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Apr 25

In college admission, trauma is shorthand for Blackness

At most elite colleges and universities, affirmative action is a thing of the past. But admissions offices are still interested in building racially diverse incoming classes — which can mean looking at students' essays to help determine their background. In those essays, Black st ... Show More

27m 32s

Apr 22

Hate it or love it, is DEI a distraction?

The Trump administration has been very candid about their disdain for all things DEI. But it's not just conservatives who have critiques. On this episode, we're talking to Jennifer C. Pan, author of Selling Social Justice: Why the Rich Love Antiracism, about why she thinks people ... Show More

35m 2s

Apr 18

Is the U.S. 'empire' beginning to show cracks?

The Trump administration's recent military actions have had certain observers asking... are we going full empire? But Daniel Immerwahr, a historian and the author of How to Hide an Empire, argues that the U.S. has engaged in empire building for hundreds of years — we've just been ... Show More

28m 51s

Mar 2016

Beauty Is an Edge of Becoming | John O'Donohue

“Beauty isn’t all about just niceness, loveliness. Beauty is about more rounded, substantial becoming.” Beloved Irish poet John O’Donohue on beauty’s true grit, and finding it in the transformational edges of our daily lives. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

6m 46s

Jul 2013

A Lovely Conversation on Beauty & Feminism

<p>How has Photoshop, social media and modern advertising altered the meaning of beauty? Cristen interviews beauty scholar Autumn Whitefield-Madrono of The Beheld about 21st-century beauty and how it intersects with technology and feminism.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-ch ... Show More

47m 54s

Jul 2023

How to Be a Better Human: How to embrace – and challenge – the idea of "beauty" (w / Elise Hu)

Humans have always been captivated by beauty, and for almost as long, we've been marketed products and new technologies to help us achieve certain beauty standards. Elise Hu is a journalist and the author of "Flawless: Lessons in looks and culture from the K-beauty industry." In ... Show More

33m 38s

Mar 2020

The Ugly Truth

The value society places on physical appearance has never quite made sense to blind presenter Lyndall Bywater and yet she's intrigued to discover why it matters so much to those of us in the sighted world. How much of an advantage is it to be beautiful? And what is physical beaut ... Show More

28m 15s

Mar 2024

19. Pretty privilege, why we all feel ugly and the obsession with beauty

I’ve been feeling ugly recently, let’s talk about it. How pretty privilege exists today, the obsession with the beauty industry and accessibility of popular treatments like botox and filler, basically just a huge rant about how we need to celebrate uniqueness a bit more…

49 m

Jul 2021

The (de)colonizing of beauty | Sasha Sarago

Beauty is about more than the body you inhabit -- it's a way of being that goes beyond genetics or societal ideals. Aboriginal writer and former model Sasha Sarago invites you to decolonize beauty, moving away from the monolithic Eurocentric archetype and towards a more essential ... Show More

11m 49s

Mar 2024

You used to be so pretty

Growing up, Haein Shim was taught that if she wanted to succeed, she needed to change her appearance. Shim was raised in South Korea, where a competitive job market and booming beauty industry combined to make careful beauty maintenance all but mandatory for gainful employment. B ... Show More

38m 45s

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