Kousha Navidar appears in the following:
Alice Walker is very happy, a lot of the time
Monday, May 30, 2022
After publishing 34 books, Alice Walker talks through her latest release, a collection of personal journals spanning four decades.
Somebody, Sing a Black Girl’s Song
Monday, May 16, 2022
An intergenerational meditation on Ntozake Shange’s iconic Broadway play, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf."
Justice Alito Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Monday, May 09, 2022
His leaked opinion tells us more about a powerful minority’s view of the U.S. than it does about the Constitution or the history of abortion.
Voters to Democrats: Get a Spine!
Monday, May 02, 2022
Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow and The Nation Magazine’s John Nichols explain how the Democrats can fight – and win – the culture wars.
They Dumped Trump for Biden. Now What?
Monday, April 25, 2022
Plus, a follow up to our episode on names and identities: One trans woman’s story of finding her name, and fighting to have it respected.
A Historian's Guide to the 2022 Midterm Elections
Monday, April 18, 2022
We never resolved the core political debates that emerged from the Civil War. And they remain the fundamental debates of this year’s elections.
The Dangerous Cycle of Fear
Monday, April 11, 2022
Asian American New Yorkers explain how Covid-era violence changed their lives, and what’s at stake for everybody when we fear each other. Then, rediscovering community through food.
The End of Institutions: Hollywood Edition
Monday, April 04, 2022
A slap at the Oscars tarnished Will Smith’s legacy. What about him did Hollywood treasure? Is this institution just a screen for projecting our own social anxieties and cultural debate?
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Black Patriotism
Monday, March 28, 2022
Plus, a National Geographic explorer’s story of diving for sunken slave ships.
How "Bich" Became “Beth” – An American Tale
Monday, March 21, 2022
What’s in a name? A lot. A listener's voicemail inspired us to explore the sometimes complicated relationship between our names and our racial and ethnic identities.
People Feel Unsafe–and It’s More Than Crime
Monday, March 14, 2022
The social fabric is torn. People nationwide are scared, some going so far as to arm themselves. What can we learn from our history as we react to this fear?
Why the ‘Reagan Regime’ Endures
Monday, March 07, 2022
Presidencies are rarely transformational, and neither Biden nor Trump have lived up to their supporters’ dreams. So what does it take to really change our politics?
Brian Lehrer on Productive Discourse
Monday, February 28, 2022
Democracy won’t work if we can’t talk to each other. So how do we do have conversations across cultural and political divides?
Why So Many Are Stuck in the “Other” Box
Monday, February 21, 2022
The U.S. Census named “some other race” as the second-largest racial group in the U.S. Mona Chalabi talks us through the data, and the stakes, of that statistic.
Black People Are From Outer Space
Monday, February 14, 2022
Afrofuturism is an old idea that’s reaching new people. We travel from Seneca Village to Wakanda, from Sun Ra to Lil Nas X as we learn this cosmic vision of Black freedom.
David Byrne on Musical Democracy
Thursday, February 10, 2022
The former Talking Heads frontman explores the challenges – and beauties – of human connection while breaking down his hit Broadway show, American Utopia.
How to Avoid the ‘Affirmative Action’ Ploy
Monday, February 07, 2022
Biden vowed to finally put a Black woman to the Supreme Court. President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center Fatima Goss Graves, Court scholar Elie Mystal, and listeners react.
Revisiting Nothing You Do Alone Will Save the Climate
Monday, January 31, 2022
New science finds we’ve got less than a decade to avoid catastrophe. Activist and author Bill McKibben says the only solutions that can beat that deadline are collective.
A Conservative View of the Vigilante Right
Monday, January 24, 2022
Mona Charen discusses the true meaning of conservative and the radical shift in the GOP. Then, a listener mailbag begs us to explore how "normal people" became part of the Jan 6. attack.
A History of Voter Suppression
Thursday, January 20, 2022
A conversation with historian Dr. Carol Anderson about how Black Americans have fought for their right to participate in the democratic process safely and make their votes count.