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Episode 54: Panic in the Streets
It sounds like the plot of a movie: police discover the body of a young man who's been murdered. The body tests positive for a deadly infectious dise…
9 years, 5 months ago
Episode 53: Embrace the Chaos
Many of us spend lots of time and energy trying to get organized. We KonMari our closets, we strive for inbox zero, we tell our kids to clean their r…
9 years, 5 months ago
Episode 52: Losing Face
It happens to all of us: someone recognizes you on the street, calls you by name, and says hello... and you have no idea who that person is. Research…
9 years, 5 months ago
Episode 51: What Happened?
On the morning after election day, pundits, pollsters, politicians, and citizens woke up feeling stunned. All signs, all year, had been pointing towa…
9 years, 5 months ago
Encore of Episode 27: Losing Alaska
We didn't hear very much about climate change during this election cycle — and social science research might give us some insight as to why not. This…
9 years, 6 months ago
Episode 50: Broken Windows
In the early 1980s, a couple of researchers wrote an article in The Atlantic that would have far reaching consequences. The article introduced a new …
9 years, 6 months ago
Episode 49: Filthy Rich
Several years ago, sociologist Brooke Harrington decided to explore the secret lives of billionaires. What she found, she said, shocked her.
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9 years, 6 months ago
Episode 48: Men: 44, Women: 0
A century after women won the vote in the US, we still see very few of them in leadership roles. Researchers say women are trapped in a catch-22 know…
9 years, 6 months ago
Episode 47: Give Me Your Tired...
Our airwaves are filled with debates about migrants, refugees, and undocumented immigrants... Who should be in the United States, who shouldn't, and …
9 years, 7 months ago
Episode 46: Blessings in Disguise?
We have lots of ways to describe the good that can come from bad: a blessing in disguise, a silver lining — but what if the bad thing was truly awful…
9 years, 7 months ago