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Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Jonathan Metzl on why so many Americans support policies that harm them. An acclaimed physician and professor of psychiatry and sociology, Jonathan Metzl is one of the United States’s most important critics on health and violence. His work illuminates the social […]
Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Raj Patel on solving hunger, climate change, racism, and poverty. A prolific journalist, bold activist, and respected scholar, Raj Patel is committed to helping us understand what’s wrong with the global food system and find alternatives to it. He has testified […]
On the heels of the general election, join host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II about countering the politics of rage with a moral policy that prioritizes love, truth, and strategically reaching for higher ground. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is among the nation’s most significant moral and […]
Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Jeffrey Baker and Damon Tweedy on race, memory, and what local history can teach us — as embodied in a story from Duke Hospital that still reverberates today. In a new podcast, “UNHEALED: A Story of Race, Memory, and a Teaching […]
Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with novelist and memoirist Diane Wilson on food sovereignty, storytelling, and cultural recovery. Diane Wilson (Dakota) is a writer, educator, and environmental advocate. Her recent novel, “The Seed Keeper,” weaves together the voices of four women to craft a sweeping portrait of […]
Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with University of Chicago professor and Crime Lab director Jens Ludwig on the causes of gun violence — and the policy changes that can help us prevent it. Jens Ludwig uses behavioral economics and data science to understand why people commit crimes. In […]
