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Who Is Cleopatra?
From 41BC to September 2022, the persona of Cleopatra has been modeled as an archetype of female power and beauty. Yet—as with most tellings of histo…
3 years, 7 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: Risky Business: Underinsured Against Climate Disaster
In recent years, hundreds of thousands of people in high-risk disaster areas across the US have been dropped from their insurance policies, leaving t…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sean Carroll: Understanding Space, Time and Motion
Physics offers deep insights into the workings of the universe that many find mysterious, complex and confusing.
Theoretical physicist and "Mindscape"…
3 years, 7 months ago
Mark Bergen with Shishir Mehrotra and Emily Chang: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination
What’s the last video you watched on YouTube? Across the world, people view more than a billion hours of video on YouTube every day. This digital pla…
3 years, 7 months ago
Iuliia Mendel: President Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the Rest of the World
When Iuliia Mendel got the call telling her she had been hired to work for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come.…
3 years, 7 months ago
Monkeypox: The Response and What's Next
In May 2022, an outbreak of monkeypox, a viral disease, was confirmed. It quickly spread from the United Kingdom to many countries around the world. …
3 years, 7 months ago
Josh Chin and Liza Lin: China and the Era of Digital Surveillance
An alarming new reality is emerging in China, where a new kind of political control is being waged through the optimization of technology. Journalist…
3 years, 7 months ago
California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What It Means for America's Power Grid
Author Katherine Blunt provides what is being called a "revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications," exploring the decline of California…
3 years, 7 months ago
Senator Patrick Leahy: My Life in Politics
From post-Watergate reforms, to the fall of the Soviet Union, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, 9/11 and the Iraq War, the Great Recession, the two Tr…
3 years, 7 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?
In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in renewable e…
3 years, 8 months ago