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From LSD to Ecstasy, How Psychedelics Are Altering Therapy, with Prof. Harriet de Wit
Episode 36
People have been taking psychoactive drugs since the beginning of human history, but there hasn’t been a lot of good scientific study of these substa…
5 years, 10 months ago
How Can We Achieve Real Police Reform?
Episode 35
What are we going to do about police misconduct? Many are calling for a total defunding of the police, while others are looking for systems to enhanc…
5 years, 10 months ago
Why We're Obsessed With Conspiracy Theories
Episode 34
There have always been, and probably always will be, conspiracy theories, but we’ve certainty seen a dramatic increase this year. Misinformation arou…
5 years, 11 months ago
Black Lives Matter Protests: Hope for the Future?
Episode 33
In the last few weeks, our country has been rocked by nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd, and many other black people, at the …
5 years, 11 months ago
What Historic Pandemics Could Teach Us About Coronavirus, with Ada Palmer
Episode 32
What happens to the world after a pandemic? Lots of experts have been talking about what we may be able to expect after COVID-19 from the 1918 Spanis…
6 years ago
A Crisis Management Expert’s Advice on Handling Coronavirus
Episode 31
Our society has always relied on leaders to effectively manage crises. But with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging society, it’s more important than ever…
6 years ago
How Students and Schools Can Recover From Coronavirus, with Elaine Allensworth
Episode 30
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on our students. As we move into the summer, schools will need to understand the best way to address these …
6 years ago
Trump, Coronavirus and the Cost of Ineffective Government, With William Howell
Episode 29
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the most profound challenges in our world. One of the most prominent has been governmental dysfunction. As dir…
6 years, 1 month ago
How Coronavirus Is Exposing Our Racial Disparities, with Monica Peek
Episode 28
One of the most tragic aspects of the coronavirus outbreak has been the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on communities of color in cities ar…
6 years, 1 month ago
Coronavirus Shows Why We Need To Rethink Health Care, with Kate Baicker
Episode 27
The coronavirus outbreak has devastated many sectors of our society, and brought many of the issues we were facing before the pandemic to the forefro…
6 years, 2 months ago