Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShahzeen Attari: Facts, Feelings and Stories: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change
An environmental researcher examines perceptions of energy use & conservation and asks how we can inspire behavioral change and policy support in ind…
7 years, 8 months ago
George P. Shultz: Perspective
Perspective? No one has a longer or better-informed view of world affairs and America's role than George Shultz, now 97. (Henry Kissinger is only 95.…
7 years, 9 months ago
Chris D. Thomas: Are We Initiating The Great Anthropocene Speciation Event?
The bad news (not news to most): Many wild species are under severe duress. The good news (total news to most): “Nature is thriving in an age of exti…
7 years, 10 months ago
Benjamin Grant: Overview: Earth and Civilization in the Macroscope
Civilization is both astonishing and astonishingly various when viewed from slightly above. Not so far above as to be lost in planetary context, but …
7 years, 11 months ago
Kishore Mahbubani: Has the West Lost It? Can Asia Save It?
In Kishore Mahbubani’s view, global power is shifting from the West to the Rest—from Europe and North America to Asia and Africa. He argues that chan…
8 years ago
Margaret Levi: The Organized Pursuit of Knowledge
The human quest to understand our world continues. The Director of Stanford’s [Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)](http:/…
8 years ago
Steven Pinker: A New Enlightenment
## Making the world better **Much of Pinker’s talk** was devoted to showing how most of the things than humans care about (except climate) have been …
8 years, 1 month ago
Michael Frachetti: Open Source Civilization and the Unexpected Origins of the Silk Road
Travel the ancient Silk Road with an archaeologist researching a revolutionary idea. Nomadic pastoralists, far from being irrelevant outliers, may ha…
8 years, 1 month ago
Mike Kuniavsky: Our Future in Algorithm Farming
Everything will be connected to the network, even things that shouldn’t be. From automobiles to egg timers, Kuniavsky explains all these devices will…
8 years, 2 months ago
James Nestor: Humanity and the Deep Ocean
In _[DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells us about Ourselves](https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Freediving-Renegade-Science-Ourselv…
8 years, 3 months ago