The Balloons That Ate Cleveland (A Cautionary Tales Short)
When Disneyland released one million helium balloons to set a new world record, Cleveland, Ohio looked on in envy. Could it top the Magic Kingdom? What did citizens hope to…
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Sherrilyn Ifill on Today’s Civil Rights Movement
On Sherrilyn Ifill’s last day as President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Anita Hill interviews her about the LDF’s legacy and her contributions. They talk civil…
Revisiting #OscarsSoWhite with CEO of The Academy
Dawn Hudson, the C.E.O. of the Academy of Motion Pictures, talks with Anita Hill about the legacy of #OscarsSoWhite and why the hashtag still has relevance 7 years later. When…
Teaching Cars to Think Like People
Aicha Evans is the CEO of Zoox. Her problem: Designing a car that knows what to do when it pulls up to a 4-way stop.AI is transforming the way cars…
Against the Rules Season 3: The Ballad of Expertise
In Against the Rules, journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis takes a searing look at what’s happened to fairness—in financial markets, newsrooms, basketball games, courts of law, and much more.In…
Patti Smith
Today we have the one and only Patti Smith on the show. Patti is the prototypical downtown, New York City artist. Her 1975 debut album Horses is credited as one of…
Captured in North Korea
Korean-American journalist Euna Lee was captured by North Korean soldiers in 2009, and forced into captivity for 140 days. While Euna’s time in North Korea was harrowing, there was one…
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
Marina AbramoviÄ is a pioneer in the field of performance art, using her body as both the subject and the medium. This week, we sit with the legendary performer in…
Founding Critical Race Theory
Anita Hill interviews Kimberlé Crenshaw, the legal scholar who coined the terms intersectionality and critical race theory, about the battle over curricula, its impact on students and the political co-opting…
Launching Drone Delivery
Keenan Wyrobek is the co-founder of Zipline. His problem: How do you fill the skies with delivery drones and keep them from crashing into each other?Zipline’s drones already make hundreds…
Becoming a Dog Ramp Mogul
Ramon van Meer is the CEO of Alpha Paw. His problem: How do you grow a niche business (ramps for weiner dogs!) when a pandemic blows up your supply chain…
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt is many things—a Rock ‘n Roll Hall-of-Famer, an incredible blues guitarist, an underrated songwriter, and a fierce advocate for social justice. Bonnie was offered her first record deal…
