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Former Senator Phil Gramm Explodes the Myth of American Inequality in an Eye-Opening Conversation (#124)
Season 1 Episode 124
According to former Senator Phil Gramm, inequality in the U.S. is grossly overstated largely because it fails to take into account massive government…
3 years, 7 months ago
The U.S. and the Holocaust: What did America Know and Do During the Greatest Atrocity of Our Time with Ken Burns' Co-Directors (#123)
Season 1 Episode 123
What was America’s response to the Holocaust? What did we know and not know, do and not do, as the catastrophe unfolded? These questions resonate tod…
3 years, 7 months ago
Superabundance: Separating Fact From Myth About Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet (#122)
Season 1 Episode 122
Contrary to conventional wisdom, we are not living in an age of dwindling resources. Generations of people have been taught that the world's rapidly …
3 years, 8 months ago
Chip War: the Fight for the World's Most Vital Technology and the Staggering Vulnerability of the U.S. (#121)
Season 1 Episode 121
The world as we know it relies on computer chips, and the most important ones are made largely in Taiwan. This renders the U.S. shockingly vulnerable…
3 years, 8 months ago
How Worried Should We Be About Dysfunctional Government? A Gifted Constitutional Expert Weighs In (#120)
Season 1 Episode 120
Congressional gridlock has created a vacuum that undermines key principles of the Constitution, raising concerns about the country’s future. Yet cons…
3 years, 8 months ago
Why the Lies We Tell in Public Are So Destructive with Duke's Timur Kuran (#119)
Season 1 Episode 119
Hiding what we really think can have devastating social consequences, and helps explain the rise of Donald Trump, why Harvey Weinstein got away with …
3 years, 8 months ago
Complicit: When Good People Turn a Blind Eye to Rape, Thievery, and Fraud. With Harvard’s Max Bazerman (#118)
Season 1 Episode 118
Countless people knew what Harvey Weinstein, Elizabeth Holmes, and the Catholic Church were doing – but remained silent. Why do good people allow the…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Mind-Blowing Look at How Our Brains Create Our Reality. With Renowned Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (#117)
Season 1 Episode 117
Our brains run the show and determine how we relate to the world. Discoveries from the front lines of neuroscience show our brains are creators (as o…
3 years, 9 months ago
What Does the Work of The Future Look Like? With MIT Professor David Autor (#116)
Season 1 Episode 116
Why will tech and automation never lead to the demise of human work? What qualifies as “good” work? What role will robots and AI play in the fast-app…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Person You Mean To Be and A More Just Future with Social Scientist Dolly Chugh (#115)
Season 1 Episode 115
It’s counter-intuitive but true: letting go of being a good person is key to becoming a better one, and often times it starts with acknowledging our …
3 years, 9 months ago