jun 20 • 46m
What makes a genius
Jun 19 • 45m
The value of wacky sounding science
Jun 18 • 46m
The most taboo abortions
Jun 17 • 46m
What RFK gets wrong about autism
Jun 16 • 46m
Sunlight can be medicine. Literally
Jun 13 • 48m
The secrets of superstar siblings
Jun 12 • 45m
Are you raising a bully?
Jun 11 • 46m
Where violent extremists gather online
Jun 10 • 46m
The cartels are dealing eels now
Jun 9 • 46m
The first humans got the best sleep
Jun 6 • 46m
Is fitness the ultimate flex?
Jun 5 • 47m
Is there a cure for medical racism?
Jun 4 • 45m
The secrets of super healthy old people
Jun 3 • 46m
It’s OK for mothers to feel hate
Jun 2 • 46m
Was pop culture better when you were a kid?
May 30 • 46m
How A.I. is getting in the way of real learning
May 29 • 46m
Why you fight about the dishwasher
May 23 • 46m
What we’re not giving our boys
May 22 • 46m
The history of happiness research
May 21 • 46m
Why tech moguls think they’re saving humanity
May 20 • 46m
Are we focusing on the wrong risky things?
May 19 • 46m
Meet the new American pope
May 16 • 46m
Why pilots are afraid to seek help
May 15 • 45m
The surprising new science of A.D.H.D.
May 14 • 46m
The year civil rights caught fire
May 13 • 45m
Why we’ll never evolve to be perfect
May 12 • 45m
Why young adults can’t stop spending
May 8 • 43m
The mistakes of Covid school shutdown
May 7 • 45m
The sexualization of girl power
May 6 • 46m
Grandparents need a break, too
May 5 • 46m
The painful history of Indian boarding schools
Apr 30 • 46m
The rebellious past of the public library
Apr 28 • 45m
The reporter who sparked the #MeToo movement
Apr 25 • 46m
What the U.S. military learned from Ukraine
Apr 24 • 45m
Don’t expect science to explain everything
Apr 23 • 46m
Project 2025 is happening
Apr 22 • 46m
Do we still care about due process?
Apr 21 • 46m
Archive: How Pope Francis changed the Church
Apr 21 • 45m
What glaciers do for all of us
Apr 18 • 46m
How your brain makes up its mind
Apr 17 • 45m
Dictators sometimes take power quietly
Apr 16 • 45m
Do you need to be worried about aviation safety?
Apr 15 • 45m
The inequality you may be overlooking
Apr 14 • 44m
Roxane Gay on 500 years of feminism
Apr 11 • 46m
Wanna win with money? Try game theory
Apr 10 • 46m
What A.I knows about you
Apr 8 • 46m
Covid changed us
Apr 7 • 46m
The child abusers you wouldn’t expect
Apr 4 • 46m
How to re-engage your teen
Apr 3 • 46m
Meet the nuns of Texas’s death row
Apr 2 • 45m
Where do the Democrats go from here?
Apr 1 • 45m
The story of Black literacy in the South
Mar 31 • 46m
Are teens afraid of dating?
Mar 27 • 46m
Are school grades failing students?
Mar 26 • 45m
The power of shame in human rights
Mar 25 • 45m
The liberal case for limiting immigration
Mar 24 • 46m
Is your brand the same as your identity?
Mar 21 • 46m
How people get skipped for organ transplant
Mar 20 • 45m
The visa process is absurd
Mar 19 • 45m
Why measles keeps this doctor awake at night
Mar 18 • 44m
Who gets treated as ‘disposable’ in America
Mar 17 • 46m
When moving day was an American holiday
Mar 13 • 45m
Eureka! How your brain figures it out
Mar 12 • 44m
What’s your conflict style?
Mar 11 • 45m
There’s no perfect substitute for human blood
Mar 10 • 46m
Will DOGE really kill the bureaucracy?
Mar 7 • 45m
A scientific guide to a better brain
Mar 6 • 45m
Why guys are still paying for dinner
Mar 4 • 45m
Is recycling a waste?
Mar 3 • 45m
Would Trump give Ukraine to Russia?
Feb 28 • 42m
Do we really need the Dept. of Education?
Feb 27 • 46m
ARCHIEVE: How to survive your grief
Feb 26 • 46m
The uncertain future of DEI
Feb 25 • 46m
Can God speak through A.I?
Feb 24 • 45m
Breaking down the first month of Trump 2.0
Feb 21 • 46m
The wisdom of dogs
Feb 20 • 43m
Trumponomics and the price of eggs
Feb 19 • 46m
The cost of writing about Black trauma
Feb 18 • 46m
How to buy more time on the doomsday countdown
Feb 17 • 45m
Haven’t found ‘the one’? You’ll be ok.
Feb 14 • 46m
A world without USAID
Feb 13 • 45m
The Ozempic diabetes dilemma
Feb 12 • 43m
Should you be worried about bird flu?
Feb 11 • 46m
The consequences of cutting people off
Feb 10 • 45m
Why did we stop hanging out?
