Terry Gross

Safiya Sinclair, grew up in a Rasta family in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Her father is a reggae singer and guitarist. Her hair was twisted into dreadlocks until she was 19. She came to realize that for her, being Rasta meant living in a cage. It was through reading and writing poems that she came to better know herself and to break out of the cage and enter the larger world.

Cat Bohannon is the author of the book "Eve" How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution". The book attempts to trace the evolution of women's bodies and how that evolution has shaped our lives.

electronic music producer and DJ Jennifer Lee, better known as TOKiMONSTA is considered a pioneer in electronic music, as the first female Asian American producer to garner a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album. She talks with about her musical path, and the near-death experience that changed the course of her life.