When the pandemic closed salons, a La Mesa father grabbed some clippers and learned to cut his sons’ hair. A half-decade later, he’s still at it.

For me – and many other Black men – my experience of hair begins and ends in the barbershop. But as my two daughters get older, I’m determined to make ‘salon night’ pain free – and maybe even enjoyabl ...

Regina G. Barber is a co-host of Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. Barber completed her PhD in physics at Washington State University with a focus in astrophysics, studying globular cluster systems.