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Think is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainment.

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Friday · 46 min
The Wisdom of Dolly Parton
Sarah Smarsh joins host Krys Boyd to explore the creative genius of the Dolly Parton — a prolific songwriter of more than 3,000 songs — and a pioneer for exploring class and gender issues in America.
Thursday · 46 min
The downside of safe havens for drug users
Michael Powell, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Burlington, Vt., Seattle and other places where needle exchanges have made public spaces unwelcoming.
Wednesday · 46 min
The real reason adult kids go no contact
Rin Reczek is professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for Aging Families at The Ohio State University. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss two distinct family units she calls “compulsory kinship” and “democratized kinship,” how they have changed over the years, and what people can lose — or gain — if they cut off contact.
Tuesday · 46 min
Is Chinese science better than ours?
New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why, when America has pulled research funding, China is funneling billions of dollars to remake its economy.
Monday · 46 min
When children have to take care of their parents
Dr. Helen Ouyang is a physician and associate professor at Columbia University and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the teens who take on changing bandages and managing medications for family members.
August 21 · 46 min
You’re underestimating your brain
We’ve all heard of “imposter syndrome” and something similar is going on in your brain in regard to your intelligence. Dr. Josh Turknett, M.D joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we all have the ability to unlock abilities, how intelligence is built over time.
August 20 · 45 min
Wrongful conviction harms victims, too
For every exonerated individual in the criminal justice system, there is another forgotten victim: the original victim’s family. Barbara Bradley Hagerty joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a case involving a man, Ben Spencer, who was wrongfully convicted of a crime.
August 19 · 46 min
The IRS isn’t getting its work done
Stephanie Mencimer joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why 7 million people are waiting to hear back from the IRS about correspondence.
August 18 · 46 min
If we’re going to fight a trade war, we might as well win
Chad P. Bown joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how tariffs push up prices, what lessons from history can teach.
August 17 · 46 min
Gen Z’s work-life balance looks different
Journalist Emi Nietfeld joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her disillusionment with her “millennial values” where hard work and dreaming big would pay off in the corporate world why Gen Z doesn’t have a sense of optimism for their futures.
August 14 · 47 min
Trump’s three paths out of the Iran war
David E. Sanger joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Trump’s options for ending the war, which include military escalation, economic crackdown or simply declaring victory and walking away.
August 13 · 46 min
Where does language come from?
Science writer Laura Spinney joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the proto-Indo-European language
August 12 · 46 min
Why you can’t afford health insurance
Bob Herman joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the end of subsidies to the Affordable Care Act.
August 11 · 45 min
Is California overdue for the Big One?
Rong-Gong Lin II joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what has scientists on edge about a massive fault line that hasn’t had an earthquake in more than a century. Read more
August 10 · 45 min
The high-tech weapons changing how we fight wars
Yaroslav Trofimov, Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why billions invested in new tanks, planes and warships might be better spent on cheap drones.adscf
August 7 · 46 min
Colombia’s counterfeit cartel
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how Colombian authorities are trying to track down criminal enterprises counterfeiting dollar bills.
August 6 · 45 min
Your grandparents had skills. Do you?
Joshua Habgood-Coote joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the centuries-old longing to get back to the “good old days” of craftsmanship.
August 5 · 47 min
What it’s like to fight a wildfire
Jordan Thomas is a former Los Padres hotshot wildland firefighter and currently an anthropologist and chancellor’s fellow at the University of California, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why climate change doesn’t tell the whole story.
August 4 · 46 min
The demise of the open casket funeral
John Semley joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history, culture and economics of morticians, why their particular trade is quickly going out of fashion.
August 3 · 46 min
Ugly is a four letter word
Stephanie Fairyington is a journalist who writes on gender, sexuality, family and parenting. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her perception that she didn’t live up to modern standards of pretty.

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