Latest Krys Podcast Episodes
Under New Management // Time
Discover You - April 21, 2024 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsBecoming a believer; follower of Jesus Christ, isn’t just about transformation but also transition. We no longer perceive and practice life from a position where we’re in control of all we have. Instead, it’s life under new management, governed by God’s presence & influence. Because God created ...
Is there a cure for medical racism?
KERA's Think - April 17, 2024 21:41 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsOnly 2-percent of Black women are physicians, which leaves millions without doctors that look like them. Uché Blackstock MD is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her family, her mother who was also a Harvard-trained doctor, as well as her...
How the science of dying can help us live longer
KERA's Think - April 16, 2024 19:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsScientists are using the secrets of biology to unlock living well past current human life spans. Venki Ramakrishnan shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for uncovering the structure of the ribosome. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Venki runs a research group at the MRC...
Why no third party candidate has won the White House
KERA's Think - April 15, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsAs the 2024 election approaches, plenty of voters are asking why isn’t there a third option? Jeffrey Engle, Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history of third-party candidates, from Teddy Roosevelt to Ro...
Under New Management // Part 2
Discover You - April 14, 2024 23:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsFocus Scriptures: Genesis 1:26-30; 1 Corinthians 5:14-21 I am submitting and surrendering to God all of my: 3. Talents 4. Treasure 5. Tongue This week's challenge: Read: 2 Corinthians 5th chapter (3x) Memorize: 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 Pray: over each area of your life STILL Journal Time - Record...
Under New Management // Part 1a
Discover You - April 14, 2024 23:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsFocus Scriptures: Genesis 1:26-30; 1 Corinthians 5:14-21 I am submitting and surrendering to God all of my: 3. Talents 4. Treasure 5. Tongue This week's challenge: Read: 2 Corinthians 5th chapter (3x) Memorize: 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 Pray: over each area of your life STILL Journal Time - Record...
How probation and parole feed mass incarceration
KERA's Think - April 12, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsVincent Schiraldi, founder of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice and the Justice Policy Institute, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss parole and probation, which he calls a “recidivism trap,” and make the case that these practices should be abolished.
Kids aren’t weak unless we make them that way
KERA's Think - April 11, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsIn our quest to head off childhood mental illness at its source, are the means outweighing the good? Author and journalist Abigail Shrier joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why, even as more adolescents are receiving mental health care than ever before, the numbers for those suffering cont...
Under New Management // Part 1
Discover You - April 11, 2024 02:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsBecoming a believer and follower of Jesus Christ, isn’t just about transformation but also transition. We no longer perceive and practice life from a position where we’re in control of all we have. Instead, it’s life under new management, governed by God’s presence & influence. Because God creat...
Medical science is still catching up on women’s health
KERA's Think - April 10, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsModern medicine has a problem: the idea that men have bigger, and therefore better, bodies persists, even today. Dr. Elizabeth Comen is a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medic...
From foster care to fostering hope
KERA's Think - April 09, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsAfter a childhood of homelessness and foster care, a vision for how to advocate for those in poverty emerged. David Ambroz, Head of Community Engagement (West) for Amazon, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the challenges of his upbringing from hunger to abuse, and why he’s made it his lif...
The bizarre history of Space Science
KERA's Think - April 08, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsOn the day of the total solar eclipse, we’ll explore the mysteries of the universe. Harry Cliff is a particle physicist based at the University of Cambridge and conducts research with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the anomalies that cannot be explained...
Between the Earth and the Sun: A guide to the Eclipse
KERA's Think - April 05, 2024 19:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsOn April 8, a total solar eclipse will stretch across the United States from south Texas to the northern tip of Maine, blotting out the sun for about four minutes within its 115-mile-wide path. In this special edition of Think, host Krys Boyd will prime listeners to have their best view...
Are you really retired if you’re still working?
KERA's Think - April 04, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsThe dream to retire and live comfortably at age 65 is becoming more of a fantasy to millions of Americans. Teresa Ghilarducci is professor of economics and policy analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York City where she serves as the director of the Schwartz Center for ...
Who has the right to choose their sex?
KERA's Think - April 03, 2024 19:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsThe argument for allowing children to change their sex goes far beyond avoiding the harms of body dysmorphia. Andrea Long Chu, book critic for New York magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why she believes it is an inalienable right to choose one’s sex, why children need to have ag...
