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Calvin, Kent and Steve sit down with Dyann McDowell (Skype line), Jennie & Benjamin Riegle, & Bob Waltenspiel about being adopted, adopting children of their own, the disparity between adopting white children vs. black children, the hurtful/thoughtless things people say, dealing with family, and whether adoption should be used as a talking point in the ongoing debate about abortion.

Calvin, Kent, & Steve sit down with antiracism activist Jennifer Kinney to talk about what her work involves, what that work looks like as a white woman who benefits from the system she’s attempting to expose, the difficult aspects of navigating conversations about race with other white people, and her “Food for Thought” dinners.

Calvin, Kent, & Steve sit down with Nicole Bedi, Lisa Efros, MI State Rep. Jim Ellison, Roslyn Grafstein to discuss the purpose of government, how and why they got involved in politics, the differences between local, state, and federal politics, how social media has impacted the political process, and what it takes to “reach across the aisle” to work with people with fundamentally different political convictions.

Calvin, Kent, and Steve sit down with Rick Goldberg, Mihaela Mitrofan (Samaritas), Basel Mousslly about immigration, seeking asylum, the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance policy and family separation at the southern border, and the Wayfair controversy. (Broadcast/Recorded June 30, 2018)

Calvin, Kent, & Steve sit down with Kevin Briski & Misha Stallworth to discuss the role of the state and the role of the federal government in public education, the disparity between suburban schools and urban schools, the purposes of education, and the use of emergency managers to fix ailing school districts.(Broadcast/Recorded March 13, 2019)

Calvin, Kent, & Steve sit down with Melissa Clayton, Kelly Cleaver, Stephanie O’Brien-Martin, Melissa Maxwell, Clara Storm, and Tim Storm to discuss purity culture, how women have been held responsible for men’s sexual imaginations, virginity, what role sex plays in a person’s intrinsic worth, and whether dating is a category or an activity.  (Broadcast/Recorded February 13, 2019)

Calvin, Kent, & Steve sit down with L. Michael Gipson to discuss pop culture, whether certain forms of media are psychologically harmful, whether pop culture is actually popular, and whether Hollywood has a social responsibility to depict history accurately.  (Broadcast/Recorded February 6, 2019)  

Calvin, Kent, & Steve sit down Tati Amare, Talisa Cohen, L. Michael Gipson, and Ber-Henda Williams to discuss the biggest issues facing black women, the R. Kelly docuseries and what it means for the protection of black girls, the ways black men disrespect black women, navigating the workplace, and how they feel about black men who choose to “date out.”  (Broadcast/Recorded January 9, 2019)

Calvin, Kent, and Steve sit down with Rich Dionne and Kyle Stormont to discuss the nature of truth and lies, political bias, what news sources seem most trustworthy, what questions they ask to determine what’s believable, and whether new data shifts perspective or causes people to dig in further. (Broadcast/Recorded December 26, 2018)

Calvin, Kent, and Steve sit down Jennifer Moore to talk about their thoughts on Christmas, traditions, music, and whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. (Broadcast/Recorded December 19, 2018)