Flora Lichtman

It's about humans exploring.

And I was thinking like in relation to your work, that if we really want to

understand the meaning of this type of exploration, we also have to consider people's, you know, human experience at home and, like, what it means to leave your family behind.

Dr. Tracy Scott is a sociologist at Emory University in Atlanta.

Tracy, thank you so much for joining me today.

This episode was produced by Rasha Aridi.

Special thanks to Jason Isaac and our colleagues at WNYC for making this sound so good.

We will catch you next time.

I'm Flora Lichtman.

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