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Think from KERA
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Think is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainment.
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Is America a bad neighbor?
1w ago00:47:06Tap to summarizeAmerica has long enjoyed a relatively calm home in North America, but President Trump’s recent moves could upend that stability. This hour, Krys Boyd sits down with three guests to break down the state of U.S. relations with Mexico, Canada and Cuba. We’ll explore why these nations have landed in Trump’s crosshairs and examine what shifting diplomacy could mean for America’s security in the years ahead. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Do nukes still prevent wars?
1w ago00:45:17Tap to summarizeNuclear weapons have long been thought to be deterrents for global warfare– are they still? Rose Gottemoeller is William J. Perry Lecturer at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. From 2016 to 2019, she served as Deputy Secretary General of NATO. She joins guest host Paige Phelps to discuss why nuclear weapons are largely ineffective in stopping sustained attacks by cheap drones and why countries who want to acquire nukes should reconsider that strategy. Her article in Foreign Affairs is “The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →The joy of small moments
1w ago00:45:53Tap to summarizeWe often look for happiness in big, emotional moments but something as simple as touching grass can spark joy. Ian Bogost joins guest host Paige Phelps to discuss the difference between satisfaction and gratification. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →To understand class, check out a grocery store
1w ago00:46:26Tap to summarizeGrocery stores serve as hubs for many communities, and you can learn a lot about how our society functions (or doesn’t) by looking closely at one. Ann Larson is a fellow with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and she joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the lives of grocery store workers, who are deemed essential but earn wages that don’t cover basic life necessities. Her book is “Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →Why adoption tourism is booming in Utah
2w ago00:46:49Tap to summarizeCouples desperate to adopt often turn to underregulated for-profit adoption agencies. Filmmaker Gabrielle Glaser joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a system ripe for abuse, where “baby brokers” target pregnant women and play on the emotions of hopeful families. The Frontline documentary is called “Baby Brokers.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →George Washington never wanted to be president
2w ago00:46:13Tap to summarizeThe most reluctant politician we’ve ever had just happens to have been our first president. H.W. Brands is Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss George Washington who saw himself as a solider and not a politician why he felt it was paramount for a president to defer to Congress, and the grievances he had against the crown before the Revolution. His book is “American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →Team Jefferson or Team Hamilton? Their debate rages on
2w ago00:45:59Tap to summarizeFounding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton fought for independence and they also fought each other. Jeffrey Rosen, former president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the battles Jefferson and Hamilton had over concepts of liberty and freedom, where they landed on states’ rights vs. a powerful federal government, and why their arguments still frame political battles we have today. His book is “Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle over Power in America.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →Can American history be a source of pride or shame?
2w ago00:46:27Tap to summarizeAmerica’s history is a mix of pride and shame so how should we square those conflicting feelings? Yoni Appelbaum, deputy executive editor at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what it means to be a patriot when scholars argue about the American story, how we can get back to a shared understanding of who we are as a nation, and whether that’s even possible. His article is “How to tell the American story.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →The revolutionary women who made America
2w ago00:46:35Tap to summarizeThe Declaration of Independence might’ve been written by men, but history was being made by women outside Independence Hall. Denise Kiernan, author, journalist, and producer, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the publishers, spies, and other extraordinary women that powered the American Revolution, why they are almost lost to history, and we’ll get the real story of the woman known as “Molly Pitcher.” Her book is "Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Transcribe →It's not easy being No. 2: The presidency of John Adams
3w ago00:45:46Tap to summarizeGeorge Washington may have set the standard for American presidents, but those precedents wouldn’t have mattered if John Adams hadn’t followed through on them. Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the second U.S. president, how he solidified many of the functions of the chief executive we still know in the 21st Century, and why that meant he would sacrifice a second term. Her book is “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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