Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA History of Brainwashing and its Use Today
In her new book, “The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyperpersuasion,” Harvard historian of science Rebecca Lemov examines the…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Canadians to Trump: We Are Not Having It
President Trump’s unprovoked tariffs on Canadian goods, his threats to make the sovereign nation a 51st state, his belittling of Canada’s leaders: it…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ed Yong on the Pandemic’s Legacy on Science Research and Reporting
During the pandemic, former Atlantic writer Ed Yong became a trusted source for news about COVID and its impact. In 2021 he won a Pulitzer Prize for …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
What Does California Smell Like to You?
Sequoia trees. Ojai tangerines. Jasmine. Ocean spray. Weed. “Our sense of smell is often overlooked, but it’s the one thing that can bring back memor…
1 year ago
Mac Barnett on Why Picture Books Are Real Literature
As the Library of Congress’s new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Bay Area children’s author Mac Barnett wants to reframe how we th…
1 year ago
Edward Fishman On the Age of Economic Warfare
Edward Fishman, a former top sanctions official in the U.S. Department of State, says that “the world economy has become a battlefield,” with sanctio…
1 year ago
In “Smother” Poet Rachel Richardson Balances Parenting Amidst Upheaval
How should we raise children in a world that is burning? This is the question that Berkeley poet Rachel Richardson contemplates in her new collection…
1 year ago
Sarah Vowell and Dave Eggers Celebrate Public Servants in ‘Who is Government’
Who is the Government? Dave Eggers and Sarah Vowell attempt to answer that question in essays about the scientists who discover new planets at NASA’s…
1 year ago
Trump Calls For Judge’s Impeachment as Courtroom Battles Over Deportations Escalate
President Donald Trump has called for the impeachment of the federal judge who ordered a halt on the administration’s deportation of hundreds of alle…
1 year ago
Journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson on Why the Left is Bad at Governing
California in 2023 experienced a net loss of nearly 270,000 residents. The main reason given by those surveyed? The state’s cost of living is too hig…
1 year ago