
Think is a national call-in radio program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA in Dallas. Each week, listeners across the country tune in to the program to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with newsmakers from across the globe. Since launching in 2006, Think and Krys Boyd have earned more than a dozen local, regional and national awards, including the 2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow award for breaking news coverage.
During each episode of Think, listeners tweet, call or email with questions and comments for the show’s guest. Think can be heard on more than 75 stations, yielding a diverse pool of questions and comments from curious minds across the country. Previous guests on the program include former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and John Kerry, actor Bryan Cranston, Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz, Melinda Gates, author Malcolm Gladwell, Jane Goodall, Rev. Jesse Jackson and more.
In addition to the radio program, Think also is among the most-downloaded local podcasts in the public radio system, receiving over 250,000 downloads each month.
Find a list of the latest episodes of Think below. Read more about Think here.
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James Kimmel Jr., a lecturer in psychiatry at Yale, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss parts of the brain that light up when talking about revenge and what happens when we focus on forgiveness instead.
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Journalist Maryn McKenna joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why peanut allergies jumped astronomically since the 1990s and how researchers are zeroing in on cures for a hypervigilant population of allergy sufferers.
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Scientist Peter J. Hotez joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how anti-science factions have hijacked the conversation around vaccines.
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Climate solutions reporter Nicolás Rivero joins host Krys Boyd to discuss an operation in France using billions of maggots to process food waste and feed cattle.
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Journalist Robert T. Garrett joins host Krys Boyd to discuss redistricting and other challenges to the status quo Trump hopes start in Texas and spread from there.
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Lauren Larson, senior staff writer at Texas Monthly magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the difficulty of setting wacky world records today.