Feb 6 • 46m
Does science explain racism?
Feb 5 • 46m
What are the chances Trump gets Greenland?
Jan 31 • 45m
What if we build houses on federal land?
Jan 30 • 45m
Booze causes cancer, too
Jan 29 • 45m
These fires in California won’t be the last
Jan 28 • 46m
How to spot ultra-processed food
Jan 27 • 46m
A weakened Iran is still dangerous
Jan 24 • 45m
When doing the right thing starts with saying no
Jan 23 • 45m
With telehealth, the E.R. comes to you
Jan 22 • 45m
The equity case for standardized testing
Jan 21 • 47m
Who decided that north was up?
Jan 17 • 46m
The price of optimizing your donations
Jan 16 • 46m
Why coincidences are more math than magic
Jan 15 • 45m
Inside the movement to dismantle the government
Jan 13 • 45m
Tech has outpaced evolution
Jan 10 • 44m
The psychology of willful ignorance
Jan 9 • 46m
The American myth of hard work
Jan 8 • 46m
Why hypochondria isn’t just in your head
Jan 7 • 45m
How zoning codes affect your life
Jan 6 • 46m
How to actually motivate young people
Jan 1 • 46m
Best of Think:Could animals possibly understand death?
Dec 31, 2024 • 45m
From Charley Pride to Beyoncé: The Black roots of country music
Dec 30, 2024 • 46m
Best of Think: Calming Your Brain in a Busy World
Dec 27, 2024 • 37m
Best of Think: A just world starts with imagination
Dec 26, 2024 • 36m
Best of Think: Paris through the eye of a food writer
Dec 25, 2024 • 46m
Best of Think: The history of Gospel music
Dec 24, 2024 • 47m
Best of Think: Is your culture cool with therapy?
Dec 23, 2024 • 46m
Comedian Hari Kondabolu on how fatherhood changes everything
Dec 20, 2024 • 46m
How Trump’s deportations will work
Dec 19, 2024 • 46m
The surprising shift in identity politics
Dec 18, 2024 • 46m
Elon Musk vs. The Federal Budget
Dec 17, 2024 • 46m
Why we haven’t narrowed the racial health gap
Dec 16, 2024 • 44m
Author Colson Whitehead talks about ‘Nickel Boys’
Dec 13, 2024 • 45m
The best books of 2024
Dec 12, 2024 • 45m
America’s gamble on online sport betting
Dec 11, 2024 • 45m
How to get your brain in gear
Dec 10, 2024 • 45m
Could DNA testing cost you your life insurance?
Dec 9, 2024 • 45m
Malcolm Gladwell revisits ‘The Tipping Point’
Dec 6, 2024 • 45m
Why don’t fish sink?
Dec 5, 2024 • 46m
How does RFK Jr. define health?
Dec 4, 2024 • 44m
The states that voted for Trump…and abortion rights
Dec 3, 2024 • 45m
The politics of school vouchers
Dec 2, 2024 • 46m
For better cities, think small
Nov 29, 2024 • 44m
ARCHIVE: The foods that keep your brain young
Nov 28, 2024 • 46m
Are we losing our appetite for big portions?
Nov 27, 2024 • 46m
Why are groceries so expensive? It’s complicated
Nov 26, 2024 • 46m
The complexities of Native identity in America
Nov 25, 2024 • 46m
Tracy Chevalier crafts a novel out of glass
Nov 22, 2024 • 46m
There’s nothing magical about 10,000 steps
Nov 21, 2024 • 46m
Does the NFL even care about concussions?
Nov 20, 2024 • 46m
Why white kids are skipping college
Nov 19, 2024 • 46m
The toxic tradeoffs of a fully electric future
Nov 18, 2024 • 46m
What now for Democrats?
Nov 15, 2024 • 46m
Cynicism won’t protect you from getting hurt
Nov 14, 2024 • 46m
The never ending cycle of racism
Nov 13, 2024 • 46m
Virtual reality will never match the real thing
Nov 12, 2024 • 46m
The population boom goes bust
Nov 11, 2024 • 45m
How to put your money where your values are
Nov 8, 2024 • 45m
Hearing is science, listening is art
Nov 7, 2024 • 46m
Some top college students can’t get through a novel
Nov 6, 2024 • 45m
Why we shouldn’t take election security for granted
Nov 5, 2024 • 46m
A novel about near future maternal anxieties
Nov 4, 2024 • 45m
How to keep hard conversations safe
Nov 1, 2024 • 46m
America’s history with horror stories
Oct 31, 2024 • 45m
The most important government role you never heard of
Oct 30, 2024 • 46m
Stripping down America’s sexual history
Oct 29, 2024 • 46m
The Russian dissident who terrifies Putin
Oct 28, 2024 • 45m
Rethinking Reagan
Oct 25, 2024 • 46m
John Grisham takes on wrongful convictions
Oct 24, 2024 • 46m
Local solutions won’t solve a housing shortage
Oct 23, 2024 • 46m
Flight attendants are barely scraping by
Oct 22, 2024 • 46m
Not all childless women have a choice
Oct 21, 2024 • 45m
Could animals possibly understand death?
