Overcoming Racism
What happens when you discover racial fear in yourself? Rachel Shadoan recently reached an uncomfortable conclusion: she was afraid of black men. Rachel was appalled and decided to do something about...
View ArticleCurtis Sittenfeld Reads “Gender Studies”
Curtis Sittenfeld reads her story “Gender Studies,” from the August 29, 2016, issue of the magazine. Sittenfeld is the author of five novels, including “Prep“ and “American Wife.” Her most recent...
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[Unedited] Eula Biss with Krista Tippett
Eula Biss is a professor in the English Department at Northwestern University. Her writing includes "On Immunity: An Inoculation" and "Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays." This conversation was...
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Eula Biss — Let's Talk About Whiteness
Could we learn to talk about whiteness? The writer Eula Biss has been thinking and writing about being white and raising white children in a multi-racial world for a long time. She helpfully opens up...
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Eula Biss — Let's Talk About Whiteness
Could we learn to talk about whiteness? The writer Eula Biss has been thinking and writing about being white and raising white children in a multi-racial world for a long time. She helpfully opens up...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Decision Remorse
Lindy Lou Isonhood discusses the story behind the documentary for which she is the subject,Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2, which premieres on July 16 on PBS at 10 pm. For 20 years, Lindy Isonhood has lived...
View ArticleThe Murky Future of Detained Children, Death Penalty Guilt, China's...
Amy Littlefield and Tina Vasquez discuss children being separated at the border are being sent to a religious adoption agency with a troubling record. Lindy Lou Isonhood talks about being on a jury...
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[Unedited] Eula Biss with Krista Tippett
“If you can’t talk about something, you can’t think about something. I’ve worked with students who could barely let themselves think, they were so scared of thinking the wrong thing.”This conversation...
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Eula Biss — Let's Talk About Whiteness
“If you can’t talk about something, you can’t think about something. I’ve worked with students who could barely let themselves think, they were so scared of thinking the wrong thing.”This conversation...
View ArticleThe Food Guilt Remediation Project
Dan sets out on a mission in which he attempts to take three actions to alleviate his guilt about food waste: compost, spice up his leftovers, and figure out what expiration dates actually mean. Will...
View ArticleAndrew Sean Greer Reads Dorothy Parker
Andrew Sean Greer joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "I Live on Your Visits," by Dorothy Parker, from a 1955 issue of the magazine. Greer is the author of six books of fiction, including "The...
View Article[Unedited] Eula Biss with Krista Tippett
You can’t think about something if you can’t talk about it, says Eula Biss. The writer helpfully opens up lived words and ideas like complacence, guilt, and opportunity hoarding for an urgent reckoning...
View ArticleEula Biss — Talking About Whiteness
You can’t think about something if you can’t talk about it, says Eula Biss. The writer helpfully opens up lived words and ideas like complacence, guilt, and opportunity hoarding for an urgent reckoning...
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