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The Trust We Assume, the Consent We Feel
Episode 136
Imagine standing in a busy train station, asking strangers to answer a few questions. How many people would you need to approach before five say yes?…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
San Francisco: Where Progress Meets Distrust
Episode 135
We tend to think of trust as something that grows where people agree. Where neighbors share values, where voters share a party, where a city sees its…
5 months, 1 week ago
Trust Me, I'm Emotional
Episode 134
We tend to distrust people who lead with their emotions. In business, in politics, in negotiation. Someone who gets angry, who shows empathy, who wea…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Wikipedia Runs on Trust
Episode 133
Wikipedia serves 11 billion pages a month and almost nobody questions it anymore. But how did millions of anonymous strangers, unpaid and from every …
6 months, 1 week ago
Leading with Trust
Episode 132
Every day, millions of people trust retailers to decide what ends up on their table. But that trust extends far beyond the products themselves. It to…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
When We Only Trust People Like Us
Episode 131
David Bersoff, Head of Research at the Edelman Trust Institute, has spent decades measuring trust across the globe. His most striking finding right n…
7 months, 1 week ago
Reasoning Runs on Trust
Episode 130
When we disagree with someone, it's tempting to assume the problem is simple: they're irrational, biased, or misinformed. But what if human reasoning…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
When Power Replaces Trust
Episode 129
When the United States openly pressured Denmark over Greenland, the immediate dispute faded fast. The damage to trust did not. This episode looks be…
8 months, 1 week ago
When Participation Builds Trust
Episode 128
Trust is often talked about as if it were bad weather, something that just happens to us, beyond anyone’s control. But what if trust doesn’t disappea…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Denmark’s Secret: Trust Is Cheaper Than Control
Episode 127
My guest today, Gert Tinggaard Svendsen challenges one of the most common myths about high-trust societies: that trust is cultural or “in the DNA.” I…
9 months ago