Oct 18, 2024 • 45m
Richard Dawkins on reading history through genes
Oct 17, 2024 • 45m
The promise of carbon-capture technology
Oct 16, 2024 • 45m
Free will does not exist
Oct 15, 2024 • 45m
They provided abortions for five decades
Oct 14, 2024 • 44m
The benefits of being in your feels
Oct 11, 2024 • 46m
Decoding your dreams
Oct 10, 2024 • 46m
The best communicators don’t talk much
Oct 9, 2024 • 46m
How medical groupthink harms our health
Oct 8, 2024 • 46m
Why don’t NFL cheerleaders make more money?
Oct 7, 2024 • 46m
Actress Uzo Aduba tells her own story
Oct 3, 2024 • 45m
How to interpret political polls
Oct 2, 2024 • 46m
Nobody wants to be vice president
Oct 1, 2024 • 46m
It might be possible to delay menopause
Sep 30, 2024 • 46m
The foods that keep your brain young
Sep 27, 2024 • 46m
Will the far-right extend white privilege to Latinos?
Sep 26, 2024 • 46m
Why body positivity can be toxic
Sep 25, 2024 • 46m
It’s not easy being No. 2: The Presidency of John Adams
Sep 23, 2024 • 45m
A summer camp for trans men
Sep 20, 2024 • 45m
Is race a risk factor in medicine?
Sep 19, 2024 • 45m
Inside the brain of a dinosaur
Sep 18, 2024 • 45m
Where to find the wonder that gives meaning to life
Sep 17, 2024 • 46m
There’s no vaccine for the loneliness epidemic
Sep 16, 2024 • 45m
Will we love A.I too much?
Sep 13, 2024 • 45m
How shame is used as a weapon
Sep 12, 2024 • 46m
How free money helps low-income households
Sep 11, 2024 • 46m
The curse of the ‘gifted’ label
Sep 10, 2024 • 46m
Is it time to rewrite the Constitution?
Sep 9, 2024 • 45m
Cynicism won’t protect you from getting hurt
Sep 6, 2024 • 46m
Can cheapskates and big spenders coexist?
Sep 5, 2024 • 46m
Music as medicine
Sep 4, 2024 • 46m
How campaigns define themselves
Sep 3, 2024 • 46m
What makes a job worth doing?
Sep 2, 2024 • 45m
What the heck is a trad wife?
Aug 30, 2024 • 45m
Decoding the secret language of animals
Aug 29, 2024 • 45m
The cartels are dealing eels now
Aug 28, 2024 • 46m
How U.S policy drives immigrants to dangerous decisions
Aug 27, 2024 • 46m
When loving your pet means letting them go
Aug 26, 2024 • 46m
Is A.I. music worth a listen?
Aug 23, 2024 • 45m
What successful risk takers have in common
Aug 22, 2024 • 45m
The charm of politicians is a double-edged sword
Aug 21, 2024 • 46m
What's a ransomware negotiator?
Aug 19, 2024 • 46m
How to actually motivate young people
Aug 16, 2024 • 46m
Is war with China inevitable?
Aug 16, 2024 • 46m
Why so much political violence now?
Aug 15, 2024 • 46m
First generation students need more than money
Aug 14, 2024 • 45m
Will money win the 2024 election?
Aug 13, 2024 • 46m
Most Americans are moderates
Aug 12, 2024 • 46m
Can you really ‘prep’ for the breakdown of society?
Aug 9, 2024 • 45m
How dictators prop each other up
Aug 8, 2024 • 45m
Gun violence as a feminist issue
Aug 7, 2024 • 45m
What your BMI doesn’t tell you about your health
Aug 6, 2024 • 45m
This gender moment didn’t happen overnight
Aug 5, 2024 • 45m
What Project 2025 really says
Aug 2, 2024 • 37m
There’s no such thing as revenge porn
Aug 1, 2024 • 45m
How a school shooter’s parents were convicted of homicide
Jul 31, 2024 • 43m
There’s no shame in self-publishing
Jul 30, 2024 • 36m
Why the Supreme Court doesn’t represent America
Jul 29, 2024 • 45m
Why everyone is demanding an NDA
Jul 26, 2024 • 45m
Astronaut Cady Coleman on making space for everyone
Jul 25, 2024 • 45m
How to survive your grief
Jul 24, 2024 • 46m
This is your brain on aging
Jul 23, 2024 • 44m
The global supply chain is so messed up
Jul 22, 2024 • 46m
Reality shows are much older than you think
Jul 18, 2024 • 46m
Meet the million-year-old microbes living deep underground
Jul 18, 2024 • 46m
Why neither party gets Latino voters
Jul 17, 2024 • 45m
The deadly civil war the west is ignoring
Jul 16, 2024 • 45m
You can clone your dog for $50k. Should you?
