Think, from KERA Dallas/Fort Worth

What makes a job worth doing?

September 2, 2024

Christopher Wong Michaelson joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the differences between career and calling and how we assign meaning to our vocation.

Megan Agnew, senior features writer for The Times, joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss the “trad wife” movement, it’s retro look at wifedom and motherhood, and one woman in particular with a huge following on Instagram who’s caught the curious attention of tens of millions.

Decoding the secret language of animals

August 29, 2024

Arik Kershenbaum is a zoologist, college lecturer and fellow at Girton College, University of Cambridge. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what we’re learning about how animals talk to one another, how that understanding also sheds light on human language, and how we might come to better understand animal identities and emotions.

The cartels are dealing eels now

August 28, 2024

Ellen Ruppel Shell, professor emeritus of science journalism at Boston University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss an animal that’s one of the most trafficked on Earth, a brief history of the significance of eels, and why they’re still somewhat mysterious.