Think with Krys Boyd

Think 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.

 Subscribe to Think podcast |  Watch Think videos | About Think | Back to Podcasts

Recent Shows:

Life in a Rapidly Changing Beijing (Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:35:01 -0400)
We'll see lots of ultra-modern Beijing on TV next month. What we probably won't see are the centuries-old hutong neighborhoods which are being destroyed at a record pace to make way for new development. We'll explore them this hour with Michael Meyer, author of "The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed" (Walker & Company, 2008).
 Download MP3 File

"How to Watch TV News" Revisited (Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:03 -0400)
Is the news getting you down? We'll find out what TV news is all about this hour with former New York news anchor and media scholar, Steve Powers. Powers has recently revised his classic, written along with Neil Postman, "How to Watch TV News" (Penguin, 2008).
 Download MP3 File

The Men Who Invented the Constitution (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:13:40 -0400)

 Download MP3 File

"Obsessive Branding Disorder" (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:55:58 -0400)
Regardless of the product it represents, it's probably the brand that we'll identify with and remember to look for next time. Our guest this hour, Lucas Conley, writes about the phenomenon in his new book "OBD - Obsessive Branding Disorder: The Illusion of Business and the Business of Illusion" (Public Affairs, 2008).
 Download MP3 File

Education in America (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:05:32 -0400)
What are the key challenges facing educators today and what can be done to improve our schools? We'll talk this hour with Rita Haecker, president-elect of the Texas State Teachers Association. She's in Washington, DC for the National Education Association's 146th Annual Meeting.
 Download MP3 File

Who Murdered the Virunga Gorillas? (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:04:56 -0400)
Who killed seven endangered mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park last summer? Why? Those are the questions that journalist (and adventurer) Mark Jenkins and photographer Brent Stirton set out to answer for National Geographic. Their cover story appears in the May issue of National Geographic Magazine. We'll talk with Jenkins this hour.
 Download MP3 File

A Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:04:24 -0400)
Can the drug-approval process be improved, or at least altered to better ensure the public's safety? Journalist Alison Bass might think so. Her new book is "Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial" (Algonquin of Chapel Hill, 2008). Bass will join us for the hour.
 Download MP3 File

Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the War on Terror (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:03:28 -0400)
What is the influence of post-Cold War politics on the America of today? We'll spend this hour with Derek Chollet, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and co-author of the new book "America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 - The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror" (Public Affairs, 2008).
 Download MP3 File

The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival of Gloucester (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:01:15 -0400)

 Download MP3 File

Education in America (Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:55:28 -0400)
What are the key challenges facing educators today and what can be done to improve our schools? We'll talk this hour with Rita Haecker, president-elect of the Texas State Teachers Association. She's in Washington, DC for the National Education Association's 146th Annual Meeting.
 Download MP3 File

Back to Podcasts