Show Summary: This month, two young black women charged with minor offenses died in police custody, both reported suicides. They’re two of many cases of suspected or confirmed abuses of police procedure in America, and add to a growing body count of black men and women at the hands of authorities. The Black Lives Matter movement has amplified cries for reform. Their takeover of a candidate’s forum at the Netroots Nation convention sharply divided liberal activists. In Deep looks at the roots, tactics, impact, and goals of Black Lives Matter.

Show Summary: From Emmy-nominated filmmaker Joanna Rudnick (In the Family) and Chicago’s Kartemquin Films comes a story about challenging norms and redefining beauty. On Beauty follows fashion photographer Rick Guidotti, who left the fashion world when he grew frustrated with having to work within the restrictive parameters of the industry’s standard of beauty. After a chance encounter with a young woman who had the genetic condition albinism, Rick re-focused his lens on those too often relegated to the shadows to change the way we see and experience beauty.

Show Summary: A bracing look at the issue of overparenting. Angie sits down with author Julie Lythcott-Haims, Dean of Freshman at Stanford University, to discuss how things got so out of control, and what to do about it.

Show Summary: Author Jennifer Ring discusses the history of women athletes and the barriers they still face today.

Show Summary: Author Jessica Jackley discusses her new book Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least.

Show Summary: Angie sits down with documentary film director Gay Dillingham, along with Zach Leary to discuss their new film “Dying To Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary.”

Show Summary: What motivates long-shot presidential candidate? Is it possible for a third-party runner – or a Democratic or Republican dark horse – to get to the White house? If it’s not about winning, what’s to gain? Guests: Michael Kohn, Bay Area for Bernie; Matt Dallek, Assistant Prof. Of Political Management in the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University, visiting scholar at Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West.

Show Summary: Frontline and the Center for Investigative Reporting collaborated to report on sexual assault and lack of due process for overnight workers. GUESTS: Bernice Yeung and Daffodil Altan, CIR reporters.

Show Summary: Angie talks with Aspen Baker on finding communications beyond pro-life and pro-choice. Aspen Baker is a founder and head of Exhale, a non profit group that provides phone counseling to women who have had abortions. Exhale defines itself as apolitical and claims to not take sides on the controversial issue. To illustrate this, they choose the label “pro-voice.”

Show Summary: Angie interviews writer-researchers Daniel Feldman and Lee Kravetz on their powerful new book exploring the hidden factors in personal achievement and success.