The Power of Picture Books
Picture books can teach children valuable lessons that will stick with them for life. Our guests discuss the importance of producing …
Serious Play: Using tactical performance as protest (2018)
We all love a good theater performance. But are theater and performance good strategies to affect social change? Our guest thinks so. …
Culture Crash: The Life of Funnyman Robin Williams
A new documentary from HBO, Come Inside My Mind, explores the life of actor Robin Williams as told by his friends and family. The …
The Italian Mothers Who Stood Up to the Mafia
Most of us have heard of the Cosa Nostra, but there’s another powerful mafia in Italy: the ‘Ndrangheta. We talk to an expert about this …
Learning How To Identify and De-bunk Actual Fake News
Fake news’ has remained a headline mainstay for years now… but politicians seem to be skewing its meaning. We talk to two teachers about …
Culture Crash: Bo Burnham’s Brilliant New Film, Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham has followed in the footsteps of Jordan Peele and Greta Gerwig, transforming from a performer to the director of a terrific …
Appreciating the Introvert
When you’re at a party, you may notice how people are always drawn to the extroverts. But what about the introverts? We talk to experts …
Breaking Down the Pesky English Language (2018)
The English language can be hard to spell since it often follows conflicting rules. We trace the origins of this tricky language, and …
Culture Crash: The Dark Knight 10 Years Later
Christopher Nolan’s landmark superhero epic, The Dark Knight was released a decade ago this week, but its effects on our culture are …
American Illiteracy
America is facing a literacy problem: according to surveys, fewer than 50% of American schoolchildren are highly proficient readers. We …
Catholicism and the LGBT Community: One Priest’s Mission to ‘build a bridge’
For centuries, the Catholic Church and the LGBT community have been at odds. Now, the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, is trying to …
Culture Crash: What To Do When You Don’t Really Like the Book You’re Reading (2018)
It’s a dilemma many of us face from time to time: Should you keep reading a book even if you don’t like it very much, or should you set …
American Detainment: Lessons to Learn From America’s Internment Camp Shame (2018)
It’s a topic that has been in the news lately: how our government detains groups of people. We look back at history to see what really …
Maximizing Your Experience Traveling Internationally (2018)
Many of us have spent years dreaming of traveling the globe… but what should we do when we book the trip and are preparing to make the …
Culture Crash: Music in a streaming world
As apps like Spotify and Pandora have taken over, musicians have been forced to make their new albums into an “event.” We look at how …