• Deciding How to Define-A Conversation with author Nicola Yoon about her latest book, One of Our Kind
    Nov 21 2024

    Tanya and the New York Times bestselling author talk about her latest novel, One of Our Kind, which explores what “community” means and how we see ourselves.

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    32 mins
  • A Trip to His Late Father’s Homeland With Vice President Kamala Harris. A Decision to Tell Untold Stories.
    Nov 5 2024

    Tanya talks to KBLA White House correspondent Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, author of Kamala, The Motherland and Me, about his trip to Africa with Vice President Kamala Harris and in particular, his visit to Ghana, from where his late father emigrated to America. From that trip came a determination not only to build new relationships between Americans and Africa, but also between Americans and each other.

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    29 mins
  • Tanya talks to Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Gabriel Sherman
    Oct 31 2024

    Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Gabriel Sherman decided to write a movie, The Apprentice, about former President Trump’s early days in New York. Why did Sherman decide to take on such a project? Because he had to.

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    29 mins
  • Deciding to Protest and Wanting to Win – Tanya talks to ESPN Reporter Ramona Shelburne
    Oct 29 2024

    The Los Angeles Clippers wanted a ring and were closer than ever when they had to confront a dark story that was one of sports’ open secrets. What pressures came to bear and how did they manage them? And what was the domino effect of decisions that forced them to confront what others had long ignored? Tanya talks to ESPN Reporter Ramona Shelburne, host and creator of the podcast The Sterling Affairs and Executive Producer of the FX series, Clipped.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • How Do We Stop Hating the Internet?
    Apr 30 2024

    Over the last decade, our Internet experience has become increasingly dictated by algorithms- data-driven equations that try to anticipate (and elicit) our desires. The problem is, they often get it wrong. The math doesn't math.

    Kyle Chayka (staff writer,The New Yorker) has written a new book on the subject entitled "Filterworld."

    This week, Tanya and Kyle talk about this ever-tightening web woven by algorithms and how we can begin breaking free from it.

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    24 mins
  • Tanya talks to Host and Journalist Tamron Hall
    Mar 14 2024

    Tanya talks to the Emmy Award-winning television show host and best-selling author about her latest novel, Watch Where They Hide, and how she's plotted her own life’s path.

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    34 mins
  • Tanya talks to Rahsaan Thomas
    Feb 6 2024

    Tanya and the podcaster, journalist, filmmaker and advocate talk about how he is “proof of concept” about the benefits of opportunity and inclusion. Listen as they discuss justifiable fears; not fearing too much; and how to change lives, communities, and cultures - all while growing the tax base!

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    36 mins
  • Special Re-Release: Zamaan Qureshi On How to Make Social Media Safer
    Feb 1 2024

    This week the Senate pressed chief executives of Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord over what lawmakers are calling “a crisis in America” -- accusing the tech giants of ignoring the harmful content against children on their respective platforms.

    It's a conversation we first had on this program back in November of last year, when Tanya sat down with Zamaan Qureshi (a college student and co-founder of Design It For Us). In this special re-release, Tanya and Zamaan discuss his campaign to make social media safer for young people, and his lawsuit against the SEC.

    Original airdate: November 30th, 2023

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    28 mins