This week's guest is Howard Stevenson, Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss Professor Stevenson's family history and connection to the Philadelphia community; gender roles and subverting them; men's friendships; the PLAAY Project; the importance of emotional regulation; and the wisdom of an African proverb about the lion's story.

You can see more of Dr. Stevenson's work in this TED Talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV3OmxrowWE&ab_channel=TED

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Theme music by Lee Rosevere: freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/