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Technology Is Changing How We Trust
Episode 241
Technology is changing who and how we trust. While our faith in institutions such as governments, media, and charities has hit an all-time low, many …
7 years, 10 months ago
Can Character Be Learned?
Episode 240
Why is it so hard to watch our children fail? Why might a highly structured life for a child be a bad thing? And how important is our behavior, as ad…
7 years, 10 months ago
What Would the Founders Think of Today's America?
Episode 239
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson. What were America’s Founders like as individuals? And what would they think of American democrac…
7 years, 10 months ago
The New Science of Psychedelics
Episode 238
Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, focuses on psychedelic drugs in his most recent book. How to Change Your M…
7 years, 10 months ago
Stopping Hate in an Era of Fragmentation
Episode 237
The deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue is the latest hate crime in an especially atrocious period. The number of hate crimes against religious…
7 years, 11 months ago
Off Stage 8: Tackling Twitter’s Bots
Episode 236
Tech entrepreneur Ash Bhat dropped out of high school and college to pursue digital projects. The 20-year-old’s latest effort: combatting online bots…
7 years, 11 months ago
Off Stage 7: How to Get off Your Screen
Episode 235
Tristan Harris, former Google design ethicist, says the apps we use on our devices everyday are designed to maximize screen time. “Whenever we use th…
7 years, 11 months ago
Off Stage 6: The Menace of Disinformation
Episode 234
With the midterm elections around the corner, should internet users be on alert for fake news? As research director at New Knowledge, Renee DiResta i…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Cultural Revolution We Need
Episode 233
The forces of division have been tearing America's social fabric for decades. Our country is now dealing with isolation, alienation, and tribalism. B…
7 years, 11 months ago
How to Lead a More Meaningful Life at Work
Episode 232
Adam Grant is exploring “how to make work suck less.” For his podcast WorkLife, he visited unconventional companies to discover how to improve the wo…
7 years, 11 months ago