Jul 15, 2024 • 45m
Did the 1860s make the Civil War inevitable?
Jul 12, 2024 • 45m
Who pays the price of America’s climate damage?
Jul 11, 2024 • 45m
How refrigeration revolutionized the world
Jul 10, 2024 • 46m
The economy needs workers who can really connect
Jul 9, 2024 • 46m
What animals think, feel and love
Jul 8, 2024 • 45m
How climate change affects the human body
Jul 5, 2024 • 47m
Will the FAFSA fiasco push some schools over the brink?
Jul 3, 2024 • 44m
The Democrats’ Biden Dilemma
Jul 2, 2024 • 46m
The surprising power of willful forgetting
Jul 1, 2024 • 45m
The attention economy rising around toddlers
Jun 28, 2024 • 46m
Why Europe is bracing for a second Trump term
Jun 27, 2024 • 46m
A crisis of faith…in science
Jun 26, 2024 • 45m
How much pesticide is on your plate?
Jun 25, 2024 • 54m
Can you really get your news from TikTok?
Jun 24, 2024 • 46m
Do the muscles make the man?
Jun 21, 2024 • 46m
A cultural history of UFOs
Jun 20, 2024 • 46m
Who decides what is hate speech on college campuses?
Jun 19, 2024 • 46m
The scientists who believe in near death experiences
Jun 18, 2024 • 46m
The historic hurdles of women runners
Jun 17, 2024 • 46m
The business of veganism
Jun 14, 2024 • 45m
Why crowdfunding healthcare rarely works
Jun 13, 2024 • 45m
Congress is not gridlocked. No really.
Jun 12, 2024 • 46m
Life, liberty and the pursuit of grievances
Jun 11, 2024 • 46m
The unfair hierarchy of eating disorders
Jun 10, 2024 • 46m
The straight story about posture panic
Jun 7, 2024 • 46m
Are you too good at delaying gratification?
Jun 5, 2024 • 45m
Decoding your dreams
Jun 4, 2024 • 46m
Sexism in sports
Jun 3, 2024 • 45m
Cancer is becoming a younger person’s disease
May 31, 2024 • 47m
How Nicholas Kristof still has hope for the world
May 30, 2024 • 45m
A.I could drive most languages to extinction
May 29, 2024 • 45m
You can love your kids but still regret having them
May 28, 2024 • 46m
What makes a job worth doing?
May 27, 2024 • 45m
The ancient inventions that made the modern world
May 24, 2024 • 31m
Living the Constitution’s many contradictions
May 23, 2024 • 45m
The grief of institutionalizing a child
May 22, 2024 • 46m
Strategies to staying focused with ADHD
May 21, 2024 • 45m
Why prisoners rarely get furloughed
May 20, 2024 • 46m
What it takes to be top dog at a dog show
May 17, 2024 • 46m
When joy and heartbreak overlap
May 16, 2024 • 45m
The bad advice you’re getting about concussions
May 15, 2024 • 44m
How EV Batteries are getting a major upgrade
May 14, 2024 • 45m
Paris through the eye of a food writer
May 13, 2024 • 46m
From Charley Pride to Beyoncé: The Black roots of country music
May 10, 2024 • 46m
Why so many people love the suburbs
May 9, 2024 • 46m
Is your culture cool with therapy?
May 8, 2024 • 46m
It’s 2024: Where are our flying cars?
May 7, 2024 • 45m
You're not crazy: Gaslighters are real
May 6, 2024 • 45m
Why screenwriters can’t make a living
May 3, 2024 • 47m
Feathers, fur and freedom: The birth of the animal rights movement
May 2, 2024 • 45m
Does spying on your kids really protect them?
May 1, 2024 • 46m
Is ‘less than lethal’ force by police actually safe?
Apr 30, 2024 • 45m
For Asian Americans, affirmative action is complicated
Apr 29, 2024 • 45m
How rich is too rich?
Apr 26, 2024 • 45m
Free will does not exist
Apr 25, 2024 • 45m
The unintended consequences of color-blind casting
Apr 24, 2024 • 45m
She tried to abort her baby — it didn’t work
Apr 23, 2024 • 45m
You might have to move because of climate change
Apr 22, 2024 • 45m
Guiding souls: The compassionate journey of a death doula
Apr 19, 2024 • 45m
Climate change and its new ethical dilemmas
Apr 18, 2024 • 48m
Is there a cure for medical racism?
Apr 17, 2024 • 45m
How the science of dying can help us live longer
Apr 16, 2024 • 48m
Why no third party candidate has won the White House
Apr 15, 2024 • 46m
How probation and parole feed mass incarceration
Apr 12, 2024 • 45m
Kids aren’t weak unless we make them that way
Apr 11, 2024 • 46m
Medical science is still catching up on women’s health
Apr 10, 2024 • 45m
From foster care to fostering hope
Apr 9, 2024 • 46m
The bizarre history of Space Science
Apr 8, 2024 • 46m
Between the Earth and the Sun: A guide to the Eclipse
Apr 5, 2024 • 52m
Are you really retired if you’re still working?
