Podcast Episodes

How to Be a Citizen

We think that civil society is imposed by law. But what if that's not the case? What if it's something we create together?

Guest: C. L. Skach (How to …

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The Invention of Reality TV

Today, Pulitzer Prize winner Emily Nussbaum shares five big ideas from her new book "Cue the Sun!"

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A New Framework for Understanding Addiction

Today, we hear from Elias Dakwar, a psychiatrist addiction specialist, about his new book "The Captive Imagination: Addiction, Reality, and Our Searc…

1 year, 5 months ago

How to Thrive in a World That's Constantly Changing

Change is universal. How we deal with it is not.

Guest: April Rinne ("Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change")

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1 year, 5 months ago

The World Gets Happiness Wrong. Here's How to Get It Right.

We all want to be happy, but happiness always seems out of reach. Lucky for us, Stephanie Harrison ("New Happy") is here to change that.

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Free Speech in an Age of Rage

Today: Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, on what we lose when we constrain free speech.

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Triumph of the Yuppies

What can the Yuppies of the 1980s tell us about American culture today?

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Why Some Startups Change the Future

Why do the most successful startups disregard best practices?

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How to Make It to the End with No Regrets

Jodi Wellman shares five key insights from "You Only Die Once."

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What Loners, Outcasts, and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us About Creativity

Richard Deming is an award-winning poet and critic and is the director of Creative Writing at Yale University. Today, he shares big ideas from his ne…

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