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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We hear a lot about the tribulations for young men in America today, but that doesn’t mean young women have it easy. Faith Hill, staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses.
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Ibram X. Kendi, the founding director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study, discusses how authoritarian leaders tap into the fears of white populations.
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David Frum, staff writer for The Atlantic, discusses what Trump’s tolerance for risk might mean for the future of this conflict.
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Natasha Loder, Health Editor for The Economist, discusses why alcohol consumption is starting to wane.
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Author Michael Pollan explores how much we know about the mysteries of the conscious mind.
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Nick Chater, professor of behavioral science at the Warwick Business School, discusses why it’s not moral failings of individuals that contribute to social ills like climate change and obesity, but built-in systemic failures.
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Keon West, social psychologist at Goldsmiths at the University of London, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his rigorous research into racist beliefs, the results of social experiments that show how far we’ve moved the mark since the Civil Rights era and what we can definitively say about prejudice today.
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The Booker Prize-winning author talks with host Krys Boyd about his latest work, which takes on greed, capitalism, and questions of good and evil from the perspective of a being that must transport a soul to the afterlife.
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Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, discusses the success of Republican strategy to develop local leaders and why the Democrats have fallen behind.
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Daniella Mestyanek Young is a cult survivor and Harvard-trained psychologist. She discusses why she feels every organization falls within a “spectrum of cultiness."