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Why People Want to Ban Books
Episode 457
The desire to try and stop people from reading certain printed material has been around since material was first printed. In the modern era, book ban…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sex Recession: Why Isn’t Everyone Doing It?
Episode 456
The age of technology and the internet provides constant easy access to sexual content and information about sex, for all tastes and curiosities. But…
3 years, 1 month ago
Geraldine Brooks on Spirit, Obsession and Injustice
Episode 455
As a budding journalist in Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks was assigned to the horse racing beat in the sports department, with no experience or …
3 years, 2 months ago
Separated: Inside an American Tragedy with Jacob Soboroff
Episode 454
During the period of several months in 2018 when the Trump administration was separating migrant families at the U.S. border with Mexico, NBC News an…
3 years, 2 months ago
Bret Stephens and John Englander on Climate Skepticism
Episode 453
Even people who agree that climate change is a problem don’t necessarily agree on what to do about it. And some people still need a little more convi…
3 years, 2 months ago
Vice President Kamala Harris Believes We Can Tackle Climate Change
Episode 452
A problem as big as climate change relies on millions of incremental solutions of all sizes, but also requires leaders who can keep their eye on the …
3 years, 3 months ago
Can Gen Z Trust Their Elders?
Episode 451
Today’s young people have not seen a lot of good examples of adults working together to solve problems. Generation Z is coming of age amidst daunting…
3 years, 3 months ago
Managing Our Eco-Anxiety (Encore)
Episode 450
Heat waves. Wildfires. Floods. This summer has served up some of the most extreme weather on record, and it’s clear many of us are overwhelmed by cli…
3 years, 3 months ago
How Trauma Lives in the Body with Bessel van der Kolk
Episode 449
A traumatic event can literally change the way our brain functions, and live on in our body in unexpected ways. The field of psychiatry has not alway…
3 years, 3 months ago
Hot Stuff: Love, Sex and the Brain
Episode 448
What is it that pulls one person toward another, and connects them? What does love and attraction do to our brain, and vice versa? Biological anthrop…
3 years, 4 months ago