If Everybody Knew
What’s one thing you wish everybody knew? And how could that change the world? Dexter Thomas meets with scholars, activists, and journalists from Princeton and beyond to find the conversations and ideas that might just change everything.
- Update frequency
- every 54 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
…about Serbian internet slang and storybooks in the hospital (How we Talk, part 2)
What if everybody knew… why a Serbian meme page and a letter that doesn't even technically exist brought people together? Or, what's actually going on (in both people's heads) when someone reads thei…
… about african drums and the Loch Ness Monster (How we Talk, part 1)
What if everybody knew… why a West African drummer was so serious about his European students understanding why he played? Or, why creatures like the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot are so important to …
...the bloody history behind our famous library
In the early 1920s, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company opened a massive rubber plantation in Liberia. Money from this venture quickly found its way to one of the most iconic libraries in America.
H…
...about the black musical that disappeared forever, twice
"Shuffle Along" was the soundtrack that launched the Harlem Renaissance. Days after its debut, a group of armed white men terrorized Tulsa, Oklahoma. So why do so many of us know about Tulsa, but mos…
...what this show is about [TRAILER]
What’s one thing you wish everything knew? Host Dexter Thomas (VICE News, LA Times) breaks down the concept: conversations with with scholars, activists, and journalists from Princeton and beyond, to…