Podcast Episodes

How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women

What is toxic beauty culture ― from Botox to Instagram filters ― doing to women and girls? Ellen Atlanta reports.

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Will We Merge With AI? Ray Kurzweil Thinks So.

Celebrated computer scientist and unabased AI optimist Ray Kurzweil says a future where nanorobots inhabit our brains is closer than you may think. H…

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Can We Cure Grief?

Journalist Cody Delistraty reports on the scientists and technologists searching for better and new ways to cope with loss. From chatting with a tech…

1 year, 5 months ago

The Truth You Need to Succeed

Bonnie Hammer worked her way up from the mailroom to become the “the most powerful woman in entertainment," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Toda…

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The Elastic Limits of Human Performance

To close out our Olympics-themed week, we're sharing one of our favorite book bites from our archive: Alex Hutchinson on his 2018 bestseller "Endure.…

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Do Hard Things

What does it really mean to be tough? Performance coach Steve Magness has a surprising answer.

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Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism

Today, journalist Macaela MacKenzie gives us an inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality — on and off the field.

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How to Stay Rad as You Grow Old

Steven Kotler (“Gnar Country”) has been studying human performance for 30 years and teaching people from all walks of life how to achieve peak perfor…

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An Olympian’s Guide to Chasing Dreams and Befriending Pain

The Olympics are on! Have you been watching? We have. We can’t get enough. Which is why all this week we’ll be bringing you episodes that celebrate t…

1 year, 5 months ago

How Trust Works

Trust is at the heart of all relationships, and when trust is broken, those relationships can be tremendously difficult to put back together. Peter H…

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