Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA New Way to Think About Racism in America
Season 1 Episode 82
Several years ago, the writer, researcher, and policy advocate Heather McGhee traveled around the country to report on how racism in America holds us…
3 years, 11 months ago
Carbon Removal Might Be the World’s Most Important Technology. How Does It Work?
Season 1 Episode 81
Last year, somebody explained the problem of climate change to me with a metaphor that I’ve never been able to forget. They said: Imagine a bathtub. …
3 years, 11 months ago
Curiosity Corner: Monkeypox Myths, Millennial Facts, and Overpopulation Fears
Season 1 Episode 80
In our second "Curiosity Corner" mailbag, Derek takes your burning questions. He breaks down the myths around how monkeypox spreads, and blasts publi…
3 years, 11 months ago
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
Season 1 Episode 79
Why does it seem like the old is eating the new in pop culture? This year, the song of the summer is arguably Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”—whic…
3 years, 11 months ago
How the Democrats' New Climate Bill Could Change the World
Season 1 Episode 78
“Every few years, American politics astonishes you.” That’s how The Atlantic journalist Robinson Meyer began his report on the Democrats' new climate…
3 years, 11 months ago
Why the Question "Are We in a Recession?" Is Impossible to Answer
Season 1 Episode 77
On Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that GDP dropped for the second consecutive quarter, fueling fears that the economy is in a re…
3 years, 11 months ago
Crypto Crash, Part II: A Debate About the Future of Web3
Season 1 Episode 76
Today is the second half of our special two-parter on the state of crypto. Yesterday’s theme was the case against. Today we debate the case for.
In th…
3 years, 11 months ago
Crypto Crash Part I: The Case Against Crypto
Season 1 Episode 75
Today, we have the first in a two-part series on lessons from the crypto crash.
Crypto, also known as Web3, also known as blockchain-based technologie…
3 years, 11 months ago
Why It Seems Like So Many Countries Are Falling Apart
Season 1 Episode 74
The world is kind of a mess right now. There is a big, bloody, awful war between Russia and Ukraine, which has hugely disrupted global trade, especia…
4 years ago
The World Is on Fire. Here’s a Realistic Plan to Save Humanity.
Season 1 Episode 73
The world is on fire. In southern Europe, wildfires are streaking from Portugal to Greece. In the U.K., airport runways melted as temperatures exceed…
4 years ago