Apr 4, 2024 • 45m
Who has the right to choose their sex?
Apr 3, 2024 • 44m
Why the best Presidents were the best Presidents
Apr 2, 2024 • 44m
Small-town America is doing just fine, thanks
Apr 1, 2024 • 45m
Wild fun: How animals play
Mar 29, 2024 • 30m
Why Evan Gershkovich remains in Russian jail
Mar 28, 2024 • 45m
Could Ozempic some day treat addiction, too?
Mar 27, 2024 • 46m
How to have one-on-one meetings like a boss
Mar 26, 2024 • 45m
The psychology of the American voter
Mar 25, 2024 • 46m
Leaving the white evangelical church
Mar 22, 2024 • 39m
What drives young people to vote
Mar 21, 2024 • 45m
How to speak up for yourself
Mar 20, 2024 • 45m
When your life partner is not your lover
Mar 19, 2024 • 45m
Why America won’t tax the rich
Mar 18, 2024 • 48m
Inside the siege of Mariupol
Mar 15, 2024 • 46m
What counts as sober today?
Mar 14, 2024 • 45m
The economy is working despite what you think
Mar 13, 2024 • 46m
The balancing act of a healthy brain
Mar 12, 2024 • 45m
Femme Fatale: Why women kill
Mar 11, 2024 • 45m
The best communicators don’t talk much
Mar 8, 2024 • 46m
A.I. is coming for knowledge workers
Mar 7, 2024 • 46m
How Ashli Babbitt became a martyr for the right
Mar 6, 2024 • 37m
Would Trump really go to prison?
Mar 5, 2024 • 37m
Copyrights are out of control
Mar 4, 2024 • 45m
You can learn to be more confident
Mar 2, 2024 • 52m
Guaranteeing your right to vote
Feb 29, 2024 • 45m
You won’t believe how much plastic you eat
Feb 28, 2024 • 46m
Breaking up with romance
Feb 27, 2024 • 31m
Why gay people deserve an apology
Feb 26, 2024 • 46m
Who gets to make art and who gets to own it
Feb 23, 2024 • 31m
The mysteries of the moon
Feb 22, 2024 • 43m
A just world starts with imagination
Feb 21, 2024 • 36m
If you think driving is getting worse, you’re right
Feb 20, 2024 • 38m
Xi Jinping is in trouble
Feb 20, 2024 • 30m
The extraordinary influence of HBCUs
Feb 16, 2024 • 46m
How big a deal is the Vatican’s decision to bless same-sex couples?
Feb 15, 2024 • 46m
Fighting unjust policing from the inside
Feb 14, 2024 • 36m
Why are we so polarized? Science has the answer
Feb 13, 2024 • 36m
The history of Gospel music
Feb 12, 2024 • 47m
The decision to have kids feels more complicated than ever
Feb 9, 2024 • 48m
The anxiety of going off Ozempic
Feb 8, 2024 • 35m
Look out tastemakers—algorithms are coming for you
Feb 7, 2024 • 31m
Everything everywhere all at once: The threats to global democracy
Feb 6, 2024 • 46m
How public schools got so political
Feb 5, 2024 • 33m
Calling out the colonizers
Feb 2, 2024 • 33m
The story of Volodymyr Zelensky
Feb 1, 2024 • 33m
Why you need fear in your life
Jan 31, 2024 • 45m
The battle over free speech on college campuses
Jan 30, 2024 • 34m
Opposing parties’ governors vow to disagree better
Jan 29, 2024 • 47m
In the multiverse, anything is possible
Jan 26, 2024 • 31m
Why indigenous Americans are undercounted in the census
Jan 25, 2024 • 33m
Calming your brain in a busy world
Jan 24, 2024 • 37m
Who controls your destiny? (It’s not you)
Jan 23, 2024 • 46m
When defying the frontrunner feels dangerous
Jan 22, 2024 • 33m
The right way to fail
Jan 19, 2024 • 33m
Why the Democrats are losing working class voters
Jan 18, 2024 • 34m
What Africa’s coups mean for democracy
Jan 17, 2024 • 35m
The benefits of working for the man
Jan 16, 2024 • 36m
What could you get done with more energy?
Jan 12, 2024 • 37m
Even wanted pregnancies after Dobbs are fraught
Jan 11, 2024 • 32m
Inside the Duterte Regime’s murderous war on drugs
Jan 10, 2024 • 46m
How to give a speech without a script
Jan 9, 2024 • 45m
Why signing that online petition isn’t enough
Jan 8, 2024 • 33m
A look at eyeliner
Jan 5, 2024 • 45m
The gift of buying less
Jan 3, 2024 • 34m
What your child really needs from you
Jan 2, 2024 • 47m
Best of 2023: Why we should put women in charge of climate change
Jan 1, 2024 • 48m
Best of 2023: Chatbots say wild things, and they learn it from us
Dec 29, 2023 • 46m
Best of 2023: Do animals have inner lives?
