Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThis changed how I think about love (with Alison Gopnik)
Episode 229
Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of California Berkeley. She’s published more than 100 journal articles an…
6 years, 8 months ago
The plan behind Elizabeth Warren’s plans
Episode 228
Oligarchic capitalism? Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that. Opioid deaths? She’s got a plan for that too. Same is true for high housing costs, offsh…
6 years, 9 months ago
Michael Lewis reads my mind
Episode 227
Michael Lewis needs little introduction. He’s the author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side, The Fifth Risk. He’s the host of …
6 years, 9 months ago
How Mitch McConnell convinced Michael Bennet to run for president
Episode 226
I’m not sure what I expected Sen. Michael Bennet’s answer to be when I asked him why he was running for president. I didn’t expect it to be “Mitch Mc…
6 years, 9 months ago
How the brains of master meditators change
Episode 225
Richie Davidson has spent a lifetime studying meditation. He’s studied it as a practitioner, sitting daily, going on retreats, and learning under mas…
6 years, 9 months ago
Why good people are easily corrupted (with Lawrence Lessig)
Episode 224
I’ve been learning from, and arguing with, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig for a decade now. We have a long-running debate over whether money o…
6 years, 9 months ago
The art of attention (with Jenny Odell)
Episode 223
“For some, there may be a kind of engineer’s satisfaction in the streamlining and networking of our entire lived experience,” writes Jenny Odell. “An…
6 years, 9 months ago
Matt Yglesias and Jenny Schuetz solve the housing crisis
Episode 222
In this special crossover episode, Brookings Institution’s Jenny Schuetz joins The Weeds’ Matt Yglesias to discuss subsidies, zoning reform, and much…
6 years, 9 months ago
What kind of news is cable news? (With Brian Stelter)
Episode 221
Brian Stelter is the host of CNN’s Reliable Sources, as well as the network’s chief media correspondent. But before he was the host of Reliable Sourc…
6 years, 9 months ago
Contrapoints on taking the trolls seriously
Episode 220
YouTube is where tomorrow’s politics are happening today.
If you’re over 30, and you don’t spend much time on the platform, it’s almost impossible to …
6 years, 9 months ago