Episodes
![Douglas Massey Sets the Record Straight on Immigration](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/Massey_on_Princeton_Street_xsq3cz_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Douglas Massey Sets the Record Straight on Immigration
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Esteemed professor and policy expert Douglas Massey explains our current immigration and segregation landscape.
![Wading Through the ‘Very Sincere and Messy Business of Being Human’ with Ron Currie,](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/image-asset_x8gk4u_300x300.jpeg)
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
My guest is Maine author Ron Currie, Jr., who’s work covers environmental issues, politics, and some fun, fantastical fictional prose.
Surviving comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut, he has received the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award, the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Alex Award from the American Library Association, while his short fiction and nonfiction writings have received recognition in the Best American Sportswriting and Best American Essays anthologies. In addition, he’s a screen writer, working on series from Apple TV, AMC Studios, and ITV America, among others.
![Linda Villarosa on Racism and Health](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/linda_villarosa_h4w3wu_300x300.png)
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Linda Villarosa on Racism and Health
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
A conversation about the effects of racism on health with journalist, author, and educator Linda Villarosa.
![Talking Pernicious Political Polarization with Jennifer McCoy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/Headshot_McCoysmall_9zvuxs_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Talking Pernicious Political Polarization with Jennifer McCoy
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
A conversation with political scientist and Carnegie scholar Jennifer McCoy about the increasing political dissension in America.
![MLK Day: The Watering Down of His Legacy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/Picture1_d4ikvg_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jan 15, 2024
MLK Day: The Watering Down of His Legacy
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
The recorded version of my latest blogpost, including the song "Distant Land" by Matthew Halsall.
![Health Care in the U.S.: A Conversation with Aaron Carroll](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/Carroll_Headshot_83ura5_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Health Care in the U.S.: A Conversation with Aaron Carroll
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
My guest is Dr. Aaron Carroll, health policy expert and chief health officer at Indiana University, who has written and lectured extensively on the U.S. health care system and how it compares to countries around the world.
![Atheen Venkataramani Discusses Health, Social Class, and … Hope](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/Wg9IsRjC_400x400_82972g_300x300.jpg)
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Atheen Venkataramani Discusses Health, Social Class, and … Hope
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Physician, professor, and economist Atheendar Vankataramani joins me to discuss the impacts of social class and race the health of Americans.
![A Conversation with Bruce Cockburn](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/DSC09498-edit-4-by-daniel-keebler_copy_6btdg4_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
A Conversation with Bruce Cockburn
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
I'm joined by legendary musician Bruce Cockburn. With over 9 million records sold, and countless lives impacted by his activism and altruism, he has spent over 50 years impacting folks around the globe.
![Chelsea Conaboy Confronts Maternal Instinct: “It’s an Idea that Allows Us to do Less”](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/220111_chelseaconaboy_1281_3_web_1__wny4n3_300x300.jpg)
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
My guest is the journalist and writer Chelsea Conaboy, author of the fantastic book Mother Brain, which challenges the repressive notion of ‘maternal instinct’. As she shows, "humans are designed to develop into cooperative caregivers!"
![Michael Roth on the Role of Higher Education as a Cultural Battleground](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8051662/Current_Headshot_2022__ywz6fr_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Michael Roth on the Role of Higher Education as a Cultural Battleground
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Wesleyan University President Michael Roth joins me to discuss the intersection between education and our current culture wars.
Dr. Roth has been the President of Wesleyan since 2007, and has written extensively about issues related to free speech on college campuses specifically, and larger cultural patterns more broadly.
This episode features two Bob Dylan songs, “Visions of Johanna” and “Shelter from the Storm”.
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