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#171. The Remarkable Contributions of Unwed, Childless Women Throughout History
Season 1 Episode 171
Emma Duval is a self-described member of the “millennial generation,” who include the growing number of women who are childless and as, Emma puts it,…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
#170. The Origins and Remedies for the Rural-Urban Political Divide
Season 1 Episode 170
Suzanne Mettler is a senior professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University. She is the author of several books…
8 months, 1 week ago
#169. On Being a Wilderness Fire Watcher
Season 1 Episode 169
Philip Connors is a National Parks Service fire watcher in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness since 2002. In addition to essays in the New York Times and L…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
#168. The Power of Followers to Restrain Toxic Leaders
Season 1 Episode 168
Ira Chaleff is past President of Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates and award-winning author of several books, including The Courageous Follo…
9 months ago
#167. A BBC Journalist and News Anchor on How His Two Identities, as Journalist and Jew, Inform One Another
Season 1 Episode 167
Tim Franks has been a journalist with the BBC since 1990, as a producer, reporter, and presenter. He has covered British politics, including the conf…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
#166. Nature's Symbiotic Relationships, Some Mutually Beneficial and Others Parasitic
Season 1 Episode 166
Sophie Pavelle is a U.S. born and UK-based science writer and communicator, whose debut book, Forget Me Not: Finding The Forgotten Species of Climate…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
#165. Why the U.S. War in Afghanistan Failed
Season 1 Episode 165
Amin Saikal is an emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies at the Australian National University, where he was also the Foundin…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
#164. An Actor/Playwright Reflects on Fifty Years of Deep Relationships with Holocaust Survivors
Season 1 Episode 164
Henry ("Hank") Greenspan is an emeritus psychologist and oral historian in Holocaust studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, award-winni…
10 months ago
#163. The Rationale and Controversies of Gender-Affirmative Health Care
Season 1 Episode 163
Psychologists Diane Ehrensaft and Michelle Jurkiewicz are the co-authors of the recently published book, Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Ide…
10 months, 1 week ago
#162. How Developed Countries Perpetuate Their Economic Power (and the Obstacles to Joining Their Ranks)
Season 1 Episode 162
Remi Adekoya is a political science lecturer at the University of York in the UK, focusing on national and sub-national identities and their role in …
10 months, 2 weeks ago