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We live in The Good Place. And we’re screwing it up.
Episode 269
Welcome to the first episode of our climate cluster. This isn’t a series about whether “the science is real” on climate change. This is a series abou…
6 years, 4 months ago
Neoliberalism and its discontents
Episode 268
“Neoliberalism” is one of the most confusing phrases in political discourse today. The term is often used to describe the market fundamentalism of th…
6 years, 4 months ago
The four words that will decide impeachment
Episode 267
Hey EK Show listeners! Something different today. The first episode of my new podcast: Impeachment, Explained.
This was the week of confessions. Actin…
6 years, 4 months ago
We don’t just feel emotions. We make them.
Episode 266
How do you feel right now? Excited to listen to your favorite podcast? Anxious about the state of American politics? Annoyed by my use of rhetorical …
6 years, 4 months ago
How politics became a war against reality
Episode 265
In his brilliant 2014 book Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, Soviet-born TV producer turned journalist Peter Pomerantsev described 21st-cen…
6 years, 4 months ago
The loneliness epidemic
Episode 264
As US surgeon general from 2014 to 2017, Vivek Murthy visited communities across the United States to talk about issues like addiction, obesity, and …
6 years, 5 months ago
Ibram X. Kendi wants to redefine racism
Episode 263
Racism is one of the most morally charged words in the English language. It is typically understood as a form of deep inner prejudice — something tha…
6 years, 5 months ago
Malcolm Gladwell’s Stranger Things
Episode 262
Malcolm Gladwell’s work is nothing short of an intellectual adventure.
Sometimes, as in his podcast Revisionist History, he takes something small and…
6 years, 5 months ago
An inspiring conversation about democracy
Episode 261
Danielle Allen directs Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. She’s a political theorist, and a philosopher, and the principal investigator of …
6 years, 5 months ago
Samantha Power’s journey from foreign policy critic to UN ambassador
Episode 260
Samantha Power reported from the killing fields of Bosnia. She watched a genocide that could’ve been stopped years earlier grind on amidst internatio…
6 years, 5 months ago