Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchZena Hitz, "Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 107
Do you have an active intellectual life? That is a question you may feel uncomfortable answering these days given that the very phrase “intellectual …
5 years, 10 months ago
David R. Grimes, "The Irrational Ape: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk, and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World" (Simon and Schuster, 2019)
Episode 5
What are some of the prevalent ways in which we lie to ourselves and limit our flexibility?
Today I discussed this and other questions with David R. …
5 years, 10 months ago
Kurt Braddock, "Weaponized Words" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 55
Kurt Braddock's new book Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization (Cambridge Universit…
5 years, 10 months ago
Lori Gottlieb, "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone" (HMH, 2019)
Episode 101
From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapi…
5 years, 10 months ago
B. J. Pine II and J. H. Gilmore, "The Experience Economy: Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money" (HBR Press, 2020)
Episode 2
How is the retail sector going to be best able to survive the Amazon juggernaut?
I address this question with B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore i…
5 years, 10 months ago
Susie Hodge, "The Short Story of Architecture" (Laurence King Publishing, 2019)
Episode 4
What makes a building’s design come alive as it helps shape our existence?
Listen in as I discuss this and other questions with Susie Hodge, author of…
5 years, 10 months ago
S. E. Schier and T. E. Eberly, "How Trump Happened: A System Shock Decades in the Making" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020)
Episode 1
How did Donald Trump’s leveraging of emotions get him to The White House?
Today I discussed this question with Steven E. Schier and Todd E. Eberly, co…
5 years, 10 months ago
Casey Schwartz, "Attention: A Love Story" (Pantheon, 2020)
Episode 20
Combining expert storytelling with genuine self-scrutiny, Casey Schwartz details the decade she spend taking Adderall to help her pay attention (or s…
5 years, 10 months ago
Kenneth Womack, "Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and The End of The Beatles" (Cornell UP, 2019)
Episode 3
To what degree did each of The Beatles exhibit emotional intelligence in the band’s final year?
You'll find out in the discussion I had with Kenneth W…
5 years, 10 months ago
Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
Episode 20
Brian Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he is the Director of the Institute for …
5 years, 10 months ago