Samuel Moyn, professor of law and history at Yale, discusses the relationship between the push for human rights and growing economic inequality. He argues that we won't be able to secure global human rights without first addressing the bigger problem of material inequality.

Marcus and Phil Windley dissect Blockchain: what is it, how does it already affect the infrastructure of our lives, and what will it become? Phil Windley works as an adjunct professor and Enterprise Architect for BYU. Prior to that he worked for two years under Utah Governor Mike Leavitt as Cheif Information Officer.

Paleontologist Stephen Brusatte joins Marcus Smith for a lively conversation about the history of dinosaurs.

Marcus talks the ecological side of bedtime stories with Liam Heneghan. Dr. Heneghan is a professor of environmental science at DePaul University where he serves as co-director of the university's Institute for Nature and Culture.

BYU linguistics professor Alan Manning joins guest host Lisa Valentine Clark to discuss his research into evidence pointing to a Mormon girlfriend in Mark Twain's past.

Americans love a good pageant, or at least we used to. Just how pertinent are these pageants today? From the first Thanksgiving to the Super Bowl half-time show, we enjoy large, grand, celebratory events. We're discussing the history behind our proclivity for pageantry with Megan Sanborn-Jones, coordinator fornbsp; Theatre Arts studies program.

Brian Regal and Frank Esposito from Kean University explore the genesis of one of America's oldest monster legends: the Jersey Devil. It's a tale that has less to do with a winged beast and more to do with colonial Quaker infighting, pamphlet wars, publicity stunts, and the absolute villainization of a man who just wanted to bring the Enlightenment to the New World.

Stanford history professor Priya Satia discusses how war, imperialism, and Britian's thriving gun trade acted as the real engine of the Industrial Revolution.

Joseph Crespino, the Jimmy Carter Professor of History at Emory University, traces the origins and evolution of Atticus Finch, the iconic patriarch from Harper Lee's 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird. Crespino won both the 2008 Lillian Smith Book Award and 2007 McLemore Prize for his book In Search of Another Country and is also author to the book Strom Thurmond's America.

Randall Stephens, professor of history and American studies, traces the history of Christian rock from its beginning as "the devil's music" to a billion dollar industry. Stephens is the author of The Devil's Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock 'n' Roll.