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294 - Living Constitutionally - A.J. Jacobs
294 - Living Constitutionally - A.J. Jacobs

In this episode we sit down with A.J. Jacobs, a journalist who noticed some striking similarities between Biblical fundamentalism and constitutional …

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293 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn (rebroadcast)
293 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn (rebroadcast)

Sedona Chinn, who studies how people make sense of competing claims – scientific, environmental, health-related – joins us to discuss her latest rese…

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292 - The Society Library - Jamie Joyce
292 - The Society Library - Jamie Joyce

Our guest in this episode is Jamie Joyce who is the president and executive director of The Society Library, an organization that extracts arguments,…

1 year, 7 months ago

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291 - Tough - Terry Crews (rebroadcast)
291 - Tough - Terry Crews (rebroadcast)

Terry Crews, actor, athlete, artist, President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho, star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, host of America’s Got Talent - that …

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290 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank
290 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank

In this episode, we sit down with therapist Britt Frank to discuss the intention action gap, the psychological term for the chasm between what you ve…

1 year, 8 months ago

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289 - Hack Your Bureaucracy - Marina Nitze (rebroadcast)
289 - Hack Your Bureaucracy - Marina Nitze (rebroadcast)

Marina Nitze is a professional fixer of broken systems – a hacker, not of computers and technology, but of the social phenomena that tend to emerge w…

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288 - Fluke - Brian Klaas
288 - Fluke - Brian Klaas

In this episode we sit down with Brian Klaas, author of Fluke,  to get into the existential lessons and grander meaning for a life well-lived once on…

1 year, 9 months ago

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287 - The Complexity of Genius - David Krakauer and Dean Simonton
287 - The Complexity of Genius - David Krakauer and Dean Simonton

In this episode, we  are exploring the complexity of the concept of "genius" with two experts on the topic. First you’ll hear from David Krakauer, th…

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286 - Notes on Complexity - Neil Theise
286 - Notes on Complexity - Neil Theise

In this episode we sit down with professor Neil Theise, the author of Notes on Complexity,  to get an introduction to complexity theory, the science …

1 year, 10 months ago

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285 - What Do You Mean? - Celeste Kidd (rebroadcast)

Is a hotdog a sandwich?

Well, that depends on your definition of a sandwich (and a hotdog), and according to the most recent research in cognitive sci…

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