Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Grammy-Nominated Singer Performs and Explores Music's Power
In times of deep sorrow or joy, humans have always turned to music. Archaeologists have found evidence of instruments among very early civilizations.…
4 years, 1 month ago
Best Of: Margaret Atwood on the Bible and the Future
Today we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes from this year, with the prolific writer Margaret Atwood.
A good rule of thumb is that whatever Ma…
4 years, 1 month ago
Why the Evangelical Movement Is in ‘Disarray’ After Dobbs
With Roe now overturned, the evangelical movement has achieved one of its decades-old political priorities. But for many evangelicals, this isn’t the…
4 years, 1 month ago
Best of: A Life-Changing Philosophy of Games
Today, we’re re-airing one of my favorite episodes of all time. It was originally recorded in February of 2022, but I've been unable to stop thinking…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Office is Dying. It’s Time to Rethink How We Work.
Over the past year, many places have returned to something approximating a prepandemic normal. Restaurants are filling up again. Airports and hotels …
4 years, 1 month ago
How Do We Face Loss With Dignity?
In his latest work, “The Last White Man,” the award-winning writer Mohsin Hamid imagines a world that is very like our own, with one major exception:…
4 years, 1 month ago
Three Sentences That Could Change the World — and Your Life
Today’s show is built around three simple sentences: “Future people count. There could be a lot of them. And we can make their lives better.” Those s…
4 years, 2 months ago
Gender Is Complicated for All of Us. Let’s Talk About It.
It’s hard to think of anything changing more quickly in our society right now than our understanding of gender. There’s an explosion of young people …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Argument: Who Can Write About What?
Today we're bringing you an episode from our friends at The Argument, about cultural appropriation in creative work. In recent years, book written by…
4 years, 2 months ago
Best Of: Ruth Ozeki’s Enchanted Relationship to Minds and Possessions
Today we're taking a short break and re-releasing one of our favorite episodes from 2022, a conversation with the novelist and Buddhist priest Ruth O…
4 years, 2 months ago