Dec 27, 2023 • 31m
Best of 2023: The many different lives of Latinos
Dec 26, 2023 • 31m
Best of 2023: The story of a recovering foodie
Dec 25, 2023 • 34m
The gender politics of pockets
Dec 22, 2023 • 31m
Unpacking passport privilege
Dec 21, 2023 • 31m
Journalists of color carry extra burden
Dec 20, 2023 • 45m
Why do our bodies age?
Dec 19, 2023 • 46m
An astronaut’s guide to life
Dec 19, 2023 • 30m
Our constitutional right to lie
Dec 18, 2023 • 32m
An astronaut’s guide to life
Dec 14, 2023 • 30m
Getting around your community is a right not a privilege
Dec 13, 2023 • 32m
On comedy and cancel culture
Dec 12, 2023 • 46m
The geography of American Poverty
Dec 11, 2023 • 34m
Could deep brain stimulation cure depression?
Dec 8, 2023 • 32m
Could facial recognition software send you to jail?
Dec 8, 2023 • 33m
What the Hamas-Israel war means for Iran, Saudi Arabia and us
Dec 6, 2023 • 46m
Why we like politicians who talk tough
Dec 5, 2023 • 33m
Musician and comedian Reggie Watts on the joy of being weird
Dec 4, 2023 • 46m
David Brooks wants us to reconnect
Dec 1, 2023 • 33m
War through the eyes of a child
Nov 30, 2023 • 33m
The brave college kids who saved the Negro spiritual
Nov 30, 2023 • 43m
When will Millennials start having kids?
Nov 28, 2023 • 31m
You don’t want to live on Mars
Nov 27, 2023 • 33m
What personalized medicine promised and what it delivered
Nov 24, 2023 • 33m
Hate flying? Blame deregulation
Nov 22, 2023 • 33m
Why your commute just keeps getting longer
Nov 21, 2023 • 31m
Remember Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Nov 20, 2023 • 31m
Why twins really are special
Nov 17, 2023 • 32m
Wanting a gun isn’t about fear
Nov 16, 2023 • 45m
Did you know that curiosity is your superpower?
Nov 15, 2023 • 34m
Beyoncé, Björk and Donald Trump: What makes divas tick
Nov 14, 2023 • 46m
How to get better at self-improvement
Nov 13, 2023 • 33m
Can a democracy survive minority rule?
Nov 10, 2023 • 46m
Think America’s too divided? Blame the Founding Fathers
Nov 8, 2023 • 29m
What it’s like to survive cardiac arrest
Nov 7, 2023 • 31m
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Nov 6, 2023 • 47m
Could we some day create new living things in a lab?
Nov 3, 2023 • 31m
The evolution of marriage
Nov 2, 2023 • 33m
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Nov 1, 2023 • 30m
MDMA’s journey from dancefloor to doctor’s office
Oct 31, 2023 • 46m
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Oct 30, 2023 • 32m
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Oct 27, 2023 • 46m
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Oct 26, 2023 • 31m
Could Kamala Harris be president?
Oct 24, 2023 • 32m
Feeling lonely? It’s time to get creative
Oct 23, 2023 • 33m
Your brain is better on music
Oct 23, 2023 • 43m
What do animals need from us?
Oct 19, 2023 • 32m
Why LBJ and MLK needed each other
Oct 18, 2023 • 35m
Who benefits from our broken immigration system?
Oct 17, 2023 • 47m
Conservation is about people, too
Oct 16, 2023 • 33m
Do animals have inner lives?
Oct 13, 2023 • 30m
Is online privacy even possible?
Oct 12, 2023 • 32m
For a comedian, imposter syndrome is no laughing matter
Oct 11, 2023 • 46m
A standing desk is not enough
Oct 11, 2023 • 35m
When eulogies are complicated
Oct 9, 2023 • 32m
We don’t talk enough about phosphorous
Oct 6, 2023 • 50m
Lessons from Lincoln on effective politics
Oct 4, 2023 • 32m
Earth has warmed and cooled before. So what’s different now?
Oct 3, 2023 • 32m
Abortion may soon be legal in some unexpected states
Oct 2, 2023 • 31m
Why some people can’t stop lying
Sep 29, 2023 • 30m
How to sharpen your five senses
Sep 28, 2023 • 32m
When college is a waste of money
Sep 27, 2023 • 30m
We don’t make it easy to get sober
Sep 26, 2023 • 32m
The many ways we monitor undocumented immigrants
Sep 25, 2023 • 46m
The patience of turtles
Sep 22, 2023 • 47m
If aliens visited, would we even know?
Sep 21, 2023 • 34m
When you forgive, you don’t have to forget
Sep 20, 2023 • 31m
There’s more to American history than what white people did
Sep 19, 2023 • 32m
Is the Navy stuck in the past?
