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The latest episodes from Think with Krys Boyd 🎙️ Podcast from @keranews.org, NPR for North Texas. Find our latest episodes below and subscribe on your favorite listening app. Learn more: kera.org/think.
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Rachel Slade joins host Krys Boyd to discuss challenges small businesses face when they want to source American-made products, how regulation gets in the way, and why labor unions might help bring jobs back.

Stacie E. Goddard is Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science and associate provost at Wellesley College. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how, despite big talk and tariffs, Trump is hoping to shift America’s foreign policy towards alliances.

🎧 For anyone in school psychology or education: this KERA Think episode is worth a listen — it explores how AI tools are shaping (and sometimes disrupting) real student learning.

Adam Clark Estes, senior technology correspondent at Vox, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his experience wearing a multitude of health trackers.

New York Times Magazine staff writer Susan Dominus joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her exploration of high-achieving siblings, what their parents did right (and what you might be doing wrong), and how a little friendly competition might be a key motivator.

🎧 Pregnancy and the digital rabbit hole:

🎧 What makes a genius:

🎧 The value of wacky sounding science:

🎧 The surprising new science of A.D.H.D:

🎧 What RFK gets wrong about autism:

🎧 The most taboo abortions:

🎧 Sunlight can be medicine. Literally.:

🎧 Are you raising a bully?:

🎧 Where violent extremists gather online:

🎧 Is fitness the ultimate flex?:

🎧 Is there a cure for medical racism?:

Clay Shirky, vice provost for A.I. and technology in education at New York University, joined Think to discuss how professors are using A.I. in the classroom and whether or not the tech gets in the way of critical thinking.

🎧 How A.I. is getting in the way of real learning:

🎧 Cady Coleman joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how hearing Sally Ride speak changed the trajectory of her life and what months on the International Space Station taught her about career and motherhood.

How it’s possible to starve to death in a U.S. jail:

Had a fun and thoughtful conversation with @think.kera.org about tech billionaires and their delusions about the future. @npr.org is a treasure and I feel incredibly lucky whenever I get to be on air.

Well worth a listen. You’ve got tech, philosophy, happiness, Mars, and of course, AI overlords vs nuclear holocaust, which is more likely to happen? Super interesting @think.kera.org episode ⬇️

Why you fight about the dishwasher:

What we’re not giving our boys:

The history of happiness research:

Why tech moguls think they’re saving humanity:

Are we focusing on the wrong risky things?:

Meet the new American pope:

Why pilots are afraid to seek help:

The surprising new science of A.D.H.D.:

The year civil rights caught fire:

Why we’ll never evolve to be perfect:

Why young adults can't stop spending:

The mistakes of Covid school shutdown: think.kera.org/2025/05/07/t...

Grandparents need a break, too:

The sexualization of girl power:

Actor Ed Helms on history’s biggest screw ups:

Philanthropist chef José Andrés gives hope through food:

The painful history of Indian boarding schools:

Will allies still share intelligence with America?: