Podcast Episodes

NEXUS (Part 1): Can Democracy Survive the AI Revolution? (with Yuval Noah Harari)

Yuval Noah Harari published an essay in the New York Times the other day. “Large-scale democracies,” he wrote, “became feasible only after the rise o…

1 year, 6 months ago

Can We End Poverty by Just Giving People Cash?

Extreme poverty, defined as living on less than $2.15 a day, has long been seen as an intractable problem. But what if the solution is simple? What i…

1 year, 6 months ago

GOING INFINITE: Michael Lewis Wants to Change Your Mind About Sam Bankman-Fried

In March, when Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for stealing $8 billion from customers, many pe…

1 year, 7 months ago

SUPERCONVERGENCE: Biotechnology Is About to Transform the World. Are We Ready?

Sturgeon caviar harvested in a lab. Skyscrapers made out of living materials that grow from the ground up. Computers that run on DNA. These might sou…

1 year, 7 months ago

ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower

What are some words you would use to describe a leader? Bold, driven, steadfast. How about … anxious? You may not equate leadership with anxiety, but…

1 year, 7 months ago

ON THE EDGE (Part 2): How to Get Ahead by Thinking Probabilistically

Today, Nate Silver explains why most people should take bigger risks, reveals the big thing everyone misunderstands about Sam Bankman-Fried, and make…

1 year, 7 months ago

ON THE EDGE (Part 1): Nate Silver on Politics, Poker, and Risk-Taking

You probably know Nate Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight, as the statistician with an uncanny knack for predicting election results. What you ma…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Case for Effective Altruism

Effective altruism — the brand of philanthropy where you try to do the most good for the greatest number of people with the resources you have — has …

1 year, 7 months ago

Laziness Does Not Exist

Today, social psychologist Devon Price makes the intriguing and ultimately hopeful case that laziness is a myth, a lie, a pernicious trap with no oth…

1 year, 8 months ago

ALCOHOL: The Good, the Bad, and the Bubbly

Humans have been imbibing for thousands of years. What has drinking contributed to society? What is it doing to our health?

Guests: Edward Slingerland…

1 year, 8 months ago