Sep 18, 2023 • 30m
What’s a fishwife, anyway? A history of words about women
Sep 15, 2023 • 31m
Treating anxiety has become a cottage industry
Sep 14, 2023 • 32m
Racial justice starts in your community
Sep 13, 2023 • 45m
They’re not stereotypes about Black people — they’re lies
Sep 12, 2023 • 47m
Meet the women who helped win WWII
Sep 11, 2023 • 46m
How climate change affects the human body
Sep 8, 2023 • 47m
Why we love celebrities more than heroes
Sep 7, 2023 • 46m
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Sep 6, 2023 • 46m
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Sep 5, 2023 • 45m
How well do you know your dogs and cats?
Sep 1, 2023 • 46m
In Oregon, an experiment in drug laws
Aug 31, 2023 • 32m
In math, there are no dumb questions
Aug 30, 2023 • 33m
In a YA novel, a Black girl navigates Jim Crow
Aug 29, 2023 • 47m
When science silences debate
Aug 28, 2023 • 30m
How big state schools spend all of that tuition
Aug 25, 2023 • 34m
Why you love your favorite song
Aug 24, 2023 • 33m
It’s hard to trust others, but you should try anyway
Aug 23, 2023 • 29m
The Hidden Harms of CPR
Aug 22, 2023 • 34m
Listen up! Good hearing could fight off dementia
Aug 21, 2023 • 29m
For old-school conspiracy theorists, QAnon crossed a line
Aug 18, 2023 • 32m
Do animals talk to each other?
Aug 17, 2023 • 31m
Marijuana and psychedelics: New thinking about old substances
Aug 16, 2023 • 31m
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Aug 15, 2023 • 31m
Attention is a skill you need to practice
Aug 14, 2023 • 28m
Elon Musk basically owns space
Aug 11, 2023 • 29m
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Aug 10, 2023 • 30m
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Aug 9, 2023 • 29m
Stop trying to be perfect
Aug 8, 2023 • 32m
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Aug 7, 2023 • 30m
The maestro of mystery
Aug 4, 2023 • 46m
Global sperm counts are down. Is it time to worry?
Aug 3, 2023 • 30m
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Aug 2, 2023 • 46m
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Aug 1, 2023 • 34m
In Nigeria, DNA testing is a part of courtship
Jul 31, 2023 • 35m
How TV learned to take teenagers seriously
Jul 28, 2023 • 32m
Beyond Beyond Burgers: The future of ‘meat’
Jul 27, 2023 • 33m
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Jul 26, 2023 • 31m
In movies and TV, Asian American stories are claiming the spotlight
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Your favorite movies would not be the same without John Williams
Jul 24, 2023 • 33m
Hollywood’s big bet on Barbie
Jul 21, 2023 • 31m
Hollywood’s shut down. Now what?
Jul 20, 2023 • 32m
Meet the humans who power A.I.
Jul 19, 2023 • 31m
The eternal allure of old books
Jul 18, 2023 • 31m
Why does a potato chip have 20 ingredients?
Jul 17, 2023 • 31m
The many different lives of Latinos
Jul 14, 2023 • 31m
The right questions for better health
Jul 13, 2023 • 31m
What we could learn from Vienna’s public housing
Jul 12, 2023 • 30m
What our quest for alien life says about humanity
Jul 11, 2023 • 31m
Are we deluding ourselves about the value of travel?
Jul 10, 2023 • 46m
The real beneficiaries of affirmative action
Jul 7, 2023 • 46m
How to keep going when it feels like you’re getting nowhere
Jul 6, 2023 • 30m
How criminals do their banking
Jul 5, 2023 • 46m
How South Korea became the beauty capital of the world
Jun 30, 2023 • 29m
Translating trauma for asylum seekers
Jun 29, 2023 • 31m
Fixing what the Fair Housing Act didn’t
Jun 28, 2023 • 31m
Loathe small talk? You’re not alone
Jun 27, 2023 • 31m
How a plan for hemp riches went up in smoke
Jun 26, 2023 • 31m
How old is too old to be president?
Jun 23, 2023 • 30m
The science of figuring out if ice cream is good for you
Jun 22, 2023 • 30m
Imagine growing up in the Ice Age
Jun 21, 2023 • 31m
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Jun 20, 2023 • 31m
How to talk to your kid about weight
Jun 16, 2023 • 30m
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Jun 15, 2023 • 30m
Joy is made sweeter because we know pain
Jun 14, 2023 • 28m
What makes big projects fail?
Jun 13, 2023 • 30m
The beauty of beetles
Jun 12, 2023 • 29m
It’s time to check in with your senses
Jun 9, 2023 • 30m
You don’t need the best of everything
Jun 8, 2023 • 30m
When bad people make great art
Jun 7, 2023 • 33m
Your watery eyes don’t deceive you: Allergies are on the rise
Jun 6, 2023 • 31m
You should schedule more time to do nothing with your friends
Jun 5, 2023 • 30m
The alliances and rivalries of Cold War-era journalists
Jun 2, 2023 • 45m
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Jun 1, 2023 • 31m
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May 31, 2023 • 45m
The many identities of Gen Z
May 30, 2023 • 32m
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May 26, 2023 • 30m
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May 26, 2023 • 31m
Workplace bullies and how you can stop them
May 24, 2023 • 30m
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May 23, 2023 • 31m
If you can’t tell if a purse is a knockoff, does it matter?
