Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas

Wyatt examines why workers at major fast-food chains aren't unionised, contemplates the perfect pair of shoes to wear to a protest, and travels to West Virginia to learn about teachers' strikes.

Wyatt explores the role of facial-recognition software in surveillance, tries to curb car-on-bike crime, and travels to New York to question the idea of school safety.

Wyatt considers what living in a city does to your brain, finds a new alternative to sitting at a desk all day, and travels to Salem, Oregon, to see how the city is addressing the mental-health concerns of students.

Wyatt explores the consequences of gendered toys, protecting women from their greatest threat, and San Francisco's progressive sex-education programme.

Wyatt looks at who gets access to good dental care, delivers a pitch investors simply can't turn down, and travels to Seattle to see how a group of parents fought to keep their school from being shut down.

Wyatt considers the environmental cost of air travel, looks at a place where bookstores may be able to thrive and travels to Minneapolis to learn how the city became a leader in healthy school lunches.

Wyatt looks at the unintended consequences of standardised testing, considers a high-tech way to streamline fender benders and travels to Des Moines to see how Iowans are dealing with automation.

Wyatt looks at the complicated relationship between banks and universities, proposes a way to "gamify" real-world skills and investigates why some colleges target veterans.

Wyatt looks at how climate change affects immigration patterns, suggests a helpful resource for immigrants, and explores how a culturally responsive curriculum can foster a compassionate environment.

Wyatt examines how infrastructure perpetuates segregation, suggests a solution to class warfare in the sky and looks at New Jersey's long struggle with school integration.

Wyatt explores space and alternative fuel, and travels to Minnesota to learn what's wrong with policing.

Wyatt explores NRA propaganda at the movies, ponders dogs eating chicken bones, and travels to Birmingham to learn about police apologies.

Wyatt tries to make coal miners go solar, move millennials into battleships and understand community policing.

Wyatt looks at the various forms of sanctuary for undocumented labourers, suggests a better way for cities to handle rain, and takes a look at how community efforts in Skid Row aim at decreasing the police presence in the area.

Wyatt talks banking deserts, explores the unintended consequences of combating mosquitos, and examines the intersection of America's mental health crisis and policing.

Wyatt discusses the threat of robots taking our jobs, proposes an alternative to environmentally harmful beauty products, and learns about ways to arm cops with tools that are less lethal than guns.

Wyatt talks about America's student loan crisis, tries to streamline sidewalk traffic, and examines the unsettling intersection of police and sexual misconduct.

Wyatt Cenac explores why our phones keep breaking down, the origins of a common stationery item, and how some city police departments are moving beyond the war on drugs.

Wyatt Cenac notes the historical exclusion of women in science and medical research, puts an end to "traditional" burials, and explores the process of restorative justice.

Wyatt considers the lack of funding for teachers in the U.S., finds a new angle on the circle of life, and concludes his season-long examination of policing with one community's unique approach.