The Science of Connection
Dr. Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Zimbabwe, has been on a mission for years to help people gain access to mental healthcare in his community, where there’s only one psychiatrist…
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Oscar Sunday with Questlove
To celebrate Oscar Sunday, we’re returning to our talk with legendary bandleader of The Roots and director of Summer of Soul, Questlove!We discuss his winding road to making the documentary:…
Death on the Dance Floor
With its splendid modern architecture, the Hyatt Regency was the place to be seen in Kansas City in 1981. Beneath space-age walkways, guests drank, laughed and danced… not realizing that…
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…
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…