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Stanley McChrystal on the Military, Leadership, and Risk
Episode 134
Stan McChrystal has spent a long career considering questions of risk, leadership, and the role of America's military, having risen through the Army'…
4 years, 5 months ago
Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality
Episode 133
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin has made a name for herself tackling difficult questions. What was the full economic cost of the American Civil War?…
4 years, 5 months ago
Amia Srinivasan on Utopian Feminism
Episode 132
What is our right to be desired? How are our sexual desires shaped by the society around us? Is consent sufficient for a sexual relationship? In the …
4 years, 6 months ago
David Cutler and Ed Glaeser on the Health and Wealth of Cities
Episode 131
With remote work becoming more common and cities competing for businesses it's become easier than ever before for educated Americans to relocate, lea…
4 years, 6 months ago
Zeynep Tufekci on the Sociology of The Moment (Live)
Episode 130
When Zeynep Tufekci penned a New York Times op-ed at the onset of the pandemic challenging the prevailing public health guidance that ordinary peopl…
4 years, 7 months ago
Andrew Sullivan on Braving New Intellectual Journeys
Episode 129
Upon learning he was HIV positive in 1993, Andrew Sullivan began writing more than he ever had before. Believing that he didn't have long to live, he…
4 years, 7 months ago
Niall Ferguson on Why We Study History
Episode 128
While the modern historical ethos can be obsessed with condescending to the past based on our current value system, Scottish-born historian Niall Fer…
4 years, 7 months ago
Alexander the Grate on Life as an NFA
Episode 127
Alexander the Grate has spent 40 years – more than half of his life – living on the streets (and heating grates) of Washington, DC. He prefers the la…
4 years, 8 months ago
Richard Prum on Birds, Beauty, and Finding Your Own Way
Episode 126
Richard Prum really cares about birds. Growing up in rural Vermont, he didn't know anyone else interested in birding his own age. The experience taug…
4 years, 8 months ago
Elijah Millgram on the Philosophical Life
Episode 125
What can studying the lives of philosophers tell us about how to organize and interpret our own lives? Elijah Millgram is a professor of philosophy a…
4 years, 9 months ago