Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFrom Hippie to Whole Foods Mogul
Episode 446
Whole Foods Market's Cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and th…
1 year, 9 months ago
Aella — From a Christian Upbringing to Sex Work
Episode 445
Aella is a writer, blogger, data analyst, and sex worker who has written extensively about the psychology and economics of online sex work, conductin…
1 year, 10 months ago
Hong Kong's Turmoil: Insights from an Exiled Political Leader
Episode 444
Nathan Law is a young Hong Kong activist, currently in exile and based in London. During the Umbrella Movement in 2014, Nathan was one of the five re…
1 year, 10 months ago
Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
Episode 443
A.J. Jacobs learned the hard way that donning a tricorne hat and marching around Manhattan with a 1700s musket will earn you a lot of strange looks. …
1 year, 10 months ago
Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place
Episode 442
Is Lemuria a real place, or the fever dream of crackpots, mystics, conspiracy theorists, and Bigfoot hunters?
Below the waters where the Pacific and …
1 year, 10 months ago
Born into a Cult (Michelle Dowd)
Episode 441
Michelle Dowd was born into an ultra-religious cult, "The Field," started in the 1930s by her grandfather, who convinced generations of young male fo…
1 year, 10 months ago
UFOs: What We Know (And Don't Know)
Episode 440
Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the UFO subject for 17 years. His work is encapsulate…
1 year, 10 months ago
Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity
Episode 439
We often assume that religious beliefs are no different in kind from ordinary factual beliefs—that believing in the existence of God or of supernatur…
1 year, 10 months ago
Vulnerable Minds: The Harm of Childhood Trauma and the Hope of Resilience
Episode 438
Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse and racial …
1 year, 10 months ago
How to Achieve Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Episode 437
Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading intellectual and original thinker on matters of foreign policy, economics, education, Israel, and the Jewish people. She …
1 year, 11 months ago