This week, embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned from her post at the university. We discuss her departure and the events that led to it with WBUR education reporter Max Larkin and NPR analyst Eric Deggans and take listener calls.
Since the MeToo movement’s emphasis on power differentials and the reality that many women have been exploited by powerful men, our culture has held “age gap” relationships under high scrutiny. We’ll discuss the nuances of this discourse with Lila Shapiro, a features writer for New York Magazine whose recent piece in The Cut is called “The Age Gappers: They say they’re happy. Why is it so hard to believe them?” Plus, listeners call in to talk about their age gap relationships, including the stigmas they’ve experienced, the challenges they’ve worked through, and why they feel they gravitate towards partnerships with an age differences.
It’s the time of year when many people set new reading goals on Goodreads, the website and mobile app that lets you track and review your books. But many authors have found that their books can been inundated with negative reviews online… even before the book has been released. We take a look at how Goodreads has changed the publishing industry with Atlantic staff writer Helen Lewis, author of the piece “The Wrath of Goodreads.” Plus, we take listener calls.
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