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Back to SearchMichele Wucker, "You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World" (Pegasus Books, 2021)
Episode 78
Today I talked to Michele Wucker about her new book You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World (Pegasus Books, 2…
4 years, 5 months ago
Michelle Elman, "The Joy of Being Selfish: Why You Need Boundaries and How to Set Them" (Welbeck Publishing, 2021)
Episode 144
Do you frequently say 'yes' to people and events to keep those around you happy? Do you often find yourself emotionally exhausted and physically drai…
4 years, 5 months ago
Bernard Scott, "Cybernetics for the Social Sciences" (Brill, 2021)
Episode 37
On this episode, I have the great pleasure of finally getting to talk with one of the “unsung heroes” of cybernetics, whose work has finally begun to…
4 years, 5 months ago
Kirsten Powers, "Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts" (Convergent Books, 2021)
Episode 132
Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts, by Kirsten Powers was published by Penguin Random…
4 years, 5 months ago
Anthony Ianni, "Centered: Autism, Basketball, and One Athlete's Dreams" (Red Lightning Books, 2021)
Episode 201
"They don't know me. They don't know what I'm capable of." Diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder, a form of autism, as a toddler, Anthony I…
4 years, 5 months ago
Jonathan Schooler, “Mind-Wandering and Meta-Awareness” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 81
Mind-Wandering & Meta-Awareness is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jonathan Schooler, Professor of Psychological a…
4 years, 5 months ago
Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro, "When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 27
There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that va…
4 years, 5 months ago
Elyn Saks, “Mental Health: Policies, Laws and Attitudes” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 79
Mental Health: Policies, Laws and Attitudes is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Elyn Saks, Orrin B. Evans Distingui…
4 years, 5 months ago
Anna Spain Bradley, "Human Choice in International Law" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 140
Professor Anna Spain Bradley "wrote this book to be accessible to anyone, because international law is for everyone." In this important book, Profess…
4 years, 5 months ago
Jean Hopman, "Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 145
Jean Hopman’s book Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice (Routledge, 2020),…
4 years, 5 months ago