Think is a national, talk radio program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA — North Texas’ PBS and NPR member station. Each week, listeners across the country tune in to the program to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with newsmakers from across the globe. Previous guests on the program include former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and John Kerry, actor Bryan Cranston, Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz, Melinda Gates, author Malcolm Gladwell, Jane Goodall, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rev. Jesse Jackson and more.
Since launching in November 2006, Think and Krys Boyd have earned more than a dozen local, regional and national awards, including the 2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow award for breaking news coverage. To date, Think can be heard on more than 200 public radio stations across the country, from Alaska to New York City.
In addition to the radio program, Think is also among the most-downloaded local podcasts in the public radio system.
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Michaeleen Doucleff discusses misconceptions about dopamine, why it’s making kids lonely and ways to introduce healthier habits.
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Social security benefits help children and spouses survive after a death — but accessing them is a Sisyphean task. Chabeli Carrazana discusses why.
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Dutch teens with mental illness can choose to end their lives though euthanasia. Charles Lane discusses how, why and the controversial psychiatrist behind the movement.
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Jon Lee Anderson discusses why Cuba was declared a threat to U.S. national security and how this compares to 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Nicola Twilley talks to Krys Boyd about the breakthroughs — and setbacks — in the quest for artificial blood, why it’s needed more than ever, and why eyes are on Big Pharma to finance it.
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Vox correspondent Eric Levitz discusses how only about a half of 1 percent of homes are owned by institutional investors and why private equity might actually keep rents down.
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Len Gutkin, editor of The Chronicle Review, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why some feel a return to the classics is a strategy to even out Left-leaning college campuses.
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NYU School of Law Professor Kenji Yoshino discusses how the language of DEI backfired and how to build a “multicultural meritocracy.”
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McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses how his magazine gave him $10,000 to use as seed money as he explored the rise of online sports gambling.
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Opinion columnist Megan McArdle discusses why she thinks the idea of a billionaire wealth tax is a short-sided idea.