Think from KERA

Think is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainment.

Think from KERA is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Think from KERA, a society show with 100 episodes published.

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  You’re underestimating your brain

  Aug 21, 202646 min

  We’ve all heard of “imposter syndrome” and something similar is going on in your brain in regard to your intelligence. Dr. Josh Turknett, M.D. is a board-certified neurologist and the founder of the Institute for Performance Neurology, where he works at the intersection of neuroscience, learning and human potential. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we all have the ability to unlock abilities, how intelligence is built over time and why we spend so much time telling ourselves we can’t succeed. His book is “ The Genius and the Imposter: The Neuroscience of Unlocking Human Potential .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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  Wrongful conviction harms victims too

  Aug 20, 202646 min

  For every exonerated individual in the criminal justice system, there is another forgotten victim: the original victim’s family who now has no closure. Barbara Bradley Hagerty, contributing writer to The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a case involving a man, Ben Spencer, who was wrongfully convicted of a crime and the family member of the murder victim, Jay Young, who now faces a future without justice. Her article is “ The Other Victims of a Wrongful Conviction. ” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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  The IRS isn’t getting its work done

  Aug 19, 202646 min

  If you need to call the IRS to answer a tax question, you could wait hours on the line thanks to funding cuts. Stephanie Mencimer, staff reporter in Mother Jones’ Washington bureau, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why 7 million people are waiting to hear back from the IRS about correspondence and amended returns up from 3.8 million last year how deep cuts to the budget mean taxpayers are losing out on money and help with tax fraud, and how this could affect daily household budgets. Her article is “ The IRS Is Imploding. ” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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  If we’re going to fight a trade war we might as well win

  Aug 18, 202647 min

  President Trump’s frequent tariff announcements have put global trade in a new, precarious position. Chad P. Bown is Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and host of the Trade Talks podcast. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how tariffs push up prices, what lessons from history can teach us about this moment, and how countries should adapt to this rapidly changing landscape. His book, written with co-author Soumaya Keynes, is “ How to Win a Trade War: An Optimistic Guide to an Anxious Global Economy .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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  Gen Z’s work life

  Aug 17, 202646 min

  We’ve all heard the advice to “do what we love” for our careers, but burnout and low wages make that advice seem like a cruel joke. Journalist Emi Nietfeld joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her disillusionment with her “millennial values” where hard work and dreaming big would pay off in the corporate world why Gen Z doesn’t have a sense of optimism for their futures, and what ambition looks like now. Her article in The New York Times is “ Gen Z Fell Out of Love with Work. I Don’t Blame Them .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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