Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy we love our Vodka
We eat candy bars, because it’s a tastier sugar delivery system than just eating sugar granules. Some smoke cigarettes, because it was once seen as …
11 years, 10 months ago
The information age, long before the internet
A few days ago, The New York Times ran a story about how libraries in New York were helping to provide WiFi in parts of the city. Obviously the link…
11 years, 10 months ago
David Boies & Ted Olson and The Legal Case for Marriage Equality
Already 2014 has been a huge year in the freedom to marry movement. Advocates have won 16 out of 16 federal and state court decisions across the coun…
11 years, 10 months ago
Laurence Tribe on The Roberts Court and the Constitution
The Supreme Court today is more influential than ever. From Citizens United to the rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, privacy and free spe…
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The shame of juvenile prison in America
The American rate of juvenile incarceration is seven times that of Great Britain, and 18 times that of France. It costs, on average, $88,000 a year t…
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Why how we approach cancer treatment matters.
How often have we witnessed tragic events and then, not too long thereafter, heard jokes about those events. What this teaches us is not disrespect,…
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Why is anyone listening to Antonin Scalia?
Few phrases get used more today than “creative destruction.” What it really reflects though, is simply the way in which the world has changed. Our …
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What if you discovered your father was a notorious serial killer?
For centuries theologians have argued about how the sins of the father might fall upon their children. Freud talked about the need for a father's pr…
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Ceasar Chavez and the nobility of poverty
One of the overwhelming ideas of the 20th Century has been the struggle of people throughout the world, to achieve a middle class life. The Horatio A…
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Why is Green Building Exploding?
When we think about building today, almost anywhere on the planet, be it a house or a gleaming glass, steel and concrete office building, we almost r…
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