Coping With ‘Ugly’
September 6, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with Robert Hoge about coming to terms with his appearance, which he writes about in his memoir, “Ugly.”
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Labor Day Special: Finding Your Calling
September 5, 2016This hour, in celebration of Labor Day, we’ll listen back to our May conversation with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, whose collected these tales of career success in “Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work.”
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Labor Day Special: Life With ‘No Baggage’
September 5, 2016This hour, in honor of Labor Day, we’ll listen back to our talk about how a lack of plans allowed room for a relationship to blossom with Clara Bensen.
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How American Politics Went Insane
September 1, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with Jonathan Rauch about his recent piece in The Atlantic, “How American Politics Went Insane.”
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What Animals Think And Feel
September 1, 2016This hour, we’ll discuss non-human joy, grief, anger, love and other emotions this hour with conservationist, scientist and writer Carl Safina. His latest book, “Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel,” is now out in paperback
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A Talk With Werner Herzog
August 31, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with the prolific German filmmaker about “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” “Fitzcarraldo,” “Grizzly Man” – and his newest effort, “Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World.”
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Reskilling America
August 31, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with Katherine Newman, provost and professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She’s the co-author of the new book “Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-First Century.”
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The Hate Map Of America
August 30, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about why hate groups form, what they hope to accomplish and how they’re being monitored with Mark Potok of the Sothern Poverty Law Center, which recently published its Hate Map.
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The Saudi-U.S. Alliance
August 30, 2016This hour, we’ll discuss the recent U.S.-backed Saudi intervention in Yemen this hour with Andrew Cockburn. His article “Acceptable Losses” appears in the current issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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A Nation Engaged – America’s Role In The World
August 29, 2016This hour we’ll talk about how the election and the next president will affect America’s role in the world. Our guests are writer Ben Fountain, who’s been reporting on the election for The Guardian and Jeffrey Engel, who directs the Center for Presidential History at SMU.
