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Back to SearchJulia Minson: Disagreeing agreeably
Season 33
Wondering why she and her husband got into frequent spats while practicing competitive ballroom dancing led her to a career in social psychology with…
2 months, 1 week ago
Ina Garten: Cooking to connect
Season 33
In her cookbooks and TV shows the Barefoot Contessa uses her early fascination with science to create meals that are not only great to eat but are al…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Jon LaPook: Empathic medicine
Season 33
CBS News’ medical correspondent, he also heads the Empathy Project, creating Hollywood-quality short films that train healthcare providers to be more…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Valerie Fridland: Yes, you have an accent
Season 33
Whether it’s the accent that hints at your hometown, your group, your social status or your ethnicity, the sounds we say reveal a lot about who we ar…
3 months ago
David Haskell: When the world burst into bloom
Season 33
Flowering plants were late to evolve, but once they did, they took over most of the planet, connecting and communicating with a network of other livi…
3 months, 1 week ago
Michael Pollan: The mystery and marvel of consciousness
Season 33
Best known for his writings on food – and for his crisp summation of advice for healthy eating – “Eat food. Not too much. Mainly plants” – he has now…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Edda Fields-Black: The Harriet Tubman you didn’t know
Season 33
The remarkable and little-known story of how Harriet Tubman played a critical role in a daring raid that in 1863 freed some 700 slaves from rice plan…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?
Season 33
For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the current generation of AI based on Large Language Models, or …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Shermin Kruse: When empathy becomes a strategy
Season 33
Her mother’s skillful use of empathy to defuse a potentially dangerous encounter on the streets of Tehran when she was nine has stayed with her ever …
4 months ago
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 33 Trailer
Season 33
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to the new season with clips from episodes on empathy – both helping defuse a dangerous situation…
4 months, 1 week ago