Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Healthiest "Super-Agers" Have One Thing in Common, According to a 25-Year Study
Season 4 Episode 50
Memory is the glue of life. Without it, our focus softens, our experience of the world blurs, and our identities melt away. But as people age, their …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Plain History: How the Transcontinental Railroads Built the Modern World
Season 4 Episode 49
Today’s pod is about the economic story of the moment. It’s about new technology that supporters claim will transform the U.S. economy, an infrastruc…
11 months ago
The Modern World Is Changing America’s Personality For the Worse
Season 4 Episode 48
According to analysis by Financial Times writer John Burn-Murdoch, something extraordinary has happened to Americans’ personalities in the last decad…
11 months, 1 week ago
Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking?
Season 4 Episode 47
Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis published the latest GDP report. It contained a startling detail. Spending on artificial intelligence adde…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The New Geography of Housing in America
Season 4 Episode 46
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In 1991, the median age of first-time homebuyers was 28. Now it’s 38, an all-time high. In 1981, the median age of…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Demise of Late-Night TV Is an Omen for American Culture
Season 4 Episode 45
Even before the cancellation of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,' the business of comedy was changing rapidly. Twenty years ago, comedians aspire…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
If Trump’s Economic Ideas Are So Bad, Why Isn’t the U.S. Economy Doing Much Worse?
Season 4 Episode 45
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Harvard economist Jason Furman returns to the show to answer two big, burning questions. First, if Trump's economi…
1 year ago
Fertility Needs a Scientific Revolution
Season 4 Episode 44
Couples are having kids much later in their lives. As young people spend more of their 20s and 30s getting established in their careers, and marriage…
1 year ago
The Mysterious Rise of Major Injuries in Professional Sports
Season 4 Episode 43
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In Game 7 of this year's NBA Finals, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton tore his Achilles in the first…
1 year ago
How Abundance Won in California
Season 4 Episode 42
The California housing crisis is a disaster and an emergency. Housing construction per capita has steadily fallen in the last few decades, while home…
1 year ago