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Hope in Troubling Times
Episode 506
Hope seems like a simple concept, but the feeling can be difficult to hold onto. And when times are difficult and chaos swirls around us, it’s more i…
1 year, 9 months ago
The First AI Elections
Episode 505
Almost anyone with a computer can figure out how to make a deepfake photo, video or audio. With a contentious and vitally important election around t…
1 year, 9 months ago
At America’s Edge: Border Politics, Policy and People
Episode 504
It’s been decades since the United States has updated its immigration policies in any sort of comprehensive way, and the problems and suffering at th…
1 year, 9 months ago
AI Superthinker
Episode 503
Where will artificial intelligence be in five years, or 10 or 20? What happens if the technology is regulated? And if it isn’t? How will it shape the…
1 year, 9 months ago
Academia at a Crossroads
Episode 502
The challenges for university presidents keep coming, from Middle East protests to standardized testing and admissions debates, to complaints over cl…
1 year, 10 months ago
Peter Thiel — On the Record with an Iconoclast
Episode 501
Whether they publicly tout it or not, U.S. technology companies play a powerful role in politics, cultural issues and the way we live. Founder and in…
1 year, 10 months ago
A Revolutionary Age with Fareed Zakaria
Episode 500
Sizable electorates around the world are flocking to populist candidates who promise power, domination and a return to better times. The global exper…
1 year, 10 months ago
Seeing Light in Dark Times with Nicholas Kristof
Episode 499
Conflict and suffering can bring out the worst in people, but it can also bring out the best. This is one of the lessons New York Times columnist Nic…
1 year, 10 months ago
Women’s Rights Under Attack
Episode 498
The federal right to abortions in the United States has been overturned, access to contraception and IVF services are threatened in many states, and …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Future of the Middle East
Episode 497
The grim stream of news from the Middle East has been making it more and more difficult to hold onto hope for peace. When and how will the conflict i…
1 year, 11 months ago