In corporate efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion, age is often left out. Megan Gerhardt is co-director of the Center for Business Leadership at Miami University. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss intergenerational workplaces, why age accounts for only 8 percent of DEI efforts, and strategies for change. Her article “Harnessing the power of age diversity,” was published in the Harvard Business Review.

As war unfolds, how do calmer heads prevail? Doyle Hodges, executive editor at Texas National Security Review, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the role of emotion in war, the many ways fear can hinder response and effectiveness, and how to protect civil liberties and maintain community during turmoil. His recent essay on the topic is “Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom.”

The images of death and destruction coming out of Ukraine are hard to shake once you’ve seen them. And many of them have been captured by Lynsey Addario, one of the world’s preeminent war photographers. Addario spoke with host Krys Boyd in 2015 to talk about her life documenting conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur, Libya and elsewhere around the world. She wrote about the experience in her memoir, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War,” and because she once again finds herself in a war zone, we’re revisiting this conversation about how she does what she does.

The pandemic has seen a rise in female unemployment, up to almost 15 percent. Reshma Saujani, activist and founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why women cannot just “lean in” to inequality in the workplace – and why she says it’s time for a paradigm shift in corporate policy. Her book is called “Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think).”

Imani Perry is an Alabama native who eventually grew up in northern cities. And after becoming a professor of African American studies at Princeton, she thought it might be time to revisit the South to take another look. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her return to her Southern home with fresh eyes, weaving in the stories of the good-tempered with a darker history. Her book is called “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.”

Lions and tigers and bears — they might all be entitled to the same rights as a two-legged person. New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright joins host Krys Boyd to discuss human rights and how activists are fighting to extend them to animals, with court cases all over the world turning away from previous animal welfare models. His article is “The Elephant in the Courtroom.”

There are those who work the night shift out of necessity, but there are some who seek it out for the solitude. Faith Hill, associate editor at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss extreme introverts – people who crave being alone – and the ways they get around interacting with the rest of society. Her article is called “The Nocturnals.”

Democracies are in danger around the world – and some argue here at home, too. Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow at the George W. Bush Institute, joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the health of democracies amid the rise of authoritarianism – and what can be done to strengthen them.

There’s a point when we reach the pinnacle of our career, but that doesn’t mean an inevitable decline. Arthur C. Brooks of Harvard’s Kennedy School and Harvard Business School joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his research, starting at the age of 50, to understand how to move past waning opportunities for advancement and embrace aging with all its many wonderful possibilities. His book is “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.“

Work often fulfills the need for belonging and purpose — needs that have traditionally been met for many by religious affiliation. Carolyn Chen, associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her five years spent researching Silicon Valley, where she found spiritual practices like mindfulness are being introduced to increase production while affiliations with places of worship outside the office are slipping away. Her book is called “Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley.”