May 22, 2023 • 33m
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May 19, 2023 • 30m
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May 18, 2023 • 31m
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May 17, 2023 • 28m
Gun sellers peddle more than just weapons
May 16, 2023 • 32m
The superpowers of sensitive people
May 15, 2023 • 42m
Why do we still judge women who don’t have kids?
May 12, 2023 • 46m
It’s giving linguistics: How young people slay English
May 11, 2023 • 33m
We need more research on women athletes
May 10, 2023 • 28m
The myth of American self-reliance
May 10, 2023 • 32m
What Holocaust education misses
May 8, 2023 • 31m
Pregnant people deserve better
May 5, 2023 • 45m
The tech that could change babymaking
May 4, 2023 • 34m
Are we over Twitter?
May 3, 2023 • 33m
The purr-plexing evolution of cats
May 2, 2023 • 31m
The case for letting children vote
May 1, 2023 • 32m
The science, culture, and history of periods
Apr 28, 2023 • 34m
There have always been trans people in Texas
Apr 26, 2023 • 32m
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Apr 25, 2023 • 29m
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Apr 25, 2023 • 43m
You know your rights, what about your obligations?
Apr 24, 2023 • 28m
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Apr 20, 2023 • 31m
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Apr 19, 2023 • 27m
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Apr 18, 2023 • 34m
Is your intelligence about nature or nurture?
Apr 17, 2023 • 35m
How learning a new skill helps you appreciate mastery
Apr 14, 2023 • 31m
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Apr 13, 2023 • 33m
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Apr 12, 2023 • 33m
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Apr 11, 2023 • 29m
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Apr 10, 2023 • 30m
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Apr 7, 2023 • 30m
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Apr 6, 2023 • 29m
We’re doing the wrong things to fix poverty
Apr 5, 2023 • 31m
The story of a recovering foodie
Apr 4, 2023 • 33m
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Apr 3, 2023 • 30m
Ari Shapiro on journalism, music and being human
Mar 31, 2023 • 45m
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Mar 30, 2023 • 33m
Making U.S. cities more pedestrian-friendly is an uphill battle
Mar 29, 2023 • 31m
Unscrambling the science and history of eggs
Mar 28, 2023 • 34m
Plenty of people hear voices nobody else can hear
Mar 24, 2023 • 34m
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Mar 23, 2023 • 32m
Why an online community for exchanging free stuff became controversial
Mar 22, 2023 • 33m
The big business of blood: Exploitation in the plasma industry
Mar 21, 2023 • 31m
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Mar 21, 2023 • 32m
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Mar 17, 2023 • 46m
The mysteries of memory and how to improve it
Mar 16, 2023 • 30m
Does being an American kill your ancestral culture?
Mar 15, 2023 • 32m
Meet your new AI shrink
Mar 14, 2023 • 36m
Cities are full of wildlife, if you know where to look
Mar 13, 2023 • 35m
From the Archive: The impossible expectations on American mothers
Mar 9, 2023 • 45m
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Mar 8, 2023 • 46m
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Mar 7, 2023 • 46m
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Mar 6, 2023 • 33m
Psych lessons from one of Yale’s most popular classes
Mar 3, 2023 • 33m
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Mar 2, 2023 • 37m
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Mar 1, 2023 • 34m
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Feb 28, 2023 • 31m
How to have police reform and lower crime rates, too
Feb 27, 2023 • 30m
From the archives: The true history of lie detector tests
Feb 24, 2023 • 47m
Menopause doesn’t have to be this bad
Feb 23, 2023 • 33m
Why freedom of speech is not absolute
Feb 22, 2023 • 29m
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Feb 21, 2023 • 45m
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Feb 20, 2023 • 46m
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Feb 17, 2023 • 34m
If you needed asylum, who would believe you?
Feb 16, 2023 • 34m
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Feb 15, 2023 • 33m
The early history of hip-hop
Feb 14, 2023 • 45m
Why identity conversations are so uncomfortable
Feb 13, 2023 • 32m
You’ll probably get fooled—learn to live with it
Feb 10, 2023 • 30m
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Feb 9, 2023 • 31m
We’re closer to the end of the world than we’ve ever been
Feb 8, 2023 • 32m
What TV and books get wrong about women
Feb 7, 2023 • 33m
Would you trust Elon Musk with your life?
Feb 6, 2023 • 32m
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Feb 3, 2023 • 33m
The role of your brain in long Covid
Feb 2, 2023 • 30m
The U.S. wasn’t founded on free markets
Jan 31, 2023 • 32m
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Jan 24, 2023 • 28m
The border is about more than undocumented immigration
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The new Gold Rush? Prospecting solar power
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How you can stop wasting food
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