Why the best Presidents were the best Presidents
KERA's Think - April 02, 2024 19:08 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsNot every POTUS is a leader for the ages, but the handful that are offer illuminating lessons on life for the rest of us. Historian Talmage Boston joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his dive into the lives and leadership styles of eight presidents, from Washington to Reagan, and the ways t...
Small-town America is doing just fine, thanks
KERA's Think - April 01, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsThere’s a myth that rural America is dying when, in fact, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of public policy at the University of Southern California. She joins host Krys Boyd to discu...
Livin' It UP!
Discover You - April 01, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsResurrection isn’t just about 'coming back to life,' but also about 'rising up.' Because Adam’s sin in Genesis 3, the Garden Of Eden, didn’t just inherently cause spiritual death for humanity – disconnection; a downgrade & restriction in our ability to fully experience God’s best – just temporar...
Wild fun: How animals play
KERA's Think - March 29, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsYouTube is filled with adorable videos of animals at play, and studying that play is helping uncover mysteries of evolutionary behavior. University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor David Toomey joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why piglets flop, dogs slide and octopuses play, and what ...
Why Evan Gershkovich remains in Russian jail
KERA's Think - March 28, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsOne year ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was imprisoned by Russian authorities and charged with espionage. Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what is known about Gershkovich’s condition in prison, the efforts to free him,...
Could Ozempic some day treat addiction, too?
KERA's Think - March 27, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsIn this new Ozempic era, food cravings are going away, and scientists are searching for the reasons why. Brian Resnick is science correspondent at Vox and co-creator of the podcast “Unexplainable.” He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why new GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy seem to...
How to have one-on-one meetings like a boss
KERA's Think - March 26, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsTo be a better manager, maybe it’s time to schedule more Zoom meetings? Steven Rogelberg is an organizational psychologist who holds the title of Chancellor’s Professor at UNC Charlotte for distinguished national, international, and interdisciplinary contributions. He joins host Krys Bo...
The psychology of the American voter
KERA's Think - March 25, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsGoing to the ballot box is good for democracy—and good for us. Michael Bruter, professor of political science at the London School of Economics and director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory (EPO), joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the psychology of voting, why it helps us feel conn...
Saying & Sowing: Harnessing the Creative Power in First Fruits // Bishop Garlington
Discover You - March 24, 2024 20:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsListen to Pastor Roy Barrett from Discover Life Church as he teaches practical lessons inspired by the word of God that's designed to help you discover who you are in Christ!
Leaving the white evangelical church
KERA's Think - March 22, 2024 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsBelonging to a church can offer a feeling of community, and leaving a church can feel like you’re leaving part of yourself behind. Sarah McCammon is national political correspondent for NPR and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss when politics get in...
What drives young people to vote
KERA's Think - March 21, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsThe election is set: President Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump Part II. Now eyes are on if two senior citizens can get young voters to even turn out. Sara Suzuki is a senior researcher at CIRCLE, a non-partisan, independent research organization focused on youth civic engagement in the Unite...
How to speak up for yourself
KERA's Think - March 20, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsSituations arise when we need to speak up, but doing so can feel out of character for some of us. Elaine Lin Hering joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how to voice an opinion, even when it’s uncomfortable, and how you can advocate for yourself and others. Her book is “Unlearning Silence: H...
When your life partner is not your lover
KERA's Think - March 19, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsNot every binding relationship is tied to an “I do.” Rhaina Cohen is a producer and editor for NPR’s documentary podcast Embedded. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss when friends become non-romantic partners, teaming up to weather finances and aging, and why we should work to protect t...
Why America won’t tax the rich
KERA's Think - March 18, 2024 19:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 799 ratingsThe current antitax movement can trace its origins to a seemingly innocuous property tax cap in California. Michael J. Graetz is professor emeritus at Columbia Law School and Yale Law School and a leading authority on tax politics and policy. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the histo...
Kingdom Identity
Discover You - March 18, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsSince Adam’s sin in Genesis, every person is inherently and instinctively born trying to have an identity independent of God’s lordship & leadership over our lives – an identity by positions, possessions & pleasures. But, God designed us where our best life is only possible by our visible daily ...
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