Why NPR's Aarti Shahani thrived in the U.S...while her father barely survived.

Trash junkie Adam Minter explains why we keep buying crap, where it goes when we get rid of it, and how the economy would survive if we stopped.

Financial and parenting pressures in the age of COVID-19 force Manoush and Jen to make a tough decision.

Code Switch's Shereen Marisol Meraji and Manoush have a frank conversation about where they fit into today’s movement for diversity and inclusion.

A journalism professor's investigation into her own diagnosis will change what you think you know about living and working with breast cancer.

Katharine Zaleski didn't know she was a sexist boss...until she became a mother herself.

A nerd's gotta do what a nerd's gotta do, says Craig Newmark.

Grace Bonney is shutting down her influential site Design*Sponge. And it's making some people uncomfortable.

Here's what they wish they'd known. And where they're going next.

When the world looks bleak and all the good ideas seem taken.

Manoush and Jen discuss Civil's new strategy and their next moves.

Techie economist Rufus Pollock has a plan to end digital monopolies and fix the web.

The founders of Kinzen have an experimental idea to put you in control of your news.

And how the podcast collective Radiotopia makes the show possible.

And she's got big money to do more probing into Big Tech.

How blockchain helped women evade censors in China.

And how it may work in the near future.

And facing Twitter's problems too.

What (and who) can we trust in an unbelievable world?

So why don't Manoush and Jen feel more relaxed?