In our season finale, Emma, Samantha, and Jelanie interview former Boston Globe reporter Matt Carroll about his time on the Spotlight team investigating the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal in the early 2000s, as well as his reaction to the 2015 film Spotlight which covered the investigation.

Lessly, Denise, and Regina talk about the recent film Just Mercy and the larger issue of wrongly incarcerated people in America. 

Are tattoos really art?  Kevon, Emmanuel, Christian, and Aaron make the case that this outsider tradition should be respected.

Ben walks us through the many reasons why Christopher Paolini's Eragon novels remain classics of the fantasy genre.

Join Mariah, Adlai, and Kevin as they investigate the true crimes that inspired the hit Netflix film Lost Girls.

Rosalia, Cecelia, and Michelle explain the runaway success of the Disney animated film Soul.

Briana and Leanna connect the poem "I, Too" by Langston Hughes to the 2020 summer Black Lives Matter protests and find these powerful words have resonance even today.

Yisseth, Gena, and Victoria enlighten all of us on the work of the painter Samuel Bak and his poignant painting Damage, housed at the Holocaust Museum of Houston.

Join Myah and Jikalha as they talk about the recent smash hit film Hidden Figures.

Kennedy and Ali tie J. Cole's song 4 Your Eyes Only to societal issues at large, including poverty, mass incarceration, and the whitewashing of history.