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Crash Course on Happiness
Episode 251
The number of college students dealing with stress, depression, and anxiety is growing. Psychology professor Laurie Santos noticed it in her Yale cla…
7 years, 9 months ago
Off Stage 14: Islam in America Today
Episode 250
Imam Khalid Latif is New York University’s first Muslim chaplain. In this political and cultural moment, he says students deal with issues around rac…
7 years, 9 months ago
Off Stage 13: One Synagogue’s Unconventional Outreach Approach
Episode 249
Shira Stutman is senior rabbi at a historic synagogue in Washington, DC that’s doing innovative things. The ‘Sixth & I’ is a non-denominational, non-…
7 years, 9 months ago
Off Stage 12: Addressing Partisanship at the Pulpit
Episode 248
Can faith help unite us in divided times? How are religious leaders navigating divisions inside and outside their places of worship? Adam Hamilton mi…
7 years, 9 months ago
What Really Separates Men from Women?
Episode 247
Why is it that we think boys are good at math and girls are more empathetic? Or that boys can’t focus in the classroom and girls are obsessed with re…
7 years, 9 months ago
Repairing the Apparel Industry
Episode 246
The clothing industry is a top polluter, but some companies are working to be kinder to the environment. The CEOs of Patagonia and Eileen Fisher talk…
7 years, 9 months ago
Off Stage 11: Saving the African Elephant
Episode 245
The African elephant, the world’s largest land mammal, is threatened by poaching, human development, and climate change. As director of the Biodivers…
7 years, 9 months ago
Off Stage 10: A Sinking Island Nation
Episode 244
Rising sea level and contaminated fresh water could make an island paradise in the Indian Ocean uninhabitable. The effects of climate change on the M…
7 years, 9 months ago
Off Stage 9: Wonder Drugs in the Arctic
Episode 243
Will a cure for cancer be found in the North Pole? A group of Norwegian scientists are scouring the sea and shore in one of the harshest climates on …
7 years, 9 months ago
Atul Gawande on Love, Death, and Worth
Episode 242
Famed writer and surgeon Atul Gawande believes there’s a gap between our aspiration for how we treat each other and the reality. In this divisive era…
7 years, 9 months ago