EpisodeREPLAY: The Shondaland Revolution
Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows–they’re also groundbreaking. Michaela Meyer (Christopher Newport University) says showrunner Shonda Rhimes has changed the way …
EpisodeWriting Through
What do the mythological Chimera and motherhood have in common? In her work, poet Julie Phillips Brown (Virginia Military Institute) dissects this and other biological queries, cleverly unveiling what makes …
EpisodeThe Environmental Imagination
Climate change is real, and perhaps imaginations may be our best tool for understanding and keeping up with the changes.
EpisodeEverybody’s Gotta Eat
Parents spend a lot of time refereeing. No, you can’t have hot fries and ice cream for dinner. Yes, please, have some more kale. We go to the dinner tables of “natural parents,” who left city life behind to bring kids closer to their food source.
EpisodeThe Voyage of the USS Albatross
Many of us spent the summer fishing. But could overfishing be changing fish genetics?
EpisodeGoodbye My Tribe
We tell ourselves stories in order to survive, says the great novelist Joan Didion. What stories sustain you? This week, we talk about belief.
EpisodeSwipe Right for Love
For Valentine’s Day, we dispel the four myths about sex, discuss how to find love online, and pair wine and chocolate.
EpisodeGerry-rigged
Politicians from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan have called gerrymandering a “cancer on our democracy.” It’s not a new issue, but everything from the way we draw lines to what’s considered legal has changed a lot in recent years.
EpisodeWhy We Believe What We Believe
Why do people believe weird things? We delve into the psychology behind ghost encounters, anti-vaccine hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and more.
EpisodeMusic and Democracy
The evolution of social change in America can be traced through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy Mayfield, Lena Horne, and the Impressions.
