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Is the fantasy of football worth the potential price?That's what football athletes, fans and doctors are asking after a new study published in late August revealed that from a sample of athletes who played at least one NFL game in their careers and who died between 2016 and 2021, ...  Show more

Has the era of optimization finally reached a fever pitch?Veneers, perfect minimalist home decor, and even eye whitening drops are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the many ways we can ‘optimize’ our lives. But at what cost? And how did we even get to this point?To un ...  Show more

Monique Heart reflects on Kamala Harris’ historic win, Megan Thee Stallion’s new music, and the fashion industry's continuation of Blackfishing. This week Monique learns about voting in America and why some Latinx voters vote conservatively with Northwestern professor & Author, G ...  Show more

DeRay, Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe are together again to talk about the most important news of the past week. Then, Grammy-award winning artist and activist John Legend joins DeRay to talk about parenting, women’s reproductive rights, mass incarceration and using his c ...

A congressional hearing looks to the heavens, the Black community mourns a broken earth, and a Hollywood star drops in for a conversation about grace. For show notes and more, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

This week Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco talk about the latest whiplash with Texas’s abortion ban, Wisconsin breweries helping parents sue schools over anti-mask mandates, CA Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia pioneering women’s rights in the state and the chaos in Idaho politics. ...  Show more