S’mores (Bonus Episode)—Tara Boyce on Hope
Tara Boyce says parenting with hope is more complicated than she anticipated.
Joy, with Ross Gay
Ross Gay says joy is something like what we feel like when we help each other carry our sorrows.
Invisible, with Meghan O’Rourke
As a silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans, Meghan O’Rourke calls for revolution.
Transitions, with Susan Stryker
A transgender scholar makes history writing about transgender history.
Mission, with Kathryn Gin Lum
The word “heathen” has fallen out of use, but the racist ideas behind it persist in the White American imagination.
Shell Play, with Toni Jensen
A Métis woman reflects on the violence enacted on the bodies and lands of Indigenous people, especially women, in the United States.
Hope, with Tom Whyman
A philosopher and prospective father wonders if things in the world are hopeful enough to bring children into it.
Heritage, with Masha Rumer
An immigrant falls back in love with her culture and yearns to pass it along to her children.
Monsters, with David Livingstone Smith
When fighting monsters, we risk becoming monstrous.
Voices, with Jeff Chu
After Rachel Held Evans died, Jeff Chu was there to finish her final book.
Margins, with Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming
Reading scripture from the margins can change everything.
The Books, with Vanessa Zoltan
Vanessa Zoltan wanted to know if her childhood favorite ‘Jane Eyre’ stands the test of time. What she found can breathe new life into our favorite books.
Civility, with Alex Zamalin
Alex Zamalin shows how civility has been used to perpetuate oppression in the United States.
Hidden, with Ayala Fader
Ayala Fader examines the lives of hidden heretics within ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.
S’mores (Bonus Episode)—Let’s Talk, with Anna Sale
Anna Sale knows how to talk about hard things like death, sex, money, family, and identity.
Options, with Taylor Petrey
Taylor Petrey traces the development of doctrine about gender and sexuality within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.