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Space: The Invisible Infrastructure Behind Modern Life — And Its Growing Risks (#264)
Season 1 Episode 264
Space may look empty, but it’s crowded, fragile, and under threat. Former Congresswoman Jane Harman and Lieutenant General (Ret.) Nina Armagno — form…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the Hook Model: Secrets Companies Use to Keep You Scrolling and How To Break Free (#263)
Season 1 Episode 263
Variable rewards once powered slot machines; now they’re inside your pocket. Behavior-design expert Nir Eyal shows how modern apps turned casino psyc…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Zanny Minton Beddoes on America, China, and a World in Flux (#262)
Season 1 Episode 262
The global order that brought decades of peace and prosperity is coming apart. The Economist’s Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes takes us inside t…
1 year ago
No Way Out with Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Greg Mankiw (#261)
Season 1 Episode 261
Imagine owing over $100,000—not for a home or college, but simply for being an American.
That’s each citizen’s share of the nearly $40 trillion U.S. n…
1 year ago
From Bits to Brains: How AI Sees, Talks, and Learns (#260)
Season 1 Episode 260
How does AI go from predicting the next word to powering robots that navigate the real world?
Princeton computer science professor Sanjeev Arora expla…
1 year ago
Hype vs. Reality: Crypto and Stablecoins (#259)
Season 1 Episode 259
Crypto runs on stablecoins — and they’re far less stable than they sound.
Bloomberg investigative journalist Zeke Faux followed the money behind the s…
1 year ago
The Long Game: How to Build Wealth in Turbulent Times with Blackstone President Jon Gray (#258)
Season 1 Episode 258
How do the savviest investors navigate today’s uncertainty? Jon Gray, President of Blackstone, one of the world’s most successful asset management fi…
1 year ago
Goodbye Baby Boom — Hello Population Bust: How a 60% Drop Could Change Everything (#257)
Season 1 Episode 257
Global birth rates are collapsing—sometimes to half the level needed to keep populations stable. UT-Austin’s Michael Geruso explains how that trend c…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Knowledge Illusion: How Overconfidence Shapes Our Lives (#256)
Season 1 Episode 256
We’ve landed on the moon and built global networks—yet most of us don’t understand how a toilet works. Cognitive scientist Philip Fernbach explores t…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Surprising Science Behind Falling—and Staying—in Love (#255)
Season 1 Episode 255
Love isn’t just a feeling—it’s a science. Arthur Aron, the psychologist behind the 36 questions that went viral, shares what really makes people fall…
1 year, 1 month ago