We all carry secrets, from harmless omissions to life-changing truths. But secrecy isn’t neutral: hiding takes mental work and can harm our health and relationships. In this week’s show, and in our episode next week, psychologist Leslie John explores the costs of concealment—and how opening up can give us more mental space and deepen our connections.
Oct 2024
The Tipping Point Revisited: Broken Windows
In The Tipping Point, Malcolm helped popularize a controversial approach to policing called “Broken Windows Theory” that is often credited for keeping crime rates down. Now, 25 years later, he goes back and audits his chapter on crime. Did he get it right? See omnystudio.com/list ... Show More
31m 17s
Sep 2023
Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, "Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap" (U California Press, 2023)
This book shows how a century of redlining, disinvestment, and the War on Drugs wreaked devastation on Black people and paved the way for gentrification in Washington, DC. In Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap (U California Press, 2023), Tanya Maria Gol ... Show More
48m 21s
Aug 2024
Anne Gray Fischer, "The Streets Belong to Us: Sex, Race, and Police Power from Segregation to Gentrification" (UNC Press, 2022)
Anne Gray Fischer speaks about her path to and through research, including how sex workers informed her analysis of policing and state violence, the role of law enforcement in struggles over economic development, and the intellectual and practical factors of research design.
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1h 12m
May 2023
Don’t Send the Police: Send Freedom House
<p>In May 2020, the murder of George Floyd inspired people to take to the streets in America and overseas, calling for <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/george-floyd-s-murder-won-t-change-policing-without-senate-n1264877" target="_blank">cop reform</a>, the defunding of poli ... Show More
37m 31s
Nov 2024
Big Bang (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
<p>On a fall evening in 1996, a young detective sped through the streets of Tucson, Arizona towards an upscale country club. All he knew was that someone had reported an explosion in the area, but he didn’t know what had caused it. Minutes later, the detective pulled into the cou ... Show More
34m 18s
Jul 2024
Megan Stevenson on Why Interventions in the Criminal Justice System Don't Work
<p class="has-drop-cap">Do policies built around social and behavioral science research actually work? That's a big, and contentious, question. It's also almost an existential question for the disciplines involved. It's also a question that Megan Stevenson, a <a href= "https://ww ... Show More
21m 23s
Aug 2023
Jamie Rife and Donald W. Burnes, "Journeys Out of Homelessness: The Voices of Lived Experience" (Lynne Rienner, 2020)
How do individuals move from being homeless to finding safe, stable, and secure places to live? Can we recreate the conditions that helped them most? What policies are needed to support what worked―and to remove common obstacles? Addressing these questions, Jamie Rife and Donald ... Show More
1h 38m