Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up (Abigail Shrier)
Episode 416
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, anti…
2 years, 1 month ago
An Unfinished History of the Holocaust
Episode 415
The Holocaust is much discussed, much memorialized, and much portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked.
Spannin…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Weirdness of the World
Episode 414
Do we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing? Is consciousness a p…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Story of Female Empowerment & Getting Canceled: Elite Commando and Kickboxing World Champion Leah Goldstein
Episode 413
A conversation with Leah Goldstein on becoming a kickboxing world champion, ultra-endurance cyclist, and an elite commando combating terrorism. For t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Who Wrote the Qur'an, Why, and What Does it Really Say?
Episode 412
Over a billion copies of the Qur'an exist – yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear st…
2 years, 1 month ago
Purpose in the Eyes of a Psychiatrist
Episode 411
Generations have been taught that evolution implies there is no overarching purpose to our existence, that life has no fundamental meaning. We are me…
2 years, 1 month ago
Does Humanity Function as a Single Superorganism?
Episode 410
Could humans unknowingly be a part of a larger superorganism—one with its own motivations and goals, one that is alive, and conscious, and has the po…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
Episode 409
Have you ever noticed that what is thrilling on Monday tends to become boring on Friday? Even exciting relationships, stimulating jobs, and breathtak…
2 years, 2 months ago
China's Grip on Rare-Earth Elements and the Future of Global Energy Security
Episode 408
To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, …
2 years, 2 months ago
mRNA Vaccines, Mask Mandates, and the COVID-19 Response (Paul Offit)
Episode 407
As a member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee and a former member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices to the CDC, Dr. Paul Offit…
2 years, 2 months ago