The oursociallandscape's Podcast

Esteemed professor and policy expert Douglas Massey explains our current immigration and segregation landscape.

My guest is Maine author Ron Currie, Jr., who’s work covers environmental issues, politics, and some fun, fantastical fictional prose.

Surviving comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut, he has received the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award, the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Alex Award from the American Library Association, while his short fiction and nonfiction writings have received recognition in the Best American Sportswriting and Best American Essays anthologies. In addition, he’s a screen writer, working on series from Apple TV, AMC Studios, and ITV America, among others.     

A conversation about the effects of racism on health with journalist, author, and educator Linda Villarosa.

A conversation with political scientist and Carnegie scholar Jennifer McCoy about the increasing political dissension in America.

The recorded version of my latest blogpost, including the song "Distant Land" by Matthew Halsall.

My guest is Dr. Aaron Carroll, health policy expert and chief health officer at Indiana University, who has written and lectured extensively on the U.S. health care system and how it compares to countries around the world.

Physician, professor, and economist Atheendar Vankataramani joins me to discuss the impacts of social class and race the health of Americans. 

I'm joined by legendary musician Bruce Cockburn.  With over 9 million records sold, and countless lives impacted by his activism and altruism, he has spent over 50 years impacting folks around the globe.

My guest is the journalist and writer Chelsea Conaboy, author of the fantastic book Mother Brain, which challenges the repressive notion of ‘maternal instinct’.  As she shows, "humans are designed to develop into cooperative caregivers!" 

Wesleyan University President Michael Roth joins me to discuss the intersection between education and our current culture wars.

Dr. Roth has been the President of Wesleyan since 2007, and has written extensively about issues related to free speech on college campuses specifically, and larger cultural patterns more broadly.

This episode features two Bob Dylan songs, “Visions of Johanna” and “Shelter from the Storm”.

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