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thinkers on anger - Delaney Thull
Explore different philosophers’ ideas about anger and dig into their theories on how we should handle this complicated emotion.
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Anger is a complicat…
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The structure behind self-deception - Michael Shermer
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Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe stran…
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The legendary and clever Ho Chi Minh Trail - Cameron Paterson
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail not only connected Nor…
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The real history behind the legend of the 47 Rōnin - Adam Clulow
Dig into one of Japan’s most infamous stories about the 47 samurai who take revenge for the loss of their leader.
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Asano Naganori, lord of Akō domain…
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How architecture advanced music's evolution - David Byrne
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As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to…
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One of humanity's most time-honored condiments - Dan Kwartler
Trace the history of ketchup, from the condiment’s origins in 3rd century China to becoming a staple of American cuisine.
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In the mid-18th century, E…
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The rise and fall of the Lakota Empire - Pekka Hämäläinen
Trace the rise and fall of the Lakota Empire which, at their height, were the most dominant power in the American West.
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In 1776, a powerful empire w…
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How to curb political corruption - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Explore common types of corruption and find out what we can do to combat it and promote transparency in our institutions.
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Corruption is often define…
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How economic inequality harms societies - Richard Wilkinson
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, an…
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You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) - Kayla Mandel Sheets
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