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Qian Julie Wang joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the Alien and Sedition Acts are being used in public policy today.
The wartime justification of deportations - Think
Qian Julie Wang joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the Alien and Sedition Acts are being used in public policy today.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Qian Julie Wang joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the Alien and Sedition Acts are being used in public policy today.
Matthew Purdy joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the Trump administration has intentionally created vagaries and how that helps to consolidate presidential power.
Why we need laws to be specific - Think
Matthew Purdy joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the Trump administration has intentionally created vagaries and how that helps to consolidate presidential power.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Matthew Purdy joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the Trump administration has intentionally created vagaries and how that helps to consolidate presidential power.
Investigative journalist Debbie Cenziper joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how medicines made in overseas labs don’t always meet U.S. safety standards.
Can you trust generic drugs? - Think
Investigative journalist Debbie Cenziper joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how medicines made in overseas labs don’t always meet U.S. safety standards.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Investigative journalist Debbie Cenziper joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how medicines made in overseas labs don’t always meet U.S. safety standards.
Tech reporter Varsha Bansal joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the grueling work of training A.I. to give answers that are fact checked and meet safety guidelines.
The man (or woman) behind the curtain of A.I. - Think
Tech reporter Varsha Bansal joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the grueling work of training A.I. to give answers that are fact checked and meet safety guidelines.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tech reporter Varsha Bansal joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the grueling work of training A.I. to give answers that are fact checked and meet safety guidelines.
Susan Dominus joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why middle-aged women are raving about the benefits of testosterone.
Women want testosterone, too - Think
Susan Dominus joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why middle-aged women are raving about the benefits of testosterone.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Susan Dominus joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why middle-aged women are raving about the benefits of testosterone.
Alice Callahan is a New York Times reporter with a Ph.D. in nutrition, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why our diets became so reliant on foods made in a factory.
The hidden history of ultraprocessed food - Think
Alice Callahan is a New York Times reporter with a Ph.D. in nutrition, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why our diets became so reliant on foods made in a factory.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Alice Callahan is a New York Times reporter with a Ph.D. in nutrition, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why our diets became so reliant on foods made in a factory.
James Marriott joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens to a society that stops thinking deeply and focuses on the doomscroll.
Everybody can read but nobody does - Think
James Marriott joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens to a society that stops thinking deeply and focuses on the doomscroll.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
James Marriott joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens to a society that stops thinking deeply and focuses on the doomscroll.
New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the life cycle of the child star.
How we make child stars miserable - Think
New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the life cycle of the child star.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the life cycle of the child star.
Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the seismic legal and moral shifts that have happened since the Declaration of Independence.
America 2025: Would the founders be shook? - Think
Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the seismic legal and moral shifts that have happened since the Declaration of Independence.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the seismic legal and moral shifts that have happened since the Declaration of Independence.
Disability and Aging Reporter joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the so-called “refrigerator moms” of the 1950s and what today’s rhetoric from the HHS Secretary mean for mothers.
Stop blaming moms for autism - Think
Disability and Aging Reporter joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the so-called “refrigerator moms” of the 1950s and what today’s rhetoric from the HHS Secretary mean for mothers.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Disability and Aging Reporter joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the so-called “refrigerator moms” of the 1950s and what today’s rhetoric from the HHS Secretary mean for mothers.
Journalist Asher Elbein joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how one discovery in Africa is having scientists radically rethinking when life emerged.
Did life start more than once? - Think
Journalist Asher Elbein joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how one discovery in Africa is having scientists radically rethinking when life emerged.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Journalist Asher Elbein joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how one discovery in Africa is having scientists radically rethinking when life emerged.
Sönke Johnsen joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the wonders of vertical migration, why sharks must keep swimming to stay alive, and the clues offered to biologists that help piece together the questions of aquatic life evolution.
Into the Great Wide Ocean: Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth - Think
Sönke Johnsen joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the wonders of vertical migration, why sharks must keep swimming to stay alive, and the clues offered to biologists that help piece together the questions...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Sönke Johnsen joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the wonders of vertical migration, why sharks must keep swimming to stay alive, and the clues offered to biologists that help piece together the questions of aquatic life evolution.
