When you’re hurt and the only way out of toxic bitterness and resentment is to let go, how do you summon the resolve to reach out to the person who hurt you most?Read more
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Episode Archives
Original Air Date:
May 21, 2017
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May 21, 2017
December 07, 2017
September 15, 2018
September 21, 2019
July 24, 2021
November 26, 2022
What might seem like fleeting chart-topping fodder is actually a powerful vehicle for bringing people together, and music fans can teach us about community and hope.Read more
Original Air Date:
March 26, 2022
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March 26, 2022
November 26, 2022
In this final part of our series, we’re talking about work — specifically the right to meaningful work.Read more
Original Air Date:
November 19, 2022
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November 19, 2022
The pandemic, the protests, the arguments on social media — everything is exhausting. But maybe it doesn’t have to be?Read more
Original Air Date:
October 24, 2020
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October 24, 2020
July 10, 2021
February 26, 2022
November 19, 2022
Even with all the music available today, most of us still listen primarily to just a few comfy genres. But there’s so much more out there — and so much of it defies neat, algorithm-friendly categorization.Read more
Original Air Date:
June 01, 2019
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June 01, 2019
March 21, 2020
February 06, 2021
November 20, 2021
November 12, 2022
PTSD and other mental health challenges can push people into poverty. How do you break the cycle? How do we truly care for people mentally and financially?Read more
Original Air Date:
November 12, 2022
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November 12, 2022
In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke" all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic human right. But in America, it can be hard to come by.Read more
Original Air Date:
November 05, 2022
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November 05, 2022
Reading books isn't always the best way to learn. Some things you need to learn from your elders, and their wisdom has often been passed down through the generations. Read more
Original Air Date:
January 31, 2016
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January 31, 2016
November 13, 2016
April 12, 2018
November 30, 2019
July 10, 2021
November 05, 2022
What if experiencing dread — the horror of it all — is good for you?Read more
Original Air Date:
October 26, 2019
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October 26, 2019
October 31, 2020
October 29, 2022
They’ve been hunted and silenced and burned at the stake, but witches are still practicing the craft. We take you from the 17th century to the online witch communities of today.Read more
Original Air Date:
October 30, 2021
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October 30, 2021
October 29, 2022
We explore the ancient, obscure, occult science and art of alchemy — it turns out to be a lot more relevant to our lives than you’d believe.Read more
Original Air Date:
September 19, 2020
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September 19, 2020
June 05, 2021
March 19, 2022
October 22, 2022
Is there a better way to talk about death? And to grieve? The pandemic has brought us a period of global mourning — and a new reckoning with loss.Read more
Original Air Date:
June 19, 2021
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June 19, 2021
January 29, 2022
October 22, 2022
Ghosts from the past stalk Europe again today in the wake of Russian tanks and missiles. To find a path forward, we might need to look back.Read more
Original Air Date:
March 05, 2022
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March 05, 2022
October 15, 2022
It creeps into everything: guilt that we're not good enough, fit enough, smart enough. As we peruse Instagram, all we see is the perfection of others reflecting our own failures back at us. Why do we spend so much time feeling guilty? Should we?Read more
Original Air Date:
June 21, 2018
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June 23, 2018
February 16, 2019
November 23, 2019
August 08, 2020
August 21, 2021
October 15, 2022
How can someone be a monster — a brutal dictator, a mass murderer, a serial killer — and up close seem like a decent, caring person? What happens when you find yourself liking someone who’s done terrible things?Read more
Original Air Date:
January 20, 2018
Previous Airdates:
July 30, 2017
January 20, 2018
October 27, 2018
October 05, 2019
October 08, 2022
A new generation of Black farmers are working to reclaim land, hoping to grow justice along with vegetables and plants.Read more
Original Air Date:
August 22, 2020
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August 22, 2020
May 15, 2021
February 26, 2022
October 08, 2022
You score a royal flush in poker! Do you credit your skill? Or luck? We talk with a poker champion, a game designer, an investment banker and a choreographer about how to untangle skill from luck.Read more
Original Air Date:
June 07, 2015
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June 07, 2015
February 14, 2016
May 14, 2017
June 23, 2018
September 07, 2019
October 01, 2022
The bond we share with dogs runs deep. How do dogs make our lives better? How do they think? And how do we give them the lives they deserve?Read more
Original Air Date:
February 05, 2022
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February 05, 2022
October 01, 2022
It's a long walk from the truth to the whole truth. A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe the moral struggle and personal cost involved.Read more
Original Air Date:
November 10, 2018
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November 10, 2018
July 20, 2019
April 11, 2020
November 28, 2020
November 27, 2021
September 24, 2022
Where does creativity come from? And what exactly is going on in your brain when the Muse descends?Read more
Original Air Date:
February 09, 2019
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February 09, 2019
September 21, 2019
May 09, 2020
January 16, 2021
October 16, 2021
September 24, 2022
When the real world becomes too much, fantasy might be your ticket out. But at what point does fantasy go too far?Read more
Original Air Date:
September 17, 2022
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September 17, 2022
Every night, millions of us turn out the lights hoping and praying for a good night’s sleep. And every night, millions of us lie awake in the dark.Read more
Original Air Date:
March 07, 2020
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March 07, 2020
August 29, 2020
June 05, 2021
January 01, 2022
September 17, 2022
What if the most unselfish thing you could do was to pursue pleasure and joy? We make the case for the transformative power of joy, pleasure and delight.Read more
Original Air Date:
October 12, 2019
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October 12, 2019
July 11, 2020
April 17, 2021
December 25, 2021
September 10, 2022
Psychologists say telling a good life story can make you happier. But do we also create an inauthentic version of ourselves if we turn everything into a narrative?Read more
Original Air Date:
October 23, 2016
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October 23, 2016
July 29, 2017
January 13, 2018
December 22, 2018
September 10, 2022
2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana. Now, scores of African-Americans are moving to Ghana permanently – giving up on the country of their birth.Read more
Original Air Date:
September 03, 2022
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September 03, 2022
It's not easy in America today to find work that matters, that’s meaningful, and that pays enough to live on. Which is the one thing we don’t talk about. What’s wrong with work — and how do we fix it?Read more
Original Air Date:
September 01, 2018
Previous Airdates:
September 01, 2018
August 31, 2019
September 05, 2020
September 04, 2021
September 03, 2022
Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly old — the root mass of aspens might live 100,000 years. In this hour, we explore the science and history of trees.Read more
Original Air Date:
April 28, 2018
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April 28, 2018
December 15, 2018
November 09, 2019
August 29, 2020
September 18, 2021
August 27, 2022
Covert spies painting nerve agents on doorknobs? It's not the only way to poison someone. We hear stories of radioactive paint, formaldehyde-spiked baby formula, and a beautiful garden full of plants that could kill you.Read more
Original Air Date:
October 13, 2018
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October 13, 2018
June 29, 2019
March 14, 2020
January 23, 2021
September 25, 2021
August 27, 2022
Exchanging glances with the natural world happens more often than you’d think. It can be so profound, there’s a name for it: eye-to-eye epiphany.Read more
Original Air Date:
February 08, 2020
Previous Airdates:
February 08, 2020
October 03, 2020
June 26, 2021
August 20, 2022
The pandemic has made clear that parents are walking a tightrope with no safety net. Is it time for a parenting revolution?Read more
Original Air Date:
May 22, 2021
Previous Airdates:
May 22, 2021
January 08, 2022
August 20, 2022
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