Will Implicit Bias Cost Me My Dream Job?, Pixar Short's First Female Director, 'God Save Texas'

Midday on WNYC | Apr 23, 2018

Maggie Mistal, Stefanie Ziev and Dr. Tessa West discuss implicit bias in hiring and offer strategies for getting a job you really love. Tessa Fontaine writes about her life of adventure and art in The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts. Domee Shi, the first female director of a PIXAR short film, and producer Becky Neiman-Cobb discuss their film Bao. Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright talks about his book God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State.

This episode is guest hosted by DW Gibson.

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