TimeTurner: Recent Episodes

Akshaya Ajith

The TimeTurner podcast is a dive into how social issues have shaped our times. In each episode, we'll discover the history behind each complicated issue. We'll talk to trailblazers who are leading initiatives to solve these challenges and ask ourselves the question of how we can create a more perfect union.

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Akshaya discusses her favorite president, his early formative years - a Harvard graduated New York intellectual who became the epitome of the western man on his way to presidency. Join us as we talk about his earliest fist fights with corruptions and how he gained his moniker - a bull loose in a china shop.

Music credits to U.S. Army Band, Esther Abrami, and several YouTube audio library artists.

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Women of color are, as The New York Times aptly described, the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the first of a two-part series, I talk with Sage Ke'alohilani Quiamno, CEO & Co-founder of Future for Us, on the struggles women of color face in the workplace, both before the pandemic hit and in the midst of the ongoing crisis.

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Two weeks ago, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away due to complications from cancer.  In this episode, we pay tribute to the Notorious RBG and the incredible legacy she leaves behind.

We would like to thank Oyez for their meticulous record-keeping and transcripts from past Supreme Court proceedings. For the recording of the Supreme Court Opening Ritual, we would like to thank Alfred Wong. We would like to thank BBC NewsNight and C-Span for their thoughtful interviews of Justice Ginsburg.

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Welcome to the TimeTurner Podcast!

Together, we'll dive into how social issues have shaped our times, and discover the history behind them. We'll talk to trailblazers who are leading initiatives to solve these challenges and ask ourselves the question of how we can create a more perfect union.