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Balancing Work and Life with Mary Louise Kelly
Episode 469
About two decades ago, NPR host Mary Louise Kelly had her first child and went down the extremely common yet commonly daunting life path of balancing…
3 years ago
Thinking, Innovating and A.I. with Walter Isaacson
Episode 468
Artificial intelligence is clearly going to change our lives in multiple ways. But it’s not yet obvious exactly how, and what the impacts will be. We…
3 years ago
Harnessing A.I. in Education with Sal Khan
Episode 467
When Sal Khan created Khan Academy, he was trying to scale up the successful experiences he’d had tutoring his cousins one-on-one in math. He saw how…
3 years ago
The Dilemmas of Hostage Diplomacy
Episode 466
The White House has declared hostage-taking to be a national emergency. In July 2022, Biden issued an executive order outlining steps to deter the pr…
3 years, 1 month ago
Wicked Problem: The Road Ahead for Immigration Policy
Episode 465
Almost everyone agrees that immigration policy in the United States is lacking, but despite decades of debate, Congress has not been able to pass com…
3 years, 1 month ago
Rainn Wilson and Spiritual Revolution
Episode 464
Actor Rainn Wilson had his dream job on the hit TV show “The Office,” but was still being kept up at night by anxiety, depression, and life’s big una…
3 years, 1 month ago
Mary Barra: The Future of General Motors and EVs
Episode 463
The automotive industry is going through a time of profound transformation, facing internal and external pressure to electrify America’s fleet of per…
3 years, 1 month ago
Democracy Dilemma
Episode 462
Populations around the world have been electing more and more autocratic leaders in the past couple decades, via supposedly free, fair, and democrati…
3 years, 2 months ago
Solving the Problem of Guns in America
Episode 461
Merely defining gun violence is difficult, and coming to agreement on what to do about it often seems near-impossible in the United States. But peopl…
3 years, 2 months ago
Reviewing the Supreme Court’s Latest
Episode 460
The U.S. Supreme Court continues to issue major decisions that have profound impacts on the lives of Americans and the political future of the countr…
3 years, 2 months ago