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TTBOOK Presents Luminous episode 1. A door with magical colors coming out.

In the first episode in our series about psychedelics, how can psilocybin ease our fears about dying and help us make peace with the end of our lives?Read more

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April 08, 2023

A shattered person.

You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are, how we got that way, and what to do about it.Read more

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March 25, 2023

A wonderous wood

Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover your sense of wonder.Read more

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March 18, 2023

an infinite bookcase

Debates over American history are front-page news, and a new generation of public historians is re-shaping our national narrative.Read more

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February 25, 2023

the many ills of capitalism

Radical politics and radical movements are on the rise everywhere. Maybe they're all — in one way or another — a rebellion against capitalism.Read more

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February 11, 2023

Athlete Jim Thorpe

A Native American hero — one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known — is now being celebrated by a new generation.Read more

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January 14, 2023

an african imagination of the future.

Wakanda is a very American version of an idealized African future. So how do African science fiction writers tell stories about their own imagined future?Read more

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December 10, 2022

workers waiting for a job interview

In this final part of our series, we’re talking about work — specifically the right to meaningful work.Read more

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November 19, 2022

An X-ray of a mind

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

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November 12, 2022

a row of apartment buildings

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

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November 05, 2022

a woman before a swirling blackhole

When the real world becomes too much, fantasy might be your ticket out. But at what point does fantasy go too far?Read more

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September 17, 2022

kente cloth landscape

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

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September 03, 2022

an abstract image of an angry mob carrying flags

Around the world, authoritarian leaders are on the rise – from Russia and Hungary to the U.S. We examine the return of the Strongman — and how to save democracy.Read more

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August 13, 2022

a figure walking

Walking prolongs our life and made us human. So why are we doing less and less of it? Read more

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July 30, 2022

brain

Psychedelics show remarkable promise for treating depression, addiction and PTSD. They just might revolutionize the treatment of mental illness.Read more

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July 02, 2022

You're not ok that's ok

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, producer Charles Monroe-Kane made 300 yard signs that read "You're not ok. That's ok." He put them on his porch. Soon they were gone.Read more

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June 18, 2022

bees?

Geometry is the secret sauce of mathematics. It's different from everything else, and it applies to everything from human evolution to romance novels.
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May 28, 2022

A typewriter in Ukrainian light

We talk with poets and novelists about how they deeply notice the historical time we live in — through their words and voice.Read more

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May 07, 2022

tools

As our world gets more and more virtual, traditional skills like blacksmithing and woodworking are starting to look better and better to a lot of people.Read more

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April 09, 2022

Britney, LOONA and BTS around a microphone

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

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March 26, 2022

sun sets on barbed wire

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

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March 05, 2022

dogs in space

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

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February 05, 2022

fluid spectrum

Sharing of personal pronouns is just one sign of an increasingly widespread shift in how we think about gender. So what’s next? Maybe gender should be messy? Maybe trans should be joy?Read more

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January 15, 2022

Fall foliage in Vermont

Ever want to quit your job and buy an old farmhouse, to live self-sufficiently on a few acres of your very own? The reality is much more complicated.Read more

Original Air Date:

December 18, 2021

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