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The Limits of Rationality & the Enduring Power of Myth with YANN MARTEL
Season 16 Episode 1231
Why do ancient myths still hold the answers to our modern anxieties? When faced with inexplicable grief or the incomprehensible scale of modern war, …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
For the Sun After Long Nights: Iranian Women Leading Fight for Freedom w/ FATEMEH JAMALPOUR
Season 16 Episode 1230
In the face of devastating state violence, the people of Iran continue to find new ways to resist. From a female marathon runner pacing her cell in p…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Much Worse than McCarthyism: Resisting the Right-Wing War on Academic Freedom w/ ELLEN SCHRECKER
Season 16 Episode 1229
“We're looking at a lot of bad things in American history that we should have been thinking about over the past 50 years. What McCarthyism did, what …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Poems on Gaza—Contemplating the Impossible & Being Steadfast in Solidarity w/ JAMAICA OSORIO
Season 16 Episode 1228
"I am a poet without language and an empath without root. I am overflowing in something I do not recognize... something like terror, but still not qu…
5 months ago
Palestinian Experiences & Generational Trauma: CHERIEN DABIS on Directing All That's Left of You - Highlights
Season 16 Episode 1227
Two weeks away from filming her most ambitious film to date, Cherien Dabis and her crew were forced to evacuate Palestine as the devastating events o…
5 months ago
The Psychological & Emotional Impact of Occupation w/ Actress, Director CHERIEN DABIS
Season 16 Episode 1226
“These oppressive structures are built to strip us of our humanity. One of the ways they do that is by filling us with anger and hatred. If we allow …
5 months ago
Game Over: Metrics, Big Data and Why We Need to Stop Keeping Score w/ C. THI NGUYEN - Highlights
Season 16 Episode 1223
"To be in the process of making things, to be in the process of talking to people about what things mean. The creative process is actually, I think, …
5 months ago
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game with C. THI NGUYEN
Season 16 Episode 1222
We live in a world obsessed with tracking. From our sleep scores to our social media engagement, invisible systems constantly quantify our worth. But…
5 months ago
The Politics of Collecting: Race & the Aestheticization of Property with EUNSONG KIM
Season 16 Episode 1223
Are the walls of our most celebrated museums actually monuments to wealth extraction and labor suppression? How did the violent union-busting tactics…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life with HELEN WHYBROW
Season 16 Episode 1222
Have we forgotten how to truly participate in the natural world? What can the ancient practice of shepherding teach us about ecological healing? How …
5 months, 1 week ago