Why does English have both brotherhood and fraternity? Why is the crime called murder but the accusation called homicide? Merriam-Webster dictionary editor Peter Sokolowski speaks on why we have so many synonyms, and how our language has evolved.

Writers Lindsey Tramuta, Rokhaya Diallo, and Grace Ly speak about diversity, representation, the mythology of the Parisienne, and the lived experience of women in France.

Do we really know what we eat? Investigative journalist Michael Moss speaks on the hidden workings of the world of processed food.

Over two hundred days into the invasion of Ukraine, prominent voices in contemporary Ukrainian literature speak on writing through war.

What steps need to be taken in order to combat the economy of the patriarchy? Economist Héléne Périvier explains how gender equality may be achieved through a feminist economics.