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Ai-jen Poo: the future of work isn’t robots. It’s caring humans.
Episode 100
When we talk about the future of work, we usually focus on artificial intelligence, robotics, driverless cars. The future of work, we’re told, is a f…
8 years, 4 months ago
Evan Osnos on the North Korea crisis, Trump’s mental health, and China's rise
Episode 99
Evan Osnos is the author of the National Book Award-winning The Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, as well as a sta…
8 years, 4 months ago
Why politics needs more conflict, not less
Episode 98
Here’s a counterintuitive thought: maybe Congress in particular, and politics in general, has too little conflict, not too much. That’s James Wallner…
8 years, 4 months ago
Why the Weinstein scandal gives Tig Notaro hope about Hollywood
Episode 97
Tig Notaro dropped out of high school. She drifted between odd jobs for a long time and eventually found her way to Colorado, where she discovered op…
8 years, 4 months ago
What happens when human beings take control of their own evolution?
Episode 96
Over the past decade, scientists have developed what was once just the subject of dystopian fiction: gene editing technology. It's known as CRISPR. J…
8 years, 4 months ago
Ta-Nehisi Coates is not here to comfort you
Episode 95
“It’s important to remember the inconsequence of one’s talent and hard work and the incredible and unmatched sway of luck and fate,” writes Ta-Nehisi…
8 years, 5 months ago
How the Republican Party created Donald Trump
Episode 94
Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein have studied American politics for more than three decades. They are the town’s go-to experts on the workings of Cong…
8 years, 5 months ago
Reihan Salam wants to remake the Republican Party -- again
Episode 93
In 2008, Reihan Salam co-wrote Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream with his frequent collaborator …
8 years, 5 months ago
David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era and why he hires obsessives
Episode 92
For the past 19 years, David Remnick has been the editor of the New Yorker, perhaps the greatest magazine in the English language. Under his leadersh…
8 years, 5 months ago
What Hillary Clinton really thinks
Episode 91
On page 239 of What Happened, Hillary Clinton reveals that she almost ran a very different campaign in 2016. Before announcing for president, she rea…
8 years, 6 months ago