Writer and critic Grace Byron joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why gun ownership among trans individuals.
The truth about trans gun ownership - Think
Writer and critic Grace Byron joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why gun ownership among trans individuals.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Writer and critic Grace Byron joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why gun ownership among trans individuals.
Bryan P. Stone joins host Krys Boyd to discuss horror and how it draws on Christian imagery and anxieties.
The Christian core of horror movies - Think
Bryan P. Stone joins host Krys Boyd to discuss horror and how it draws on Christian imagery and anxieties.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Bryan P. Stone joins host Krys Boyd to discuss horror and how it draws on Christian imagery and anxieties.
Natasha Hall joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how President Trump’s strong demands on Israel and Hamas forced both sides to the table, and what happens to any future deals if both sides can’t keep to the terms of the agreement.
What it takes to keep the peace in Gaza - Think
Natasha Hall joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how President Trump’s strong demands on Israel and Hamas forced both sides to the table, and what happens to any future deals if both sides can’t keep...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Natasha Hall joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how President Trump’s strong demands on Israel and Hamas forced both sides to the table, and what happens to any future deals if both sides can’t keep to the terms of the agreement.
Shayna Korol joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a new field of space medicine.
What space medicine can do for us all - Think
Shayna Korol joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a new field of space medicine.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Shayna Korol joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a new field of space medicine.
Karen Weise joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how data centers are driving up electricity costs for everyone.
You might be paying Amazon’s power bill - Think
Karen Weise joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how data centers are driving up electricity costs for everyone.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Karen Weise joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how data centers are driving up electricity costs for everyone.
Investigative reporter Craig Whitlock joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the veteran disability claim process.
Is the VA’s disability program broken? - Think
Investigative reporter Craig Whitlock joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the veteran disability claim process.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Investigative reporter Craig Whitlock joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the veteran disability claim process.
Suparna Chaudhry joins guest host John McCaa to discuss what happened to the reputation of NGOs.
Why everybody is hating on NGOs - Think
Suparna Chaudhry joins guest host John McCaa to discuss what happened to the reputation of NGOs.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Suparna Chaudhry joins guest host John McCaa to discuss what happened to the reputation of NGOs.
Patience Fairbrother joins host Krys Boyd to discuss their research into where highly-skilled talent lands.
Where skilled workers want to live - Think
Patience Fairbrother joins host Krys Boyd to discuss their research into where highly-skilled talent lands.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Patience Fairbrother joins host Krys Boyd to discuss their research into where highly-skilled talent lands.
Author Nicole Chung joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why open adoptions are more complicated than it may look from the outset.
Open adoptions are still complicated - Think
Author Nicole Chung joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why open adoptions are more complicated than it may look from the outset.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Author Nicole Chung joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why open adoptions are more complicated than it may look from the outset.
Bioethics expert Travis Rieder joins Krys Boyd to discuss how individuals should consider their approach to climate change.
Climate change and its new ethical dilemmas - Think
Bioethics expert Travis Rieder joins Krys Boyd to discuss how individuals should consider their approach to climate change.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Bioethics expert Travis Rieder joins Krys Boyd to discuss how individuals should consider their approach to climate change.
Former poet laureate Joy Harjo joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her life and upcoming book.
A former poet laureate on the wisdom of Native women - Think
Former poet laureate Joy Harjo joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her life and upcoming book.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Former poet laureate Joy Harjo joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her life and upcoming book.
Brian Deese joins guest host John McCaa to discuss how energy hungry A.I. is putting pressure on the grid.
How to ease the energy crunch - Think
Brian Deese joins guest host John McCaa to discuss how energy hungry A.I. is putting pressure on the grid.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Brian Deese joins guest host John McCaa to discuss how energy hungry A.I. is putting pressure on the grid.
Journalist and "The Great British Bakeoff" finalist Ruby Tandoh joins why everyone is a "foodie" now.
Why everybody is a foodie now - Think
Journalist and "The Great British Bakeoff" finalist Ruby Tandoh joins why everyone is a "foodie" now.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Journalist and "The Great British Bakeoff" finalist Ruby Tandoh joins why everyone is a "foodie" now.